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  <title><![CDATA[How Languages Are Learned (Oxford Handbooks for Language Teachers S.)]]></title>
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  <default_description>This thoroughly updated third edition presents the main theories of language acquisition, considering their bearing on language teaching.  It discusses the effects of factors such as intelligence, personality, and age.  It helps teachers assess the merits of different methods and textbooks.&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;This new edition includes more information on theories of first language acquisition and early bilingualism, and the affects of motivation and style.</default_description>
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  <original_title>How Languages Are Learned (Oxford Handbooks for Language Teachers S.)</original_title>
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  <read_at>Sat Jan 10 12:49:55 -0800 2009</read_at>
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    <body><![CDATA[It is mainly an academic book and useful to have a quick brush up on theories of language learning as it does not go much into the details of them but provides excellent list of books on the areas mentioned for further reading.<br/><br/>So I only needed to know the theories of the second language ...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/38653502">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[OK so far... moves kind of slowly. Not changing my world yet. For my second language acquisition theory class, bleh!]]></body>
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  <read_at>Mon Sep 01 00:00:00 -0700 2008</read_at>
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    <body><![CDATA[Used this book in a Master's course in a TESOL program. Very informative, and relatively easy read.]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[I've read chapter 1-4 out of 7. Interesting book about how languages are learned, seen from different perspectives.]]></body>
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  <read_at>Tue Sep 08 21:32:48 -0700 2009</read_at>
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    <body><![CDATA[An excellent book for smart advanced learners of English ... it may be a little hard t read ... but it treats learning as a 'suck it and see' activity, and thus, together with attention to informed opinion will help you to think about your own progress.]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[This is the book I typically use when I teach SLA to non-native speakers. I think it is a good introductory book on the topic. I typically supplement it with Ellis' Second Langauge Acquition book - the small one; not his SLA Bibl. ]]></body>
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