Optimal Language Learning
The Strategies and Epiphanies of Gifted Language Learners
By (author) Noumane Rahouti, Lawrence Baines
Publication date:
10 March 2017Length of book:
120 pagesPublisher
Rowman & Littlefield PublishersISBN-13: 9781475833881
Most language learners find learning a language stressful and frustrating. However, the problem may not be with the language, but the approach to it. Optimal Language Learning describes the effective, idiosyncratic approaches of five highly gifted language learners, discerns patterns among their stories of success, and describes implications for language learning for anyone who would like to master a new language.
It is refreshing to read about successful language students who come from diverse backgrounds and have such different motivations. I found myself nodding often as I read, writing down ideas concerning what I could do better in the classroom. I would encourage every World Language teacher to read this book.