Studying a World Language : An Interactive Guidebook

This guidebook is intended for anyone who is learning a language through formal or informal study.  It was written with two underlying premises:Study is essential to language learningThe responsibility for language study is primarily the learners. The purpose of this guidebook is to support language study at the secondary and postsecondary levels.

It was written to help language learners achieve several goals:Understand what it means to study a languageDevelop a mindset and habits for language studyOrganize themselves, their environment, and their time for successImplement study strategiesCapitalize on readily available resourcesBecome self-directed as a language learnerDevelop a Personal Language Study PlanThree underlying influences support the scope and sequence of the guidebook:the Communicative Approach to language teaching and learningthe distinction between ""learning"" and ""acquiring"" a languagethe authors' conceptual framework, the Language Study H.U.B., that takes a wholistic view of language studyThis guidebook can be used as aTextbook to support language learners in the development and application of study and organizational strategiesSupplementary text for language methods coursesClassroom reference book for language teachersBook study for language educators