Learner English 2nd Ed: Teacher's Guide To Interference, A And

Description: This updated edition is a practical reference guide which compares the relevant features of a student's own language with English, helping teachers to predict and understand the problems their students have. Learner English has chapters focusing on major problems of pronunciation, grammar, vocabulary and other errors as well as new chapters covering Korean, Malay/Indonesian and Polish language backgrounds.

Review: 'Serves its purpose admirably - can hardly be faulted. Learner English is yet another goodie for every well-equipped language school.' TEFL Farm 'This book ought to be read by all teachers of English but especially those who work with multi-lingual classes where it is a constant challenge to discover the fundamental reasons behind students' errors.' British Council Network News

Contents: Dutch speakers; Speakers of Scandinavian languages; German speakers; French speakers; Italian speakers; Spanish/Catalan speakers; Portuguese speakers; Greek speakers; Russian speakers; Polish speakers; Farsi speakers; Arabic speakers; Turkish speakers; Speakers of Indian languages; Speakers of Dravidian languages; Speakers of West African languages; Swahili speakers; Malay/Indonesian speakers; Japanese speakers; Chinese speakers; Korean speakers; Thai speakers.

Author Biography: In 2014 Michael Swan was announced as the Winner of the Lifetime Achievement Award for his contribution to English language teaching.