Learner English
A Teacher's Guide to Interference and Other Problems

A practical reference guide to help teachers to predict and understand the problems their students have.

Michael Swan (Author), Bernard Smith (Author)

9780521779395, Cambridge University Press

Paperback, published 26 April 2001

378 pages
22.9 x 15.3 x 2.6 cm, 0.608 kg

'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

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.

Subject Areas: ELT: teaching theory & methods [EBA]