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Summary
Summary
Learner English is a practical reference book which compares the relevant features of students' own languages with English, helping teachers to predict and understand the problems their students have. It includes 22 chapters, each of which covers one language background. Chapters are written by specialists with experience in teaching students from the areas concerned. They describe and explain the most important typical pronunciation, grammar, vocabulary and other mistakes of learners who speak Dutch-Flemish, Scandinavian languages (except Finnish), German, French, Italian, Spanish, Catalan, Portuguese, Greek, Russian, Polish, Farsi, Arabic, Turkish, South Asian languages (with a separate chapter on Dravidian languages), West African languages, Swahili, Malay/Indonesian, Japanese, Chinese, Korean and Thai.
Table of Contents
| Introduction |
| Notes for teachers of American English |
| List of phonetic symbols used in English |
| International phonetic alphabet |
| 1 Dutch speakers |
| 2 Speakers of Scandinavian languages |
| 3 German speakers |
| 4 French speakers |
| 5 Italian speakers |
| 6 Speakers of Spanish and Catalan |
| 7 Portuguese speakers |
| 8 Greek speakers |
| 9 Russian speakers |
| 10 Farsi speakers |
| 11 Arabic speakers |
| 12 Turkish speakers |
| 13 Speakers of Indian languages |
| 14 Speakers of West African languages |
| 15 Swahili speakers |
| 16 Japanese speakers |
| 17 Chinese speakers |
| 18 Vietnamese speakers |
| 19 Thai speakers; The cassette |
