Learning to Speak a Second Language

This book describes the new Feedback Training language learning method for those who will be living or working in another country where their business success, academic degrees, or communication with others will depend on the ability to speak a second language. In hour-for-hour of study while using this method, the student will gain the same fluency after six months of study as would be possible after a year of study using traditional grammar-based instruction. This method was developed to teach the Spoken English Learned Quickly website course. It has proven itself dramatically successful with hundreds of thousands of students using the course in over 170 countries. It is now the world's most widely distributed spoken English language course. With that background of success, this book was written to enable the reader to apply the same effective language learning method to any spoken language. The Reader will discover why the Feedback Training Method is so effective, and how to develop exercises, use a local newspaper for a language text, and study the verb construction of the target language. There are six appendices which give examples for developing spoken language drills in the target language, whether studying in an established language school or studying alone.