Last modified on Wednesday, November 24, 1999.

How To Be A More Successful Language Learner, second edition
Joan Rubin, Irene Thompson
Heinle and Heinle Publishers/Wadsworth
120 pp, 1994
Unpriced: Amazon.com price US$31.95 (1999 Nov.)
ISBN 0-8384-4734-1

Contents:

Preface
Forwords

Part One: Before You Begin

    Chapter 1 You, the Language Learner

    • Everything Depends on You
    • Age and Foreign Language Learning
    • Language Learning Aptitude
    • Psychological Predispositions
    • Past Experiences

    Chapter 2 The Language Learning Process

    • Language Learning is a Long Process
    • Language Learning is a Process of Successive Approximation
    • Language Learning May Affect You Emotionally
    • Learning a New Language May Be Especially Difficult for Some People

    Chapter 3 Clarifying Your Objectives

    • Why Study a Foreign Language?
    • What Are Your Objectives?
    • Speaking Objectives
    • Reading Objectives
    • Listening Objectives
    • Writing Objectives

    Chapter 4 Planning Your Language Study

    • Informal Settings
    • Formal Settings
    • Combining Formal and Informal Settings
    • Independent Study
    • Selecting the Right Language Course
    • Locating the Right Language Course

    Chapter 5 The Communication Process

    • About Communication
    • Two Kinds of Messages: Referential and Social
    • The Three Activities of Communication
    • Problems in Sending and Recieving Messages

    Chapter 6 The Nature of Language

    • Language is Creative
    • Language is Systematic
    • Languages are Both Similar and Dissimilar

    Chapter 7 Language Learning Resources

    • Language Teachers
    • Language Textbooks
    • Dictionaries
    • Reference Grammars
    • Media Materials

Part Two: Once You Begin

    Chapter 8 Take Charge of Your Learning

    • Find Your Own Way
    • Plan
    • Monitor and Evaluate

    Chapter 9 What You Know _Can_ Help You

    • Cultural Knowledge
    • Linguistic Knowledge
    • Contextual Knowledge
    • Textual Knowledge
    • World Knowledge

    Chapter 10 Assessment of Strategy Use

    • Why Assess?
    • How to Assess?
    • Questionnaire 1: Executive Control
    • Questionnaire 2: Strategies

    Chapter 11 Vocabulary and Grammar

    • Strategies for Learning Vocabulary
    • Strategies for Learning Grammar

    Chapter 12 Listening

    • Getting Started
    • Strategies for Developing Listening Skills

    Chapter 13 Reading

    • Getting Started
    • Strategies for Developing Reading Skills

    Chapter 14 Speaking

    • Getting Started
    • Strategies for Developing Speaking Skills

    Chapter 15 Writing

    • Getting Started
    • Strategies for Developing Writing Skills

Afterword
Appendix A Addresses of Major Publishers of Foreign Language Materials
Appendix B Addresses of Useful Organizations
About the Authors