Optimal language learning : the strategies and epiphanies of gifted language learners / Noumane Rahouti and Lawrence Baines.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Rahouti, Noumane, author.

Baines, Lawrence, author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Language and languages--Study and teaching.

Language and languages.

Gifted persons--Education.

Gifted persons.

Physical Description:

xiii, 103 pages ; 24 cm

Place of Publication:

Lanham, Maryland : Rowman & Littlefield, [2017]

Summary:

Noumane Rahouti is lecturer at the English Language Institute at the University of Central Florida. His webpage is www.noumanerahouti.com. Book jacket.

Contents:

1 Learning and Psycholinguistics 1

Knowledge of Languages As An Asset 2

2 The Quality of the Experience 5

Consciousness 5

Growth of the Self 6

Clear Goals and Feedback 8

The Autotelic Experience 9

Games 10

Obstacles 13

Body in Flow 13

Thought 14

Intrapersonal and Interpersonal Intelligence 15

Cheating Chaos 16

The Making of Meaning 17

3 Andrew 19

Interest in Languages 20

Moving to China 22

Functional Chinese 23

Language Epiphany 25

Photography 27

The Return 28

Analysis 29

4 Emmanuelle 33

Languages in School 34

Latin at Twelve 35

Spanish at Thirteen 36

Ancient Greek at Fifteen 37

English and Hebrew at Sixteen to Seventeen 37

Learning Language in Secondary School 38

Hungarian 39

More English, Lakota, and Italian in College 40

French in America 41

Teaching Non-American, Non-English-Speaking Students 43

Cherokee as A Graduate Student 43

Analysis 45

5 Rebecca 49

Childhood 49

College 51

Language Explosion 52

Spanish Fluency 54

Spanish Now 55

Analysis 56

6 Genevieve 61

Homseschooling 62

The Puzzle of Language 63

Arabic 64

France 66

Egypt 68

Analysis 69

7 Scott 71

Initial Encounters 72

Journeys 74

New Challenges 76

French 77

Crystallization 78

Perception of Languages 80

The Game 81

Analysis 82.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references.

ISBN:

9781475833881

1475833881

9781475833898

147583389X

OCLC:

969830128