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HOW TO LEARN LANGUAGES AND WHAT LANGUAGES TO LEARN
MARIO
PEI
$5.95
How
Learn
to
LANGUAGES and What
LANGUAGES to
Learn
by Mario Pei
Here
a
is
book that deals with
lan-
guage-learning methods rather than with
language-teaching methods. Dr. Pei cusses the advantages
method
of each
and
He
describes the
are
that
of learning a language
the usefulness of learning
stresses
aids.
dis-
and disadvantages
being
many
taught
languages
today
—
— from
French to Arabic and Urdu and explains what languages may be learned simultaneously, and the special ties
of each.
He
also illustrates
difficul-
how
to
apply the rules and vocabulary of one language in studying others.
Here
are but a few of the
tions to
which
supply
practical,
this
many
ques-
book undertakes straightforward
to
an-
swers:
Barring special situations, what lan-
guages
is it
profitable to concentrate on?
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