Language Acquisition

SUMMER INSTITUTE OF LINGUISTICS Language learning in SIL focuses on developing the ability to communicate in a second language, with special emphasis on languages for which there are few or no written or recorded resources. MISSION TRAINING INTERNATIONAL’S PILAT PROGRAM The logic is compelling and the facts are undeniable. If you must learn another language in order to be an effective cross-cultural messenger of the Gospel, you need to be empowered to do so. Quality training makes the difference. PILAT’s two-week pre-departure program is designed to help you – and your family – develop the skills, methods, techniques and attitudes necessary to learn another language. BEAUTIFUL FEET BOOT CAMP This five-month Heart of God Ministries missionary training program includes language acquisition training. Graduates can join other HGM missionaries on the field or be sent out by another organization. LANGUAGE EXPLORATION AND ACQUISITION RESOURCE NOTEBOOK (LEARN!) album This 16-cassette album with 300-page syllabus contains an entire language acquisition course offered by Drs. Tom and Betty Sue Brewster.The album is primarily designed as a guide for missionary language learners who are serious about learning a new language in the context of relationships within their new community. The perspective of LEARN! is: "Normal language acquisition is a social experience rather than simply an academic activity." This approach is best suited to those who are willing to make a full-time commitment, not just to studying, but to the people of the new language. (See also the LEARN! video training package below) LANGUAGE LEARNER'S LOGBOOK An organization and retrieval system for all the language and cultural information that the Learner gathers. In only a short time, your materials can multiply quite rapidly and become unwieldy. Here is a workable record-keeping, organization and retrieval system. PRONUNCIATION ACTIVITIES FOR LANGUAGE LEARNERS (PAL) This is a programmed workbook (with tape) for understanding the details of your own American English pronunication habits and also for analyzing the way sounds are used in your new language (phonemics). EFFECTIVE LANGUAGE LEARNING: A STORY OF HOPE DVD (IMB) Be better equipped to learn the language and culture in which you serve. This virtual tutor, a set of three instructional DVD's, gives strategic guidelines to language learning of all expertise levels. AUDIOFORUM The world's largest selection of self-instructional language courses: over 285 courses in 106 languages, from Afrikaans to Zulu, including a large selection of courses and related cultural materials for Native American languages. We also carry a large line of English as a Second/Foreign Language instructional courses, as well as personal-development audio and video programs. BEFORE YOU KNOW IT Experts agree that words and small phrases are the building blocks of language. Before You Know It lets users see and hear the foreign language with native speaker pronunciation, and then leads them through a proven, proprietary learning process. BYKI monitors the user's responses and constantly adjusts to focus on the unique words and phrases that each user finds more challenging. The result is the fastest possible learning with Perfect Recall. VIDEO LANGUAGE LEARNING & MISSION -- LEARN! 10 Hours of Training by Tom Brewster on video! For those involved or wanting to be involved in cross-cultural ministries. Designed to give you insights and skills for language learning and cross-cultural ministry. Yes, you can learn a language!