DIY Techniques for Language Learners Author:Maria Fernandez-Toro, Francis R. Jones This text gives practical information, ideas and techniques themselves to learners who are teaching themselves a foreign language, to teachers who want to support their students' independent learning, and to advisers who work in self-access centers. Part I provides advice on general approaches and principles of independent learning and presents ... more »a series of questionnaires to help individuals discover their own language learning profile. Part II offers guidance and DIY techniques for developing specific language skills and areas, i.e. vocabulary, grammar, reading, listening, writing, speaking. The detailed discussion of independent language learning, together with in-depth guidelines on learning styles and the wide range of practical techniques should make this a useful handbook for anyone learning on their own, or those supporting or advising independent learners.« less