Books like Language acquisition made practical by Tom Brewster

Steven Pinker explains how language emerges from innate biological mechanisms, explores recent research on language acquisition and brain function, and addresses common questions about why languages vary and why learning them later is difficult.

Benny Lewis delivers a practical guide for mastering a new language in three months, dispelling myths about memory and age while offering actionable techniques for rapid fluency.

A comprehensive guide to teaching English as a foreign language at primary level.

A step-by-step introduction to the ancient Egyptian Hieroglyphic script and language. Learn to interpret ancient Egyptian texts by learning to examine some of the most famous Egyptian monuments and artifacts.

A comprehensive collection of Noam Chomsky’s essays tracing the biological basis of language and cognition, from Universal Grammar to contemporary biolinguistic challenges.

The Natural Approach is based on the following tenets: 1). Language acquisition (an unconscious process developed through using language meaningfully) is different from language learning (consciously learning or discovering rules about a language) and language acquisition is the only way competence in a second language occurs. (The acquisition/learning hypothesis) 2). Conscious learning operates only as a monitor or editor that checks or repairs the output of what has been acquired. (The monitor hypothesis) 3). Grammatical structures are acquired in a predictable order and it does little good to try to learn them in another order.(The natural order hypothesis). 4). People acquire language best from messages that are just slightly beyond their current competence. (The input hypothesis) 5). The learner's emotional state can act as a filter that impedes or blocks input necessary to acquisition. (The affective filter hypothesis)

An introduction to the ancient Egyptian language and Hieroglyphic script.