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How To Master English as a Multilingual
A Guide for Students, Lawyers, and Professionals
9781035306749 Edward Elgar Publishing
Based on years of experience teaching English to non-native speakers, this insightful How To guide describes not only the particular challenges that multilinguals face compared to native English speakers but also the unique benefits of working in multiple languages.
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Based on years of experience teaching English to non-native speakers, this insightful How To guide describes not only the particular challenges that multilinguals face compared to native English speakers but also the unique benefits of working in multiple languages.
Throughout this engaging and practical book, Shai Dothan explores the mastery of the English language, reflecting on the common problem of perfecting your English whilst also practicing and refining other languages. This book serves as a guide to improving writing styles and presentation skills, especially of non-native English speakers by providing techniques for improved public speaking, reading, and writing. With an accessible approach, chapters teach a wide range of useful skills including how to excel in exams, publish in multiple languages, and develop your ‘inner ear’.
Designed for multilinguals who wish to improve their English, this guide will be an invaluable and invigorating resource for students and researchers who are seeking to hone their English language skills. It can be used to accompany English language courses in an academic or professional setting and can also be read individually as a self-help book. Researchers, students, and professionals working in the field of law will find the book particularly relevant.
Throughout this engaging and practical book, Shai Dothan explores the mastery of the English language, reflecting on the common problem of perfecting your English whilst also practicing and refining other languages. This book serves as a guide to improving writing styles and presentation skills, especially of non-native English speakers by providing techniques for improved public speaking, reading, and writing. With an accessible approach, chapters teach a wide range of useful skills including how to excel in exams, publish in multiple languages, and develop your ‘inner ear’.
Designed for multilinguals who wish to improve their English, this guide will be an invaluable and invigorating resource for students and researchers who are seeking to hone their English language skills. It can be used to accompany English language courses in an academic or professional setting and can also be read individually as a self-help book. Researchers, students, and professionals working in the field of law will find the book particularly relevant.
Critical Acclaim
‘It''s tough to imagine a person better suited to write this book than Shai Dothan. I''m really glad he has taken the time to share his impressively multilingual wisdom with the world.’
– Patrick Barry, University of Michigan, US
– Patrick Barry, University of Michigan, US
Contents
Contents: PART I AS YOU SOW … LAYING THE FOUNDATIONS FOR SUCCESS 1. Taming the tongue and producing bad poems 2. What to read before you begin 3. Learning habits for multilinguals 4. Work habits for writers 5. Tools to assist your writing 6. How to build your English vocabulary 7. Speaking, writing, and developing your inner ear 8. The conflation of spoken and written English 9. The music of English 10. Know thyself—how to correct repeating mistakes 11. Polyglot fatigue 12. How to deliver a lecture 13. How to prepare for a lecture in English 14. Grasp the soul of the English language 15. Why and how to read English poetry 16. Build your own literary canon 17. Study by heart 18. What to read to hone your skills 19. Focus 20. Start working. Now. PART II … SO SHALL YOU REAP: USING YOUR ADVANTAGES AS A MULTILINGUAL 21. Breaking the rules 22. Thinking in a non-English way 23. Why I like satellites 24. The switch 25. Think while you speak 26. Loan words and the perks of knowing etymologies 27. Publishing in multiple languages PART III USING YOUR ENGLISH LANGUAGE SKILLS: A GUIDE FOR STUDENTS AND SCHOLARS 28. How to excel in exams 29. If you cannot find a good idea, find ten bad ones 30. How to talk about your budding research 31. Do you have a hypothesis? 32. How to write an abstract 33. How to write a tentative table of contents 34. How to write an introduction 35. Descriptive sections and case studies 36. Theoretical sections 37. The conclusion 38. How to make a research time plan and stick to it 39. Write memos to yourself 40. How to divide your ideas in the thesis 41. How to edit your thesis 42. Your first interview in English Conclusion Index