Questions about the Learning a Second Language poster

What’s on the Learning a Second Language poster?

12 entries in 3 groups. Consistent findings across decades of applied linguistics. What works: Large amounts of input you mostly understand, Speaking early, accepting m…; What is oversold: Grammar drills alone, Translation as the main method, Waiting until…; Rough hours: Spanish, French for an English speaker: ~600–750 h, German: ~900 h, Arab…. Adults learn grammar faster than children; children reach better accents. Neither group has an across-the-board advantage.

Who is the Learning a Second Language poster for?

Learning a Second Language belongs to the Languages section rather than to a school year, because languages is not something one grade owns. Anyone learning how languages work can pin it up — a beginner, a student mid-course, or someone revising years later.

When should you use the Learning a Second Language poster?

Comprehensible input is the strongest single predictor. Grammar study supports it; it does not replace it. A wall chart earns its place by being glanceable from where the work is happening, so Learning a Second Language belongs on the wall where that languages work actually happens, within glancing distance, rather than filed away.

What other posters go with Learning a Second Language?

Bilingualism, Grammatical Case and Code-Switching sit alongside Learning a Second Language in the Languages section. Printed together they make a wall rather than a single sheet, which is how a reference set actually gets used.BilingualismGrammatical CaseCode-Switching

Is the Learning a Second Language poster free to download and print?

Yes. Learning a Second Language downloads as a free PDF with no account, no email and no watermark, like everything else in the Languages section. Print as many copies as you like for a home, a classroom, a library or a tutoring group; reselling the file is the only thing the licence rules out.Read the licence

What size does the Learning a Second Language poster print at?

Learning a Second Language is a vector PDF laid out for US Letter, and prints on A4 with Fit to page — the same file, no separate download. Because every mark on it is drawn rather than photographed, it stays sharp enlarged to A3, A2 or A1 at a copy shop. Colour carries emphasis only, so a greyscale print of Learning a Second Language loses nothing.Printing guide