Language Acquisition Made Practical (LAMP)
Here is an easy (and fun) to use manual that shows you how to learn another language -- any language, anywhere -- if you live where the language is spoken and are motivated to learn it through involvement with the people.
LAMP describes a methodology called the Daily Learning Cycle, with ideas of learning activities you can do, step by step, each day. An accompanying C-90 audio cassette tape explicitly demonstrates all these activities. This 384-page book will help you, the Learner, self-program your language learning activities from the first day, and it is loaded with ideas that can lead you to full professional competence in the new language.
ISBN 0-916636-00-3
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L anguage
E xploration and
A cquisition
R esource
N otebook
A Non-School language learning project for learning any language.
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. (Along with the LAMP book, the LEARN! materials can also be used in missions courses that focus on language and culture acquisition skills.)
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.
We desire that individuals using LEARN! will view involvement in oanother culture as a very high privilege and a unique opportunity. One learner told us, "I have never been so fulfilled in all my life! Before, I was conditioned to always be so busy, busy, busy. Now, I have one responsibility -- spend time with people, learning from them." God rewarded his availability to people with a productive ministry even from the early weeks of language learning.
The LEARN! album includes theLEARN! sullabus and 14 lecture cassetes, plus a 5-second and a 30-second loop tape, 2 storytelling books, and the Bonding booklet.
(The LEARN! Syllabus without cassettes is available particularly for those who have access to an album.)
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Language Learning & Mission -- LEARN! Video Seminar
10 Hours of Training!
For those involved or wanting to be involved in cross-cultural ministries.
This video series is designed to give you insights and skills for language learning and cross-cultural ministry. Yes, you can learn a language!
On camera, Dr. Tom Brewster leads a group who are willing and ready to serve God in a foreign culture -- people like you. He guides them (and you) through training materials developed and refined during the Brewster's world travels.
Some of the video session topics:
(10 sessions - 1 hour each)
- The Challenge of the Unfinished Task
Dr. Tom Brewster shares a personal word and an introduction to mission and language learning issues. - Bonding -- an Incarnational Ministry Strategy
Issues involved in developing deep cross-cultural relationships. - Language Learning Is Communication Is Ministry
The learning process itself has the potential for communication -- effective communication and ministry. - What is Culture?
Defines culture, and provides insights for learning a culture and discovering "redemptive analogies." - Language Learning Strategy and Topics
Topics to multiply your language learning power -- right from the day you arrive. - Learning a Language the Right-Brain Way
Recent research gives significant insights into the learning process, and also into third-world thinking patterns. - "Hello Mouth!" -- An Introduction to Phonetics
An enjoyable exposure to sounds and symbols. How you pronounce their language really does matter.
In this Seminar:
- The how-to's for normal language and culture acquisition.
- Practical starting points for developing relationships and becoming bonded with people of another culture.
- A foundation for building an effective and fruitful missionary ministry.
Who should use this Seminar?
- Pre-field Missionary Orientation Programs
- Christian Campus Groups
- Mission-oriented Churches
- Bible School and Seminary Mission Courses
- Language courses in Christian High Schools & Colleges
- Intercultural Studies Programs
- Mission Societies
- Missionary Workshops
- Missionary Continuing Education Programs
- Missionary Leadership Development Programs
Video Materials Include:
- 10 one-hour Language Learning & Mission sessions
- The Language Learning & Mission Video Syllabus complete with over 300 pages of support material for the sessions. Comprehensive student guide sheets for each session include:
- Preview activities
- Video outline
- Note-taking pages
- Discussion guides
Results:
"Now I am beginning to speak Themne . . . every feature of the language is a challenge but the Lord has given me strength and you've given me the tools."
Sierra Leone
"I came to this seminar hoping to get a few good ideas about language learning. I didn't expect my whole life to be revolutionized."
Irian Jaya
"Learning language in life settings is so much more natural, and so much easier and most of all so much more fulfilling and fun. It is such a privilege to have local friends within 2 weeks of being here."
North Africa
I think this course may well have been this single most helpful class I had at seminary. It combined missiological concepts with a specific strategy for getting into a culture in a way that gives me courage and hope."
Pasadena
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