Language Learning in Ministry

<p><strong style=background-color: inherit>Chart a Path for Language Success</strong><strong> </strong></p><p> </p><p><span style=background-color: inherit; color: rgba(0 0 0 1)>Are you excited to minister in another culture but worried about how best to learn the language of the people you are going to serve? While a new culture and a new language will change you and your family in dramatic ways let the author dispel common myths about language acquisition and share a hopeful outlook. </span><span style=color: rgba(0 0 0 1)> </span></p><p> </p><p><em style=background-color: inherit; color: rgba(0 0 0 1)>Language Learning in Ministry</em><span style=background-color: inherit; color: rgba(0 0 0 1)> is essential for learning a new language or providing guidance for those headed into a new language context. With chapters on both formal and informal language learning to guide the selection of language schools programs and methodologies this book walks you through the options opportunities and challenges ahead.</span><span style=color: rgba(0 0 0 1)> </span></p><p> </p><p><span style=background-color: inherit; color: rgba(0 0 0 1)>Special attention is given to:</span><span style=color: rgba(0 0 0 1)> </span></p><ul><li><span style=background-color: inherit; color: rgba(0 0 0 1)>Viewing language learning through a ministry lens</span><span style=color: rgba(0 0 0 1)> </span></li><li><span style=background-color: inherit; color: rgba(0 0 0 1)>Language development of children and the needs of the family including schooling options and opportunities for MKs to learn the local</span><span style=color: rgba(0 0 0 1)> </span></li><li><span style=background-color: inherit; color: rgba(0 0 0 1)>Personal application-walking the reader through decision-making processes to chart a path for success in language learning</span><span style=color: rgba(0 0 0 1)> </span></li><li><span style=background-color: inherit; color: rgba(0 0 0 1)>Rich resources such as language proficiency scales language learning methodologies and online resources</span><span style=color: rgba(0 0 0 1)> </span></li><li><span style=background-color: inherit; color: rgba(0 0 0 1)>A complete task-based language learning curriculum that can be adapted to any language</span><span style=color: rgba(0 0 0 1)> </span></li></ul><p> </p><p><span style=background-color: inherit; color: rgba(0 0 0 1)>Don't let language learning be a desert of waiting but rather a launch-pad for ministry opportunities. Utilizing the knowledge and guidance provided</span><span style=background-color: inherit> in this book will minimize your stress increase the potential for your success in acquiring a new language and fuel your ministry.</span> </p>