Aimed at providing non-native English speakers with the skills needed to study overseas at an English-speaking University, this practical handbook prepares students to live abroad, understand university culture, and to improve their English. It is built around activities that give hands-on practice to make overseas university study a success.

A practical reference for university and senior secondary school students. Theories are explained in straightforward language, including factors that affect the learning of languages, such as motivation, memory and a range of strategies initiated by students themselves.

How should the teacher trained in student-centred methods react to teacher-centred students? This manual is designed to help the reader to appreciate the cultural and educational dilemmas confronting the students and impeding their acquisition of a second language.

Sends out the message for classroom teachers: student learning improves when teachers introduce their students to strategies for learning as well as teaching them specific language. This book offers suggestions for bringing about a successful match between teachers preferred ways of teaching and learners preferred ways of learning.