A Guide to Learning Independently by Lorraine Marshall, Frances Rowland

Advantages: Good explanaitions, Fun to use and Good Value for Money.
Disadvantages: Sometimes can pick out too much keywords to use.

...I am writing this review to give my opinion on CGP Revision Guides. +Introduction+ CGP revision guides are a fun and easy way to learn. Instead of making you search through reams of rubbish it has it all there for you, making each page as important as the last. The books are very colourful and make the really important bits stand out. +Layout+ All the books have a great layout, which really helps you learn. Each page has a main title at the top of the page and sub-titles as you go down the page. The pictures are really important because they help you understand the text, and if you don’t understand the text there's no point in buying the books. Another great thing about the books is that at the end of each section there is a question summary to test what you have learnt throughout that section. In certain books there are small... Read review

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Advantages: New experiences
Disadvantages: Not the free holiday everyone thinks it is

...and tend to know loads of ingenious little tips for comfort under canvas (mine would be, book into a hotel for the duration of your stay, but that’s not very practical) PGL is a great experience and a brilliant way to make friends. I wouldn't be on their books still 6 years later if it wasn't. It makes you independent and is a great confidence builder, and it’s worth it for the fantastic tan you get (those people working for PGL in Wales would possibly dispute this point!). It also looks fantastic on your CV - I've no doubt my time in France has swung a few jobs my way in the past. I'd recommend it! Anyone interested in looking into it, can contact PGL at www.pgl.co.uk. Bon Voyage!... Read review

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Advantages: By learning languages in a natural way then qualifications can follow very easily
Disadvantages: It can be emotionally traumatic to have family members abroad for a while and it can be quite demanding hosting foreign students

...I love learning French, Spanish and bits of other languages. When I was young my own parents were not in a position to send me abroad to experience learning to speak French in France but I still have a love of French to this day. As my own life developed and my wife and I were in a position to take in foreign students on language programmes it became obvious that foreign visitors improve their knowledge of English incredibly fast when they live en famille. Consequently, we began to send our own sons to France and to Spain to spend time learning French and later they stayed with families in Spain to learn Spanish. We also became part of a twinning exchange and we learnt the culture of the country from the people who live there as opposed to the way that books and teachers wish to explain. This does not, for one minute, say that class time... Read review

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