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| Author | Gabriel Wyner |
| Publisher | Harmony |
| Publication date | August 5, 2014 |
| Print length | 387 pages |
| Customer Reviews | 4.5⭐ / 3,406 ratings |
| Great on Kindle | ✅ |
The bestselling guide to learning a new language and remembering what you learned, now revised and updated
"A brilliant and thoroughly modern guide . . . If you want a new language to stick, start here."—Gary Marcus, cognitive psychologist and author of the New York Times bestseller Guitar Zero
Gabriel Wyner speaks seven foreign languages fluently. He didn't learn them in school—who does? Rather, he mastered each one on his own, drawing on free online resources, short practice sessions, and his knowledge of neuroscience and linguistics.
In
Fluent Forever, Wyner shares his foolproof method for learning any language. It starts by hacking the way your brain naturally encodes information. You'll discover how to hear new sounds and train your tongue to produce them accurately. You'll connect spellings and sounds to images so that you start thinking in a new language without translating. With spaced-repetition systems, you'll build a foundation for your language in a week and learn hundreds of words a month—with just a few minutes of practice each day. This revised edition also shares fresh strategies that Wyner has refined over years of study. You'll learn to
• use your interests to curate vocabulary that you'll actually be excited to study
• fast-track fluency, with a new appendix devoted to conversation strategies with native speakers
• compile the best language-learning tool kit for your budget
• harness the science of motivation and habit building to turbocharge your progress
• find the perfect level of difficulty with reading and listening comprehension to stay engaged and avoid frustration
With suggestions for helpful study aids and a wealth of free resources, the intuitive techniques in this book will offer you the most efficient and rewarding way to learn a new language.
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1) There are no shortcuts; you will still need to spend at least, for example, 600 hours of study for minimal Spanish conversations. This is, for example, about 6 months with a private tutor @4 hours/day. More complex languages will require more study
2) Start with pronunciation. If you go sideways at the start, it will be very difficult to correct later
3) Use one of the SRS card systems to enhance memorization, preferably every day. Build your own cards - not decks built by others, however tempting - use imagery wherever possible, and write verb conjugations in complete sentences. Leverage a frequency-of-use dictionary to help select words and verbs. Use an instructor plus several books for grammar
But this is still a big lift. The first 300 nouns will get you to about 80% of super basic conversation; basic fluency starts at between 1000 and 2000 nouns. Verbs are another story. English has about 12 verb tenses; Spanish, for example, has 16-18 verb tenses. To go with the top 300 basic nouns, there are about 75 frequently used verbs. 75 verbs in the 5 top tenses, in the 5 major forms (6 forms if you want European Spanish), is an additional 2,000 words, many of them completely irregular. Triple the verb memorization and their various conjugations for basic fluency
4) Practice with native speakers. Spanish in Mexico is different from Spanish in Colombia, is different from the Spanish in Argentina, and is different from the Spanish in Spain. Also, like English, each region has common simple phrases that defy translation. You will probably never lose your American accent, but with a LOT of practice, your pronunciation will not consistently embarrass you.
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