Fluent Forever by Gabriel Wyner
NATIONAL BESTSELLER * For anyone who wants to learn a foreign language, this is the method that will finally make the words stick."A brilliant and thoroughly modern guide to learning new languages."--Gary Marcus, cognitive psychologist and author of the New York Times bestseller Guitar Zero
At thirty years old, Gabriel Wyner speaks six languages fluently. He didn't learn them in school--who does? Rather, he learned them in the past few years, working on his own and practicing on the subway, using simple techniques and free online resources--and here he wants to show others what he's discovered.
Starting with pronunciation, you'll learn how to rewire your ears and turn foreign sounds into familiar sounds. You'll retrain your tongue to produce those sounds accurately, using tricks from opera singers and actors. Next, you'll begin to tackle words, and connect sounds and spellings to imagery rather than translations, which will enable you to think in a foreign language. And with the help of sophisticated spaced-repetition techniques, you'll be able to memorize hundreds of words a month in minutes every day.
This is brain hacking at its most exciting, taking what we know about neuroscience and linguistics and using it to create the most efficient and enjoyable way to learn a foreign language in the spare minutes of your day.
Wyner, Gabriel: - Gabriel Wyner is an author, opera singer and polyglot. He graduated Summa Cum Laude at USC, with dual degrees in Mechanical Engineering and Vocal Arts Performance, earning the Renaissance Scholar's prize for excellence in unrelated disciplines. Wyner moved to Vienna to pursue triple Master's degrees at the Konservatorium Wien in Opera, Lieder and Voice, graduating with honors in 2011. His essay on language learning for Lifehacker.com was one of the site's most read in 2012.
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| ISBN 13 | 9780385348119 |
| ISBN 10 | 0385348118 |
| Title | Fluent Forever |
| Author | Gabriel Wyner |
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| Binding Type | Paperback |
| Publisher | Random House USA Inc |
| Year published | 2014-08-05 |
| Number of pages | 336 |
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