Fluent Forever by Gabriel Wyner

Fluent Forever by Gabriel Wyner

The ultimate rapid language-learning guide

For those who've despaired of ever learning a foreign language, here, finally, is a book that will make the words stick. 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. In Fluent Forever Wyner reveals what he's discovered.

The greatest challenge to learning a foreign language is the challenge of memory; there are just too many words and too many rules. For every new word we learn, we seem to forget two old ones, and as a result, fluency can seem out of reach. Fluent Forever tackles this challenge head-on. With empathy for the language-challenged and abundant humor, Wyner deconstructs the learning process, revealing how to build a foreign language in your mind from the ground up.

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. Soon, you'll gain the ability to learn grammar and more difficult abstract words--without the tedious drills and exercises of language classes and grammar books.

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
Titre	Fluent Forever
Auteur	Gabriel Wyner
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Type de reliure	Paperback
Éditeur	Random House USA Inc
Année de publication	2014-08-05
Nombre de pages	336
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