![]() ![]() You spend time learning the names of the weapons and the rules of the game, and you drill the proper posture, every parry, riposte, and lunge. ![]() Your goal in fencing is to stab people automatically. Still, stabbing friends with pointy metal objects resembles language learning more than you might think. I say this as someone who is in no way qualified to speak about sports I joined the fencing team in high school in order to get out of gym class. Overall this is a pretty amazing book for polyglots and language buffs alike. Besides, I am not a fan of flashcards, they don't work for me and they bore me and, as a result, I hate them passionately! Still, there are lots of other things to internalise and take out. And while I get the why's, I simply don't like other people's tools. There is a lot on the author's tools he developed. I am amazed that so much first-hand insight into language acquisition got packed into this tiny book! 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. 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. And with the help of sophisticated spaced-repetition techniques, you'll be able to memorize hundreds of words a month in minutes every day. 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. Starting with pronunciation, you’ll learn how to rewire your ears and turn foreign sounds into familiar sounds. 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. Fluent Forever tackles this challenge head-on. For every new word we learn, we seem to forget two old ones, and as a result, fluency can seem out of reach. The greatest challenge to learning a foreign language is the challenge of memory there are just too many words and too many rules. In Fluent Forever Wyner reveals what he’s discovered. 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. At thirty years old, Gabriel Wyner speaks six languages fluently. 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.
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