Fluent Forever (Revised Edition): How to Learn Any Language Fast and Never Forget It

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Table of Contents: 1. Introduction: Stab, Stab, Stab -- Beginnings -- Cheaters Occasionally Prosper: The Three Keys to Language Learning -- The Game Plan -- How Long Does Fluency Take?...

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Table of Contents:
1. Introduction: Stab, Stab, Stab -- Beginnings -- Cheaters Occasionally Prosper: The Three Keys to Language Learning -- The Game Plan -- How Long Does Fluency Take? -- Do This Now: The Path Forward -- 2. Upload: Five Principles to End Forgetting -- Principle 1. Make Memories More Memorable -- Principle 2. Maximize Laziness -- Principle 3. Don't Review. Recall. -- Principle 4. Wait, Wait! Don't Tell Me! -- Principle 5. Rewrite the Past -- Timing Is Everything: The End of Forgetting -- Do This Now: Learn to Use a Spaced Repetition System -- 3. Sound Play -- Train Your Ears, Rewire Your Brain -- Train Your Mouth, Get the Girl -- Train Your Eyes, See the Patterns -- Do This Now: Learn Your Language's Sound System -- 4. Word Play and the Symphony of a Word -- Where to Begin: We Don't Talk Much About Apricots -- Games with Words -- The Gender of a Turnip -- Do This Now: Learn Your First 625 Words, Music and All -- 5. Sentence Play -- The Power of Input: Your Language Machine -- Simplify, Simplify: Turning Mountains into Molehills -- Story Time: Making Patterns Memorable -- On Arnold Schwarzenegger and Exploding Dogs: Mnemonics for Grammar -- The Power of Output: Your Custom Language Class -- Do This Now: Learn Your First Sentences -- 6. The Language Game -- Setting Goals: Your Custom Vocabulary -- Words About Words -- Reading for Pleasure and Profit -- Listening Comprehension for Couch Potatoes -- Speech and the Game of Taboo -- Do This Now: Explore Your Language -- 7. Epilogue: The Benefits and Pleasures of Learning a Language -- The Toolbox -- The Gallery: A Guide to the flash Cards That Will Teach You Your Language -- The Art of Flash Cards -- The First Gallery: Do-It-Yourself Pronunciation Trainers -- The Second Gallery: Your First Words -- The Third Gallery: Using and Learning Your First Sentences -- The Fourth Gallery: One Last Set of Vocabulary Cards -- A Glossary of Terms and Tools -- Appendices -- Appendix 1. Specific Language Resources -- Appendix 2. Language Difficulty Estimates -- Appendix 3. Spaced Repetition System Resources -- Appendix 4. The international Phonetic Alphabet Decoder -- Appendix 5. Your First 625 Words -- Appendix 6. How to Use This Book with Your Classroom Language Course -- One Last Note (About Technology) -- Notes -- Acknowledgments -- Index.

Marc Notes:
For those who've despaired of ever learning a foreign language, here, finally, is a book that will make the words stick.

Review Quotes:
"This is a fun way for anyone to discover the secrets of language instruction presented in a conversational, stress-free way--no matter how little time you have." --The Chicago Tribune

"A brilliant and thoroughly modern guide to learning new languages. Fluent Forever won't teach you French, or German, or any other language--but it will teach you how to learn whatever language you do want to learn, and to learn it faster, and more efficiently. If you want a new language to stick, start here." --Gary Marcus, cognitive psychologist and author of the New York Times bestseller Guitar Zero

"Aspiring polyglots of the world, take note: this book will help you pick up any new language in record time. If you're looking for a practical, brain-friendly, field-tested approach to language learning, search no more: you've found your guide." --Josh Kaufman, bestselling author of The First 20 Hours: How to Learn Anything...Fast!

" Fluent Forever promises a fun, personalized learning regimen that is sure to wire a new tongue into your brain with speed and simplicity. And Wyner's sharp wit will keep you entertained along the way! I've never been so excited to challenge my mind." --Karen Schrock Simring, contributing editor at Scientific American Mind magazine

" Fluent Forever is the book I wish I had had during my numerous failed attempts at learning different languages. Wyner's done all the hard work so that the reader can actually enjoy the process of becoming fluent in a language quickly!" --Nelson Dellis, 2011 and 2012 USA Memory Champion

"This is the book I'd use next time I want to learn a new language. It employs an intelligent mix of the latest methods for learning a language on your own using the web, apps, and voice training tips in an accelerated time frame." --Kevin Kelly, Senior Maverick for Wired Magazine and author of What Technology Wants

"I know what you're thinking: But learning a new language is soooo hard! The solution? Stop being a whiner and start reading Wyner. This book is a winner! Guaranteed to rewire your brain in as many languages as you'd like." --Joel Saltzman, author of Shake That Brain!: How to Create Winning Solutions and Have Fun While You're at It

"Mash up the DNA of Steve Jobs and Aristotle, add training in engineering and opera, and you get Gabriel Wyner, whose ingeniously elegant system helps us knuckleheads learn not just foreign languages but, well, everything. Autodidacts rejoice!" --Jay Heinrichs, author of Thank You for Arguing and Word Hero

"Americans refuse to realize that all languages are foreign--yes, including English. It's time we learned how to speak like the rest of the world: in more ways than one. This book is a hilarious toolbox that helps you get a head start." --Ilan Stavans, author of Dictionary Days: A Defining Passion

Brief Description:
"Gabriel Wyner speaks seven languages fluently. He didn't learn them in school-who does? Rather, he mastered each one on his own, drawing on free online resources, quick daily practice sessions, and his knowledge of neuroscience and linguistics. In Fluent Forever, Gabe shares his foolproof method for learning any language. It starts by hacking the way your brain naturally encodes information. You'll begin by learning how to hear new sounds and training your tongue to produce them accurately. You'll connect spellings and sounds to images rather than rely on translation exercises so that you start thinking in a new language. With the help of spaced-repetition systems, you'll build a foundation for your language in one 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 Gabe has refined over years of study. You'll learn how to: Use your interests to curate vocabulary that you'll actually be excited to study; Pick up the subtleties of your target language by conversing with native speakers; 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 difficultly with reading and listening comprehension to stay engaged and avoid frustration"--

Biographical Note:
Gabriel Wyner is the founder of Fluent Forever, a bestselling author, an opera singer, and a polyglot based in Chicago. He can now hold comfortable conversations in Spanish, German, French, Russian, Italian, Hungarian, and Japanese.

Publisher Marketing:
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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