Fluent Forever Revised Edition – Gabriel Wyner (1)

You can take these sentences, turn them into fill-in-the-blank exercises, add a few pictures, and learn a bunch of new words and word forms. The word Where, for instance, might go with _____ are you going? I’m going to France! This strategy can rapidly bring you to an intermediate level, but as you move toward fluency, you’ll want to bring additional layers of nuance into your vocabulary.

Advanced speakers, after all, are speakers who can shift between casual and formal speech, academic and conversational writing, and have little trouble utilizing all those pesky verb forms in your grammar book’s conjugation charts. We’ll discuss three main approaches for learning these nuances: minimizing interference, using monolingual dictionaries, and practicing self- directed writing. We’ve already encountered the last one, and with some grammar and vocabulary under your belt, you can use it to its full potential. The first two concepts will be new, and they’ll give you the tool set you need to become an expert language learner.

Throughout this book, I’ve been giving you some counterintuitive suggestions: avoid learning synonyms; skip conjugation charts; don’t learn your words in thematic groups like numbers, colors, etc. It’s time to discuss in more depth why I’ve been making these strange suggestions. The research on this topic revolves around the concept of interference, the idea that two memories can interfere with each other and reduce both your learning speed and your recall rates.

I’ll explain with an example: suppose you learn a bunch of fruit names in French: une pomme (apple), une poire (pear), une pêche (peach), etc. A few days later you see an apple, and you try to recall the French word for it. Your brain searches through its memories via a few different routes: It’s a fruit! It’s a French word I learned a few days ago!

It starts with a p! Unfortunately, none of those routes are particularly helpful because you learned three French fruits that start with the letter p on the exact same day, and you accidentally gave yourself a literal and figurative headache. Memories compete with one another. When you try to recall your word, your three French fruits get into a mental tug-of-war when you try to figure out which one seems the most apple-like. As a result, you’ll have a harder time remembering pomme, and even if you do remember, you’ll take much longer to find it.

But that’s not even the end of the story.

“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 “Never before have I seen a language-learning method—or method for learning anything!—that syncs up so perfectly with our current scientific understanding of how memory works.

I now understand why my past attempts to learn other languages (Spanish, German, Latin) have left me with little more than a smattering of near-random vocabulary words, and I’m inspired to try again. 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 “Fluent Forever is the book I wish I had had during my numerous failed attempts at learning different languages. It’s a refreshingly fun and engaging guide that shows you how to language hack your brain. 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 “Fluent Forever more than meets the daunting challenge of learning a new language by giving the reader a solid game plan based on how people actually learn and memorize information.

From the first chapter, I couldn’t wait to get started using Wyner’s techniques and tons of resources. His writing is engaging, smart, and conversational, making learning a real joy. If you’ve ever wanted to become fluent in another language, do yourself a favor and start reading Fluent Forever now.” —Melanie Pinola, contributing writer for Lifehacker.com and author of LinkedIn in 30 Minutes “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 at Wired 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!

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Book Information

• Unique ID: c7953e046b171f41
• File Extension: .pdf
• File Size: 34,064,250 bytes (32.486 MB)
• Title: –
• Author: Unknown
• ISBN: 9780593797495, 9780385348102
• Pages: 464
• Language: English (en)

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• Estimated Reading Time: 560.48 minutes
• Total Words: 112,096
• Total Characters: 656,487
• Average Words per Page: 241.59
• Average Characters per Page: 1414.84

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