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Fluent Forever

How to Learn Any Language Fast and Never Forget It
By Gabriel Wyner
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Fluent Forever by Gabriel Wyner is a guide focused on mastering foreign languages efficiently. It presents innovative techniques like using pronunciation as a foundation and employing spaced repetition systems for vocabulary retention. The book aims to transform traditional language learning, making it more engaging and effective by immersing the learner in the linguistic process.
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You might enjoy this book if you're keen to master a new language with efficient techniques and practical methods. It offers innovative memory strategies and clear explanations to help you retain vocabulary and boost your language skills effectively. Ideal for anyone passionate about learning languages and eager to overcome common language acquisition challenges.

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From the twenty-something linguistic maven whose language-learning methods became a much talked about phenomenon on lifehacker.com, this book offers a magic skeleton key to becoming fluent in any language, using free resources and easy-to-learn techniques.

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 practising 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 memorise 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.

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Gabriel Wyner’s Fluent Forever receives high praise for its engaging and modern approach to language learning. Reviewers highlight the book’s effectiveness in teaching readers how to learn any language quickly and efficiently, emphasizing its entertaining and accessible style. It’s recommended for its innovative techniques, blending technology with practical strategies, to make the language acquisition process enjoyable and enduring.

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ISBN: 9780385348119

Publisher: Random House USA Inc

Format: Paperback / softback

Date Published: 05 August 2014

Country: United States

Imprint: Harmony Books

Illustration: CHARTS AND TABLES THROUGHOUT

Audience: General / adult

DIMENSIONS

Spine width: 18.0mm

Width: 155.0mm

Height: 234.0mm

Weight: 329g

Pages: 336

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About the Author

Gabriel Wyner graduated summa cum laude at USC, where he won the school's Renaissance Award. His essay on language learning for Lifehacker.com was one of the site's most read in 2012.

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