Fluent Forever
How to Learn every language fast and never forget it
(Sprache: Englisch)
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...
"A brilliant and thoroughly modern guide to learning new languages."-Gary Marcus, cognitive psychologist and author of the...
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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 practicing 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 memorize 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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Chapter 1Introduction: Stab, Stab, Stab
If you talk to a man in a language he understands, that goes to his head. If you talk to him in his language, that goes to his heart. Nelson Mandela
Americans who travel abroad for the first time are often shocked to discover that, despite all the progress that has been made in the last 30 years, many foreign people still speak in foreign languages. Dave Barry
Language learning is a sport. 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. Still, stabbing friends with pointy metal objects resembles language learning more than you might think. Your goal in fencing is to stab people automatically. 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. Finally, you play the game, hoping to reach that magical moment when you forget about the rules: Your arm moves of its own accord, you deftly parry your friend s sword, and you stab him squarely in the chest. Point!
We want to walk up to someone, open our mouths, forget the rules, and speak automatically. This goal can seem out of reach because languages seem hard, but they re not. There is no such thing as a hard language; any idiot can speak whatever language his parents spoke when he was a child. The real challenge lies in finding a path that conforms to the demands of a busy life.
In the midst of my own busy life as an opera singer, I needed to learn German, Italian, French, and Russian. Out of those experiences, I found the underpinnings for this book. My methods are the results of an obsessive need to tinker, research, and tinker again. My language-learning toolbox has, over time, turned into a well-oiled machine that transforms fixed amounts of daily time into noticeable, continuous improvement in my languages and in the languages of every person I ve taught. In
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sharing it, I hope to enable you to visit the peculiar world of language learning. In the process, you ll better understand the inner workings of your mind and the minds of others. You ll learn to speak a new language, too.
Beginnings
So far, my favorite moment of this crazy language-learning adventure took place in a Viennese subway station in 2012. I was returning home from a show when I saw a Russian colleague coming toward me. Our common language had always been German, and so, in that language, we greeted and caught up on the events of the past year. Then I dropped the bomb. You know, I speak Russian now, I told her in Russian.
The expression on her face was priceless. Her jaw actually dropped, like in the cartoons. She stammered, What? When? How? as we launched into a long conversation in Russian about language learning, life, and the intersection between the two.
My first attempts to learn languages were significantly less jaw dropping. I went to Hebrew school for seven years. We sang songs, learned the alphabet, lit lots of candles, drank lots of grape juice, and didn t learn much of anything. Well, except the alphabet; I had that alphabet nailed.
In high school, I fell in love with my Russian teacher, Mrs. Nowakowsky. She was smart and pretty, she had a wacky Russian last name, and I did whatever she asked, whenever she asked. Five years later, I had learned a few phrases, memorized a few poems, and learned that alphabet quite well, thank you very much. By the end of it, I got the impression that something was seriously wrong. Why can I only remember alphabets? Why was everything else so hard?
Fast-forward to June of 2004, at the start of a German immersion program for opera singers in Vermont. At the time, I was an engineer with an oversized singing habit. This habit demanded that I learn basi
Beginnings
So far, my favorite moment of this crazy language-learning adventure took place in a Viennese subway station in 2012. I was returning home from a show when I saw a Russian colleague coming toward me. Our common language had always been German, and so, in that language, we greeted and caught up on the events of the past year. Then I dropped the bomb. You know, I speak Russian now, I told her in Russian.
The expression on her face was priceless. Her jaw actually dropped, like in the cartoons. She stammered, What? When? How? as we launched into a long conversation in Russian about language learning, life, and the intersection between the two.
My first attempts to learn languages were significantly less jaw dropping. I went to Hebrew school for seven years. We sang songs, learned the alphabet, lit lots of candles, drank lots of grape juice, and didn t learn much of anything. Well, except the alphabet; I had that alphabet nailed.
In high school, I fell in love with my Russian teacher, Mrs. Nowakowsky. She was smart and pretty, she had a wacky Russian last name, and I did whatever she asked, whenever she asked. Five years later, I had learned a few phrases, memorized a few poems, and learned that alphabet quite well, thank you very much. By the end of it, I got the impression that something was seriously wrong. Why can I only remember alphabets? Why was everything else so hard?
Fast-forward to June of 2004, at the start of a German immersion program for opera singers in Vermont. At the time, I was an engineer with an oversized singing habit. This habit demanded that I learn basi
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Autoren-Porträt von Gabriel Wyner
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.
Bibliographische Angaben
- Autor: Gabriel Wyner
- 2014, 336 Seiten, Maße: 15,4 x 23,3 cm, Kartoniert (TB), Englisch
- Verlag: Harmony Books
- ISBN-10: 0385348118
- ISBN-13: 9780385348119
- Erscheinungsdatum: 30.04.2016
Sprache:
Englisch
Pressezitat
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 TribuneA 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
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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
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
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