Fluent Forever：How to Learn Any Language Fast and Never Forget It

Theultimaterapidlanguage-learningguide!Forthosewho’vedespairedofeverlearningaforeignlanguage,here,finally,isabookthatwillmakethewordsstick.Atthirtyyearsold,GabrielWynerspeakssixlanguagesfluently.Hedidn’tlearntheminschool--whodoes?--rather,helearnedtheminthepastfewyears,workingonhisownandpracticingonthesubway,usingsimpletechniquesandfreeonlineresources.InFluentForeverWynerrevealswhathe’sdiscovered.Thegreatestchallengetolearningaforeignlanguageisthechallengeofmemory;therearejusttoomanywordsandtoomanyrules.Foreverynewwordwelearn,weseemtoforgettwooldones,andasaresult,fluencycanseemoutofreach.FluentForevertacklesthischallengehead-on.Withempathyforthelanguage-challengedandabundanthumor,Wynerdeconstructsthelearningprocess,revealinghowtobuildaforeignlanguageinyourmindfromthegroundup.Startingwithpronunciation,you’lllearnhowtorewireyourearsandturnforeignsoundsintofamiliarsounds.You'llretrainyourtonguetoproducethosesoundsaccurately,usingtricksfromoperasingersandactors.Next,you'llbegintotacklewords,andconnectsoundsandspellingstoimagery,ratherthantranslations,whichwillenableyoutothinkinaforeignlanguage.Andwiththehelpofsophisticatedspaced-repetitiontechniques,you'llbeabletomemorizehundredsofwordsamonthinminuteseveryday.Soon,you'llgaintheabilitytolearngrammarandmoredifficultabstractwords--withoutthetediousdrillsandexercisesoflanguageclassesandgrammarbooks.Thisisbrainhackingatitsmostexciting,takingwhatweknowaboutneuroscienceandlinguisticsandusingittocreatethemostefficientandenjoyablewaytolearnaforeignlanguageinthespareminutesofyourday.