Fluent Forever

Gabriel Wyner is an author, opera singer and polyglot based in Los Angeles, CA. After not getting anywhere in 5 years of high school language classes, he reached fluency in German in 14 weeks with the help of the immersive Middlebury Language Schools. As a result, he fell in love with the process of language learning, going on to spend two months in intensive Italian courses in Perugia, Italy. Searching for ways to bring the immersion experience into the home, he began to develop a system that rapidly builds fluency in short, daily sessions. In 2010, his efforts paid off. He learned French to fluency in 5 months, and then Russian in 10 months.Born in Los Angeles, Gabriel graduated summa cum laude in 2007 from the University of Southern California with dual degrees in Mechanical Engineering and Vocal Arts Performance, and was awarded the Renaissance Scholar's prize for excellence in unrelated disciplines. He then moved to Vienna to pursue triple Master's degrees at the Konservatorium Wien in Opera, Lieder and Voice, and graduated with honors in 2011.Currently learning Hungarian, Gabe is looking forward to starting Japanese in mid 2014. His book on language learning - Fluent Forever: How to learn a language fast and never forget it - will be published on August 5, 2014 (Harmony Press/Random House).

出版者:Harmony

作者:Gabriel Wyner

页数:336

出版时间:2014-4-5

价格:USD 12.73

装帧:Paperback

isbn号码:9780385348119

图书标签:学习方法语言学习语言学英语语言英文原版英语学习English

The ultimate rapid language-learning guide! For those who’ve despaired of ever learning a foreign language, here, finally, is a book that will make the words stick. 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. In Fluent Forever Wyner reveals what he’s discovered.

The greatest challenge to learning a foreign language is the challenge of memory; there are just too many words and too many rules. For every new word we learn, we seem to forget two old ones, and as a result, fluency can seem out of reach. Fluent Forever tackles this challenge head-on. With empathy for the language-challenged and abundant humor, Wyner deconstructs the learning process, revealing how to build a foreign language in your mind from the ground up.

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. Soon, you'll gain the ability to learn grammar and more difficult abstract words--without the tedious drills and exercises of language classes and grammar books.

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.

用户评价

实践不下去不确定管不管用

想要multilingual的可以参考一下这本书，很多tips and tricks, 实用不实用就不知道了。作者推荐了很多学习语言的网站，可以试一试。读哈利波特系列是最好的学习方法之一，但看带字幕电影没有任何卵用。

废话很多，且含金量不高。自己总结的：①concrete words可以靠图片辅助记忆，抽象的词就有点难，哪怕谷歌图片大法也不好使，只有靠自己做大量工作建立personal connections，不要信作者的鬼话，你真靠图片记那几个单词，输出时写句子是写不出来的 ②单词的levels of processing的确是个很好使的东西，但还是要靠自己去做拓展图。例如蜂蜜这个词的性质为sticky, sweet liquid，和这个词有关的另一个词是bees和affection，这些玩意儿只能自己铺开扩张建立connections啊。说到底，语言学习到了某个阶段就变成孤独的探索了呢。

其实并没有想象中的好，小部分的《语言本能》里面的理论，加上部分PAO记忆方法。不过此书让我大致确定了一个语言学习的流程：语音，基础语法，大量单词，深入语法～中间还必须伴有各种听说读写的锻炼～我之前一直企图只从阅读中获取新词和语法，其实这样进度太慢了～

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