Fluent Forever · How to Learn Any Language Fast and Never Forget It (9780385348102) by Wyner, Gabriel -- Read -- Imperial Library of Trantor

Index

Cover Title Page Copyright Dedication Contents 1: Introduction: Stab, Stab, Stab

Beginnings Cheaters Occasionally Prosper: The Three Keys to Language Learning The Game Plan How Long Does Fluency Take? Do This Now: The Path Forward

2: Upload: Five Principles to End Forgetting

Principle 1: Make Memories More Memorable Principle 2: Maximize Laziness Principle 3: Don’t Review. Recall. Principle 4: Wait, Wait! Don’t Tell Me! Principle 5: Rewrite the Past Timing Is Everything: The End of Forgetting Do This Now: Learn to Use a Spaced Repetition System

3: Sound Play

Train Your Ears, Rewire Your Brain Train Your Mouth, Get the Girl Train Your Eyes, See the Patterns Do This Now: Learn Your Language’s Sound System

4: Word Play and the Symphony of a Word

Where to Begin: We Don’t Talk Much About Apricots Games with Words The Gender of a Turnip Do This Now: Learn Your First 625 Words, Music and All

5: Sentence Play

6: The Language Game

Setting Goals: Your Custom Vocabulary Words About Words Reading for Pleasure and Profit Listening Comprehension for Couch Potatoes Speech and the Game of Taboo Do This Now: Explore Your Language

7: Epilogue: The Benefits and Pleasures of Learning a Language The Toolbox

The Art of Flash Cards The First Gallery: Do-It-Yourself Pronunciation Trainers The Second Gallery: Your First Words The Third Gallery: Using and Learning Your First Sentences The Fourth Gallery: One Last Set of Vocabulary Cards

A Glossary of Terms and Tools

Appendices

One Last Note (About Technology) Notes Acknowledgments Index