Is it really possible to effectively learn more than one foreign language on your own, through self-study? What is the best way to learn foreign languages? What are the best resources to use? How many languages is it really possible to learn? These questions, and many others, are answered within the pages of this book. The authors contained herein are all language lovers found in the YouTube language-learning community. In this book, they will describe the methods they used to learn multiple languages, and will also show you how you can do it too.
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42 of 45 people found the following review helpful
By wch
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Cartaginese's book is a collection of "how I learned language" stories, largely gathered from language videos posters on youtube. The book's editors and writers mostly disdain traditional language learning strategies - not without reason - and claim accomplishments like acquiring fluency in Hebrew during a cross-country road trip. Such things might be possible for the common language learner but you won't figure out how without an enormous amount of effort: the book is poorly edited, unfocused and unorganized.
While you might find inspiration in this collection of "these people who have learned multiple languages, you can, too" stories, you won't uncover many effective learning strategies. The few gems you do find may not be worth the effort; there is better stuff on sites like lingq.com. The serious language learner should look elsewhere.
While you might find inspiration in this collection of "these people who have learned multiple languages, you can, too" stories, you won't uncover many effective learning strategies. The few gems you do find may not be worth the effort; there is better stuff on sites like lingq.com. The serious language learner should look elsewhere.
18 of 19 people found the following review helpful
5.0 out of 5 stars
Absoloutly fantastic, a must have for anyone interested in learning multiple languages.
November 28, 2010
There are many misconceptions when it comes to language learning, and this book dispels many if not all of them. It's inspiring to read the stories of those who have learnt many languages and this book gives an insight into the methodology followed by those who learn multiple languages, but more importantly, the mind-set common amongst them all.
I've learnt that there's nothing special about anyone who learns multiple languages and this book literally gives the "secret" for doing the same.
You won't regret this purchase!
There are tons of great stories and techniques to read through over and over again. They can be used as inspiration to keep going with your language studies, and you can also use it a reference book full of different techniques to try. Good luck!
I've learnt that there's nothing special about anyone who learns multiple languages and this book literally gives the "secret" for doing the same.
You won't regret this purchase!
There are tons of great stories and techniques to read through over and over again. They can be used as inspiration to keep going with your language studies, and you can also use it a reference book full of different techniques to try. Good luck!
5 of 6 people found the following review helpful
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The book is a great resource for anyone who has an interest to learn any language. The contributors to the book are from various walks of life and demonstrate how anyone and everyone can take the brave steps to enriching their world by tapping into a new world via language learning.
The book has a wide scope and outlines different methods/styles all in an accessible, even autobiographical manner.
Well worth your dollars :-).
The book has a wide scope and outlines different methods/styles all in an accessible, even autobiographical manner.
Well worth your dollars :-).
2 of 2 people found the following review helpful
By Eric William
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This book is written in a HUGE font to stuff the pages. Then, the font is San-serif - really hard to read.
But the most important thing is ... YOU need to ferret out what works to learn a language. The WHOLE book is just stories of people who learned lots of languages. No SUMMARY of what works! For the love of god, SUMMARIZE what works.
But the most important thing is ... YOU need to ferret out what works to learn a language. The WHOLE book is just stories of people who learned lots of languages. No SUMMARY of what works! For the love of god, SUMMARIZE what works.
2 of 2 people found the following review helpful
By L. Curtis
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Nowhere else in the world at any other time has a book of this magnitude been written by so many authors who have real life experience with learning languages. This book will provide tips and tricks that many polyglots haved used to learn multiple languages while enjoying the culture and richness of the difference countries that they admire. I enjoyed learning the history of the people themselves because it showed that none of these people are superhuman, thus, one does not have to be superhuman to become a polyglot. You can do it today. You will enjoy the book and the process.
6 of 8 people found the following review helpful
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A book about language learning written by language learners. It will give you an insight into the world of language learning and polyglottery that no other book can give. It is an anthology of people's personal accounts on how they got interested in language learning and how they learn languages. It well documents the YouTube polyglot community and what we are all about.
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Glad to be a contributor to this amazing book,
Cody Dudgeon.
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Glad to be a contributor to this amazing book,
Cody Dudgeon.
3 of 4 people found the following review helpful
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With contributions from 43 people and the editor. There are some recurring themes. Many had difficulty with the traditional language training at school. Many have developed a love of languages, which is a reflection of their love of life. The book is inspirational, even if like me you only want to speak one extra language.
3 of 4 people found the following review helpful
By Salvatore
This is a very nice book that collects an enormous quantity of Polyglot's experiences , really helpfull if you are approaching to learn a new language and you wanna find out how other people (in same case experts of learning languages technics and methods) managed it !
salvatore (banksyer)
salvatore (banksyer)
Most Recent Customer Reviews
4.0 out of 5 stars
inspiring stories, shame about the typography
A wonderful collection of "how I learnt multiple languages" stories from a wide variety of people. It's more inspiration than how-to but there are gems of advice in their amongst... Read more
Published 6 months ago by J. Tauber
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who`s king??
I am a language learner from Japan,still can not handle my taget languages well which are English and French. Read more
Published 10 months ago by light heavy
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eye opener
This is an amazing book for me, who is a language lover. I speak Mandarin and some French. I've always wanted to improve my French, and this is going to be my big insparation. Read more
Published on March 15, 2011 by zhou lei
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I purchased this book for my son for Christmas as it was on his wish list. The book arrived quickly in excellent condition as the seller promised. Read more
Published on December 29, 2010 by Judith Scheel
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Great book!
This book is very special because it is a compilation of different language learners' techniques. I love that there is something in it for everyone!
Published on December 15, 2010 by zecchino91
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