You Can Learn Any Language -- Are you hesitating to learn a new language because you've heard it's difficult? Or are you trying right now but finding it harder than you imagined? What if you could become fluent in a new language in a very short period of time -- just months, or maybe even weeks? You can learn any new language quickly and easily. It doesn't require pain or frustration. It can be fun, exciting and enlightening. Of course, to have this experience you do need to know a few things. You need to find and use your hidden talent -- something we call the Third Ear. The Third Ear takes you step by step along a path to think about language learning in totally new ways. Ways that help you realise you already know how to learn any language. You just needed to be reminded.
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20 of 21 people found the following review helpful:
3.0 out of 5 stars
Good, but needed an editor,
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This review is from: The Third Ear (Paperback)
I should start by saying this is a good book to make you focus on what really matters while learning a new language. If you want to learn something new, this is a good title to pick up.
That being said, even as someone that speaks english as a second language, i feel this book needed a stronger editor. As you read, you can't help but wonder if the writer hasn't spent too long in China or some other country and lost his touch for english. Not because of his grammar (since he does point out he doesn't even know what "gerund" means), but because he seems to have serious trouble when telling his "anedoctes". Most books use short little "real stories" to make a point, and Lonsdale seems to be attempting the same here. Sadly, he fails more often than not. His storytelling skills are... strange, to say the least. He spoils the ending of his "stories" then goes on and on to reach a "message" that we have already have been told, he tells stories that lead nowhere (the golf story is terrible), he meanders around pointless details and so on and on. He also lingers on telling "funny things" that happened with his children (note to writers - stop mentioning your kids every three pages!) that have barely a connection to the topic being discussed. It's like someone had told Lonsdale it was "a good idea" to add anedoctes to the chapters and he went with it, despite struggling with his storytelling skills. A strong editor would've made sure to get rid of the pointless stories and that the ones that did deserve to stay would be re-written. There are also some ocasional mistakes that no book about foreign languages should ever have: one "anedocte" is about a woman that travels to Brazil to talk to "Amazonian indians". As he talks about this woman, Lonsdale mentions more than once how she went there to "learn Spanish" while living with them. Funny, as i am brazilian, and know for a fact our language is Portuguese.
13 of 13 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars
A great book to read if you think learning a new language is not your thing,
This review is from: The Third Ear (Paperback)
Probably the hardest thing about learning Mandarin is in knowing where to start. Everything is different - the tones, characters, pronunciations.
Thankfully, I was able to read the Third Ear before starting my language learning programme in China and it really helped focus my learning style with some simple, but surprisingly effective techniques. From creating lists of the most important glue words to looking at why children are so successful in picking up a new language, The Third Ear is very readable and motivating for anyone looking to pick up a new language - no matter what age. I now look forward to heading back to South Africa and applying Third Ear tips to picking up Zulu!
10 of 10 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars
Excellent Language Learning Resource,
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I used the strategies and ideas in this book when preparing to go to China and study Mandarin, and I am now a fluent speaker of that language having spent just one year there.
The most useful aspect of the book is the way that it helps you avoid wasting time and energy through bad languge-learning habits. The book is full of simple and practical ideas that made my whole language learning experience a lot more fun and effective. I would highly recommend this book to anyone serious about mastering a new language.
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