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  • Paperback: 336 pages
  • Publisher: Harmony (August 5, 2014)
  • Language: English
  • ISBN-10: 0385348118
  • ISBN-13: 978-0385348119
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5.0 out of 5 starsHe has very good videos on the mechanics of pronunciation available
By French Flic Fan on August 10, 2014
Format: Paperback
This review comes after I have finished the book as well as explored the author's website.
The strong points: 1. an emphasis on starting off with correct pronunciation (he says otherwise you end up learning two languages rather than one). He has very good videos on the mechanics of pronunciation available. He also sells trainers for specific languages.
2. The use of minimal pairs (two words like cat and cut that differ by only one sound). He has a way of using these to train you to actually hear the differences, which can be very tricky in some foreign languages. You have to hear the differences before you can produced them, but understanding how they are produced gives you a leg up.
3. The use of IPA (international phonetic alphabet) to represent the actual sounds.
4. The use of pictures to associate with a new word. This is how you get the concept associated with the word you are acquiring. It is also how you avoid translation, which impedes thinking in the language.
5. The use of a spaced repetition system (ANKI) to integrate concept, sound, spelling and emotional connection with recall. Tricky issues like gender and grammatical problems are also addressed.
6. Frequency lists are discussed and often provided on his site.
7. Tremendous amount of info on webs resources to practice conversation (and his website also gives info on picking topics).
8. The book is so rich in content that I have probably omitted something significant.

OK, nobody is perfect, so what's missing?
1. The pronunciation material should help you master individual words. But an equally, if not more, important part of conversation is called prosody and concerns the rhythm and stress applied to a string of words.Read more ›
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5.0 out of 5 starsExceptionally thoughtful approach with a strong basis in research
By B.L. on August 5, 2014
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There are a lot of books and web products lately that are designed to help anyone learn a language, even those of us who gave it a good try for several years in high school and barely came out of it knowing enough to ask how to find a toilet. I think the various methods are probably going to work best for different people, so I'm definitely not going to say anything like "This is the BEST method! Forget all that other stuff!" but I still say that this is an approach that's been carefully thought out, and planned, and the author clearly works extremely hard to make sure that he's explaining himself clearly.

There are a few core principles to this approach that it's important to understand
1. It puts a strong emphasis on sound and pronunciation
2. It takes an immersion approach (where you attempt to go directly to thinking in the new language and developing associations in it, rather than trying to translate between two languages)
3. It puts a lot of emphasis on the use of flash cards.
4. You build your own learning materials, rather than using a premade solution. (Except, possibly, for the part where you're learning the sounds). There's a lot of detail on how to do this, though, including resources on the web that you can use to help you.

Flash cards are the core of the approach he's advocating. I know there are some people who just HATE the experience of using flash cards, so if that's you this is probably not the way to go.

The short version of my feeling about this is that if you want a lot of control over your learning process, you're really serious about learning a language, and you like the idea of using techniques that have a lot of scientific and research backing behind them, this book is VERY much worth it.Read more ›
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5.0 out of 5 starsShows how to make learning language fun and easy. Includes references to free resources online.
By Ryan J. Dejonghe TOP 1000 REVIEWER on August 5, 2014
Format: Paperback
UPDATE: see the conversation in the comments for the author's response to my query on Duolingo. Thanks everyone for the feedback! I'm updating this to 5-stars. Terrific!

In high school I ripped my French book in half. Well, I tried to. The pages came out easily enough, but the hardbound cover was near impossible. I sure tried, though. If you are like me, you can probably relate to the feeling of that "wall" in learning a foreign language. For me, it was right around conjugating time, and it wasn't pretty.

FLUENT FOREVER is all about making learning foreign languages fun, easy, and--hopefully--permanent. Some of the first things author Gabriel Wyner promotes are never to translate foreign words and to throw out (actually he says burn) books with English-y pronunciation guides (e.g. bawn-JURE).

Wyner encourages fun, laziness, and multi-sensory involvement. He lists a TON of free resources online to build your learning repertoire. He talks about using spaced repetition systems (SRSs) and the IPA (international phonetic alphabet). And you know what? It all makes a ton of sense. Wyner explores scientific studies and shows case-by-case examples of why his methods work. His life is proof, as he can speak six languages fluently, having learned them all in a few years' time.

A lot of these free resources have been catalogued on Wyner's site Fluent-Forever.com.

Here's what Wyner never mentions: Duolingo. Maybe he's never heard of it, but at the beginning of 2014, it won a best educational start-up award and had 25 million users. It was also named as app of the year by Apple (the first ever educational app with that award).Read more ›
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Love this program!!!! Highly recommend to anyone looking to learn a language!

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5.0 out of 5 starsGreat read

I highly recommend this book! I also highly recommend checking out Gabriel's YouTube videos. This is by far the best methodology to learning a language.

Published 29 days ago
3.0 out of 5 starsCould be good for absolute beginners. For those with some experience,...

Could be useful to absolute beginners.
If you have experience in contemporary language techniques, or if you already run an SRS, don't buy. Read more

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5.0 out of 5 starsSome great language learning ideas

Some great language learning ideas. The biggest personal application I found was the idea that it is indeed possible. Read more

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