Fluent Forever Revised Edition

The bestselling guide to learning a new language and remembering what you learned, now revised and updatedA brilliant and thoroughly modern guide . . If you want a new language to stick, start here. Gary Marcus, cognitive psychologist and author of the New York Times bestseller Guitar ZeroGabriel Wyner speaks seven foreign languages fluently. He didnt learn them in schoolwho does? Rather, he mastered each one on his own, drawing on free online resources, short practice sessions, and his knowledge of neuroscience and linguistics. In Fluent Forever, Wyner shares his foolproof method for learning any language. It starts by hacking the way your brain naturally encodes information. Youll discover how to hear new sounds and train your tongue to produce them accurately. Youll connect spellings and sounds to images so that you start thinking in a new language without translating. With spaced-repetition systems, youll build a foundation for your language in a week and learn hundreds of words a monthwith just a few minutes of practice each day. This revised edition also shares fresh strategies that Wyner has refined over years of study. Youll learn to use your interests to curate vocabulary that youll actually be excited to study fast-track fluency, with a new appendix devoted to conversation strategies with native speakers compile the best language-learning tool kit for your budget harness the science of motivation and habit building to turbocharge your progress find the perfect level of difficulty with reading and listening comprehension to stay engaged and avoid frustrationWith suggestions for helpful study aids and a wealth of free resources, the intuitive techniques in this book will offer you the most efficient and rewarding way to learn a new language.