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Pros
It's written in a very easy to read manner, and cuts right to the chase. This is super useful. This book is well-written, with a clear path for success, and i'm diving in.
Anki is the single best spaced repetition language software i have found. A very thorough explanation of the spaced repetition method for learning languages. I am using smartcards+ (ios) which is an app exclusively on mobile.
Soap operas, for example, are excellent because they have a lot of repetition. They also have dramatic pauses that allow you to process what you've heard. Gabe wyner has great free resources you can google on line, too.
This book confirms learning principles i discovered the hard way. Irregardless, if you want to get better at language learning, this book is definitely for you! It not only gives you strategies to help you quickly and efficiently learn languages, it t... Read More
Learn pronunciation first. Learn simple vocab, then learn grammar. My vocabulary is expanding, my conversations are easier. Wordy and meaty.
Cons
The book and the app say to start with phonics, but the app immediately asks students to spell words without even learning the language's alphabet. The app also employs the international phonetic alphabet, but never explains any of the obscure symbols... Read More
The tim ferris style marketing model is falling apart. The author uses deceptive business practices to sell his book. Some of the resources listed in the back are old and no longer in print which is a significant drawback.
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Quality
Its a quick read so id say its worth picking up and putting some postits to mark the pages with the helpful bits
I learned a lot of french through going through a berlitz phrasebook with the accompanying cassette tape but thats not the only... Read More
Competitiveness
Using this same philosophy with my 4yr old bilingual right now
Back then skype wouldve saved me a lot in phone bills
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Although it did feel not very organized and that he could make it shorter
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I am using this app while waiting for the official fluent forever app to release
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One very important thing to know for anyone thinking about purchasing the book is simply reading this book wont result in you knowing a language
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Id started learning using current popular apps but realized they were not enough to reach fluency
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I dabble in memory feats but had never tried using spaced repetition systems that ff heavily leans into
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I then came across a blog post by the author on hacking fluent forever where he makes this exact tweak to his method
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What i like about this book is it gives you a core vocabulary list and shows you how to use the foreign word that youre trying to learn by looking it up in google images saving the image and making an anki flashcard with it and putting the foreign word on the back so the gist is make an image and try to think of the target word and then flip the card to see if you got it right
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