Título: Fluent Forever: How to Learn Any Language Fast and Never Forget It
Autor: Gabriel Wyner
Sinopse: The ultimate rapid language-learning guide! For those who’ve despaired of ever learning a foreign language, here, finally, is a book that will make the words stick. At thirty years old, Gabriel Wyner speaks six languages fluently. He didn’t learn them in school -- who does? -- rather, he learned them in the past few years, working on his own and practicing on the subway, using simple techniques and free online resources. In Fluent Forever Wyner reveals what he’s discovered. The greatest challenge to learning a foreign language is the challenge of memory; there are just too many words and too many rules. For every new word we learn, we seem to forget two old ones, and as a result, fluency can seem out of reach. Fluent Forever tackles this challenge head-on. With empathy for the language-challenged and abundant humor, Wyner deconstructs the learning process, revealing how to build a foreign language in your mind from the ground up. Starting with pronunciation, you’ll learn how to rewire your ears and turn foreign sounds into familiar sounds. You'll retrain your tongue to produce those sounds accurately, using tricks from opera singers and actors. Next, you'll begin to tackle words, and connect sounds and spellings to imagery, rather than translations, which will enable you to think in a foreign language. And with the help of sophisticated spaced-repetition techniques, you'll be able to memorize hundreds of words a month in minutes every day. Soon, you'll gain the ability to learn grammar and more difficult abstract words--without the tedious drills and exercises of language classes and grammar books. This is brain hacking at its most exciting, taking what we know about neuroscience and linguistics and using it to create the most efficient and enjoyable way to learn a foreign language in the spare minutes of your day.
Contexto da obra
Quando a classificação é mais ampla, o contexto do livro costuma depender ainda mais de autoria, tema e edição. “Fluent Forever: How to Learn Any Language Fast and Never Forget It”, de Gabriel Wyner, publicado pela editora Harmony, em 2014 e com 336 páginas, integra a categoria Livros Variados. Por isso, autoria, edição e tema acabam tendo ainda mais peso na forma de apresentar o livro.
Editora: Harmony
Páginas: 336
Ano: 2014
Edição:
Linguagem: inglês
ISBN: 0385348118
ISBN13: 9780385348119
Sobre a editora
Os livros da editora Harmony costumam explorar temas ligados ao desenvolvimento pessoal, espiritualidade e bem-estar, com uma abordagem que combina relatos pessoais e práticas acessíveis. O catálogo apresenta obras que mesclam reflexões sobre a mente, o corpo e a alma, além de guias práticos para transformação interna e física. A linguagem tende a ser clara e didática, com um tom que varia entre o inspirador e o informativo, favorecendo leitores interessados em autoconhecimento e saúde integral. Há também espaço para obras que abordam relações interpessoais e psicologia aplicada, sempre com foco em oferecer ferramentas concretas para o dia a dia.
