How to Learn Any Language Fast and Never Forget It
by Gabriel Wyner
Recommended by Derek Sivers
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The ultimate rapid languagelearning 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 pr...
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Recommended by 1 source and appears in Nonfiction.
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Derek Sivers
Author; founder of CD Baby
“Forget Rosetta Stone, Pimsleur, and the rest. I really believe this is the best way to learn another language, by far. Using the most uptodate techniques and insights, and a unique emphasis on getting the sounds correct first. It's not easy, but it's much more effective than any other program or guide. Highly recommended if you're serious, and ready to do it.”
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