5 A Day Fluent In A Year

Author : Sheldon Anderson
Publisher : AuthorHouse
Page : 73 pages
File Size : 55,7 Mb
Release : 2012-02-10
Category : Foreign Language Study
ISBN : 9781468550719

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5 a Day = Fluent in a Year by Sheldon Anderson Pdf

Have you ever wanted to learn a foreign language but you were overwhelmed because you thought it would take forever? Were you curious about how many words that it would take for you to be considered fluent? Did you give up before you even started because you didn't know where to begin? Here is a simple method that I have for you. I call it 5 a day=fluent in a year All you have to do is learn (memorize) 5 words a day. There are 365 days in a year. So times that by 5 and what do you have? You have 1,825 words in your arsenal (by the way, one only needs to know 1,800-2,000 words to be considered fluent). For the 4 years that it would take a high school or even a college student to learn enough vocabulary, I have done it in a year on my own. I am giving you about 2,000 words, all in the order that I have learned them. These are not impractical words that we hardly ever use like: spaceship, and rocket scientist. Come on! Do we use words like that everyday? Of course not. We use words like knife, fork, spoon, butter, play, work, sing, and dance. These are the kind of words that I'm giving to you. I have done all the work for you. I went through the entire Spanish/English dictionary from A-Z, and pulled out all the words that I know are the most necessary in everyday language. All you have to do is take the exact order that I have given them to you and learn 5 a day. That way, there's no being overwhelmed by taking up too much time to learn in a day and wondering where to go next. It is fun to do because it only takes a few minutes a day. First, look at the five words and get familiar with them. Then, place your hand over the Spanish and look only at the English to see if you memorized the Spanish correctly. Then take your hand off the Spanish to see if you got it right. Do that for all 5 words. Then, when you go the next day to learn 5 more words, first go back to the 5 from the day before and make sure you still remember them. That's it!

Author : Gabriel Wyner
Publisher : Harmony
Page : 338 pages
File Size : 40,7 Mb
Release : 2014-08-05
Category : Foreign Language Study
ISBN : 9780385348102

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Fluent Forever by Gabriel Wyner Pdf

NATIONAL BESTSELLER • For anyone who wants to learn a foreign language, this is the method that will finally make the words stick. “A brilliant and thoroughly modern guide to learning new languages.”—Gary Marcus, cognitive psychologist and author of the New York Times bestseller Guitar Zero 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—and here he wants to show others what he’s discovered. 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. 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.

Author : Steve Kaufmann
Publisher : AuthorHouse
Page : 142 pages
File Size : 54,7 Mb
Release : 2005-11
Category : Linguistics
ISBN : 9781420873290

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The Way of the Linguist by Steve Kaufmann Pdf

The Way of The Linguist, A language learning odyssey. It is now a cliché that the world is a smaller place. We think nothing of jumping on a plane to travel to another country or continent. The most exotic locations are now destinations for mass tourism. Small business people are dealing across frontiers and language barriers like never before. The Internet brings different languages and cultures to our finger-tips. English, the hybrid language of an island at the western extremity of Europe seems to have an unrivalled position as an international medium of communication. But historically periods of cultural and economic domination have never lasted forever. Do we not lose something by relying on the wide spread use of English rather than discovering other languages and cultures? As citizens of this shrunken world, would we not be better off if we were able to speak a few languages other than our own? The answer is obviously yes. Certainly Steve Kaufmann thinks so, and in his busy life as a diplomat and businessman he managed to learn to speak nine languages fluently and observe first hand some of the dominant cultures of Europe and Asia. Why do not more people do the same? In his book The Way of The Linguist, A language learning odyssey, Steve offers some answers. Steve feels anyone can learn a language if they want to. He points out some of the obstacles that hold people back. Drawing on his adventures in Europe and Asia, as a student and businessman, he describes the rewards that come from knowing languages. He relates his evolution as a language learner, abroad and back in his native Canada and explains the kind of attitude that will enable others to achieve second language fluency. Many people have taken on the challenge of language learning but have been frustrated by their lack of success. This book offers detailed advice on the kind of study practices that will achieve language breakthroughs. Steve has developed a language learning system available online at: www.thelinguist.com.

Author : Benny Lewis
Publisher : Harper Collins
Page : 256 pages
File Size : 42,5 Mb
Release : 2014-03-11
Category : Education
ISBN : 9780062282705

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Fluent in 3 Months by Benny Lewis Pdf

Benny Lewis, who speaks over ten languages—all self-taught—runs the largest language-learning blog in the world, Fluent In 3 Months. Lewis is a full-time "language hacker," someone who devotes all of his time to finding better, faster, and more efficient ways to learn languages. Fluent in 3 Months: How Anyone at Any Age Can Learn to Speak Any Language from Anywhere in the World is a new blueprint for fast language learning. Lewis argues that you don't need a great memory or "the language gene" to learn a language quickly, and debunks a number of long-held beliefs, such as adults not being as good of language learners as children.

Author : Frederick Bodmer
Publisher : W. W. Norton & Company
Page : 724 pages
File Size : 45,9 Mb
Release : 1985
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN : 039330034X

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The Loom of Language by Frederick Bodmer Pdf

Here is an informative introduction to language: its origins in the past, its growth through history, and its present use for communication between peoples. It is at the same time a history of language, a guide to foreign tongues, and a method for learning them. It shows, through basic vocabularies, family resemblances of languages -- Teutonic, Romance, Greek -- helpful tricks of translation, key combinations of roots and phonetic patterns. It presents by common-sense methods the most helpful approach to the mastery of many languages; it condenses vocabulary to a minimum of essential words; it simplifies grammar in an entirely new way; and it teaches a language as it is actually used in everyday life.

Author : Anonim
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 1028 pages
File Size : 55,7 Mb
Release : 1863
Category : Medicine
ISBN : PURD:32754078345919

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The Lancet by Anonim Pdf

Author : Fiona Jallings
Publisher : Lulu.com
Page : 362 pages
File Size : 46,6 Mb
Release : 2017
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 9780997432169

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A Fan's Guide to Neo-Sindarin by Fiona Jallings Pdf

Enchanted with Elvish? This is Neo-Sindarin, the language as it has flourished on the Internet using Tolkien's creation as a roadmap. This book functions as a friendly introduction to the Neo-Sindarin community. Included is the most current information available to fans. Within explore Neo-Sindarin academics, learn simple linguistic concepts, practice useful phrases while studying grammar, and look at the world through Elven eyes: from how they count on their fingers to how they organize the cosmos. Govano ven! (Join us!)

Author : Paul Pimsleur
Publisher : Simon and Schuster
Page : 160 pages
File Size : 50,9 Mb
Release : 2013-10
Category : Education
ISBN : 9781442369023

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How to Learn a Foreign Language by Paul Pimsleur Pdf

In this entertaining and groundbreaking book, Dr. Paul Pimsleur, creator of the renowned Pimsleur Method, the world leader in audio-based language learning, shows how anyone can learn to speak a foreign language. If learning a language in high school left you bruised, with a sense that there was no way you can learn another language, How to Learn a Foreign Language will restore your sense of hope. In simple, straightforward terms, Dr. Pimsleur will help you learn grammar (seamlessly), vocabulary, and how to practice pronunciation (and come out sounding like a native). The key is the simplicity and directness of Pimsleur’s approach to a daunting subject, breaking it down piece by piece, demystifying the process along the way. Dr. Pimsleur draws on his own language learning trials and tribulations offering practical advice for overcoming the obstacles so many of us face. Originally published in 1980, How to Learn a Foreign Language is now available on the 50th anniversary of Dr. Pimsleur’s publication of the first of his first audio courses that embodied the concepts and methods found here. It's a fascinating glimpse into the inner workings of the mind of this amazing pioneer of language learning.

Author : Anonim
Publisher : Teacher Created Materials
Page : 180 pages
File Size : 43,7 Mb
Release : 2011-12-30
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 1433336642

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Nonfiction Readers: Fluent Teacher's Guide by Anonim Pdf

Author : Anonim
Publisher : Teacher Created Materials
Page : 176 pages
File Size : 50,6 Mb
Release : 2011-12-01
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 143333643X

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15333:TFK: NonFiction Readers:Early Fluent Plus:Teacher's Resource Guide by Anonim Pdf

Author : Melanie R. Kuhn,Lorell Levy
Publisher : Guilford Publications
Page : 162 pages
File Size : 49,7 Mb
Release : 2015-01-05
Category : Education
ISBN : 9781462519194

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Developing Fluent Readers by Melanie R. Kuhn,Lorell Levy Pdf

Viewing fluency as a bridge between foundational skills and open-ended learning, this book guides teachers through effective instruction and assessment of fluent reading skills in the primary grades. Fluency?s relationship to phonological awareness, phonics, and print concepts is explained, and practical methods are shared for integrating fluency instruction in a literacy curriculum grounded in the Common Core State Standards (CCSS). Classroom examples, weekly lesson plans, and extensive lists of recommended texts add to the book?s utility for teachers.

Author : Chandra Prough
Publisher : Teacher Created Materials
Page : 182 pages
File Size : 54,8 Mb
Release : 2011-11-01
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 1433336227

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15314:TFK: NonFiction Readers:Early Fluent:Teacher's Resource Guide by Chandra Prough Pdf

Author : Carmen Dagostino,Marianne Mithun,Keren Rice
Publisher : Walter de Gruyter GmbH & Co KG
Page : 922 pages
File Size : 52,9 Mb
Release : 2023-12-18
Category : Foreign Language Study
ISBN : 9783110712810

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The Languages and Linguistics of Indigenous North America by Carmen Dagostino,Marianne Mithun,Keren Rice Pdf

This handbook provides broad coverage of the languages indigenous to North America, with special focus on typologically interesting features and areal characteristics, surveys of current work, and topics of particular importance to communities. The volume is divided into two major parts: subfields of linguistics and family sketches. The subfields include those that are customarily addressed in discussions of North American languages (sounds and sound structure, words, sentences), as well as many that have received somewhat less attention until recently (tone, prosody, sociolinguistic variation, directives, information structure, discourse, meaning, language over space and time, conversation structure, evidentiality, pragmatics, verbal art, first and second language acquisition, archives, evolving notions of fieldwork). Family sketches cover major language families and isolates and highlight topics of special value to communities engaged in work on language maintenance, documentation, and revitalization.

Author : Anonim
Publisher : Teacher Created Materials
Page : 187 pages
File Size : 53,8 Mb
Release : 2013-09-01
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 9781433356124

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Read! Explore! Imagine! Fiction Readers: Fluent: Teacher's Guide by Anonim Pdf

Author : Richard Roberts,Roger Kreuz
Publisher : MIT Press
Page : 245 pages
File Size : 45,8 Mb
Release : 2017-02-03
Category : Foreign Language Study
ISBN : 9780262529808

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Becoming Fluent by Richard Roberts,Roger Kreuz Pdf

Forget everything you’ve heard about adult language learning: evidence from cognitive science and psychology prove we can learn foreign languages just as easily as children. An eye-opening study on how adult learners can master a foreign lanugage by drawing on skills and knowledge honed over a lifetime. Adults who want to learn a foreign language are often discouraged because they believe they cannot acquire a language as easily as children. Once they begin to learn a language, adults may be further discouraged when they find the methods used to teach children don't seem to work for them. What is an adult language learner to do? In this book, Richard Roberts and Roger Kreuz draw on insights from psychology and cognitive science to show that adults can master a foreign language if they bring to bear the skills and knowledge they have honed over a lifetime. Adults shouldn't try to learn as children do; they should learn like adults. Roberts and Kreuz report evidence that adults can learn new languages even more easily than children. Children appear to have only two advantages over adults in learning a language: they acquire a native accent more easily, and they do not suffer from self-defeating anxiety about learning a language. Adults, on the other hand, have the greater advantages—gained from experience—of an understanding of their own mental processes and knowing how to use language to do things. Adults have an especially advantageous grasp of pragmatics, the social use of language, and Roberts and Kreuz show how to leverage this metalinguistic ability in learning a new language. Learning a language takes effort. But if adult learners apply the tools acquired over a lifetime, it can be enjoyable and rewarding.