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Fluent in 3 months : how anyone at any age can learn to speak any language from anywhere in the world / Benny Lewis.

By: Material type: TextTextPublisher: New York : HarperOne, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers, 2014Edition: First EditionDescription: vi, 249 pages ; 21 cmContent type:
  • text
Media type:
  • unmediated
Carrier type:
  • volume
ISBN:
  • 0062282697 (pbk.)
  • 9780062282699 (pbk.)
Other title:
  • Fluent in three months
Subject(s):
Contents:
My story, your passion -- Destroying twenty common language learning myths -- Your mission, should you choose to accept it -- How to learn thousands of words quickly -- Immersion without buying a plane ticket -- Speaking from day one -- Tips for starting specific languages -- From fluency to mastery -- How to get mistaken for a native speaker -- Hyperpolyglot : when one is just not enough -- Free and cheap language learning 2.0.
Summary: 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. -- Publishers Description
Holdings
Item type Home library Collection Call number Materials specified Status Date due Barcode Item holds
Adult Book Adult Book Dr. James Carlson Library NonFiction 418.0071 L673 Available 33111007263417
Total holds: 0

Enhanced descriptions from Syndetics:

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.

My story, your passion -- Destroying twenty common language learning myths -- Your mission, should you choose to accept it -- How to learn thousands of words quickly -- Immersion without buying a plane ticket -- Speaking from day one -- Tips for starting specific languages -- From fluency to mastery -- How to get mistaken for a native speaker -- Hyperpolyglot : when one is just not enough -- Free and cheap language learning 2.0.

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. -- Publishers Description

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