Fluent in 3 Months: How Anyone at Any Age Can Learn to Speak Any Language from Anywhere in the World
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 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. New Read [ Fluent in 3 Months: How Anyone at Any Age Can Learn to Speak Any Language from Anywhere in the World ] author [ Benny Lewis ] – kino-fada.fr I speak six languages myself, which I painstakingly learned over many years of studies, and I was very curious to learnabout Benny Lewis s method After reading this book the best way to describe it is language learning for couch surfers You relikely to reach a basic conversational level only by speaking the language using a phrasebook for three months than really become fluent in it The keyword here is fluent Lewis spends an entire chapter near the beginning of the book to gi I speak six languages myself, which I painstakingly learned over many years of studies, and I was very curious to learnabout Benny Lewis s method After reading this book the best way to describe it is language learning for couch surfers You relikely to reach a basic conversational level only by speaking the language using a phrasebook for three months than really become fluent in it The keyword here is fluent Lewis spends an entire chapter near the beginning of the book to give his own definition of fluency, and let s just say that it s not what most people think of when they use the word While the book sounds written from his heart, and he does sound honestly passionate about languages, I simply cannot forgive him this marketing sleigh of hand T...I simply love languages It is the very reason why I wanted to read this book Not that I want to, or can, call myself a global fundi on the subject Just the opposite My love for words isa light hobby than anything else I can master five languages in a jack of all trades master of none way and know a few tidbits of three others But it s still a huge delight in my life Thus, you do...One of my friends here in GR has recently made manifest being extremely skeptical about this book, and, very specifically, about the possibility of learning any language in 3 months I really don t agree Benny Lewis may prove right in some cases, for some languages He s a living proof, that, though not a talented endowed with the gene , one could say , natural born Polyglot, he became a self made one. That s why I m offering the content main lines of his presentation in Ted X under the One of my friends here in GR has recently made manifest being extremely skeptical about this book, and, very specifically, about the possibility of learning any language in 3 months I really don t agree Benny Lewis may prove right in some cases, for some languages He s a living proof, that, though not a talented endowed with the gene , one could say , natural born Polyglot, he became a self made one. That s why I m offering the content main lines of his presentation in Ted X under the title Hacking language learning Benny Lewis found himself at the age of 21 with a degree in Electronics Engineering and no other language learnt, apart from his English Then he moved to Spain, i...I don t think I had ever called a non fiction book perfect but this one deserves it While it s primarily aimed at a slightly different demographic to mine namely, monolingual adults who had either not been successful so far in learning a second language or had not even tried to do so , I think this made me appreciate the advice that Benny Lewis gives even .A little bit about my background my mother tongue is Polish and it had been my primary language for the first 19 years of my life I I don t think I had ever called a non fiction book perfect but this one deserves it While it s primarily aimed at a slightly different demographic to mine namely, monolingual adults who had either not been successful so far in learning a second language or had not even tried to do so , I think this made me appreciate the advice that Benny Lewis gives even .A little bit about my background my mother tongue is Polish and it had been my primary language for the first 19 years of my life I started learning English as a second language around the age of 4 or 5 and ultimately became bilingual at 20 when I moved abroad to study at an English speaking university Since then, for the past 8 years, English has been my primary language I ve been also learning French...Disclaimer The book title is not a promise it s a challenge And I really enjoy that.It s a book on learning languages It s a relatively short one and an easy one to read It does not make any outlandish claims Here are my main takeaways Your age does not affect learning a language that much You may not be able to nail the accent, but you can still learn a new language fluently above 20 There is no language gene everybody can learn a language if they want to You need to be passiona Disclaimer The book title...I m probably just not the target audience for this work, but then this is probably because the title is overselling the content so much A better fitting title would be How any couchsurfer at any age can learn to speak any language from anywhere in the world by doing couchsurfing Lewis focusses a good deal on how important it is to start practicing to speak right away and that reading and writing aren t that important Which might work well if you have lots of spare time to do couchsurfing al I m probably just not the target audience for this work, but then this is probably because the title is overselling the content so much A better fitting title would be How any couchsurfer at any age can learn to speak any language from anywhere in the world by doing couchsurfing Lewis focusses a good deal on how important it is to start practi...I got this at the library because I wondered if it contained any suggestions that I haven t already picked up in years of learning languages The answer is, unfortunately, no It wasn t horrible, but I m glad I didn t pay for it I don t thin...I was in two minds about reading this one I have an acceptable knowledge of a smattering of languages most of which certainly seem to come back to me once I am forced to use them on holiday or whatever I certainly find that I can hold decent conversations in German, French, Spanish and Italian as well as make myself understood in a handful of other languages However with a holiday coming up I was keen to brush up some language skills and thought I d give this a quick read first to see if I co I was in two minds about reading this one I have an acceptable knowledge of a smatterin...A short disclaimer This review is based on the UK edition, which has a different cover and the title Fluent in 3 Months The simplest way to learn any language Only the US edition was available on this site though at the time of reviewing That said, there shouldn t be many differences if any between the two Benny ...The key word is fluent In this case good enough to be understood in conversation with forgiveness from the native speakers for your errors The key to all of this is probably the most terrifying aspect among those learning new languages speak the language from Day 1 Most language learners typically feel that they must know a lot of vocabulary before they have the confidence to start speaking As a result, that day never arrives My next attempt at a language will incorporate this idea of l The key word is fluent In this case good enough to be understood in conversation with forgiveness from the native speakers for your errors The key to all of this is probably the most terrifying aspect among those learning new languages speak the language from Day 1 Most language learners typically feel that they must know a lot of vocab...
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- 04 August 2018 Benny Lewis
- Paperback
- 249 pages
- 0062282697
- Benny Lewis
- Fluent in 3 Months: How Anyone at Any Age Can Learn to Speak Any Language from Anywhere in the World