基本信息
书名:Fluent Forever 外语流利说——如何快速学习一门语言且不忘记
作者:Gabriel Wyner
出版社名称:Harmony Books
出版时间:2014
语种:英文
ISBN:9780385348119
商品尺寸:15.6 x 1.8 x 23.4 cm
包装:平装
页数:326
编辑推荐
Gabriel Wyner是一位美国歌剧演员,曾用短短5个月的时间熟练掌握了法语,达到日常交流无障碍的水平。他在Fluent Forever《外语流利说》一书中跟读者分享了他学习外语的技巧和诀窍。有利于英语专业学生及其他语言学习者借鉴阅读。
推荐理由:
1.加布里埃尔?怀纳,世界前十位语言学习网站Fluent-Firever.com的创立者;
2.作者在短短几年的时间内自学六门外语,并能够和外国人无障碍沟通;
3.打破常规的外语学习方式,一种让你可以在有限的业余时间中,学习语言的juejia方式;
4.英文原版无删减,为你敞开不一样的外语学习大门。
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…
Reviews:
“A brilliant and thoroughly modern guide to learning new languages. Fluent Forever won’t teach you French, or German, or any other language — but it will teach you how to learn whatever language you do want to learn, and to learn it faster, and more efficiently. If you want a new language to stick, start here.”
—Gary Marcus, cognitive psychologist and author of the New York Times bestseller Guitar Zero
“Aspiring polyglots of the world, take note: this book will help you pick up any new language in record time. If you’re looking for a practical, brain-friendly, field-tested approach to language learning, search no more: you’ve found your guide.”
—Josh Kaufman, bestselling author of The First 20 Hours: How to Learn Anything… Fast
内容简介
加布里埃尔?怀纳能流利地讲六种语言:德语、意大利语、法语、俄语和匈牙利语。他没有在小时候、中学或大学攻读语言,而是在近几年才开始学,主要靠自学,在地铁里练习,使用简单的技术和免费的线上资源。他意识到两件事:首先,我们大多数人学习语言的方法效果很差。其次,用对方法学习语言将不再是难题。任何人只要掌握方法,都能学好。他在Fluent Forever《外语流利说》一书中探讨学习和记忆的科学:如何强化记忆,为什么抓住时机至关紧要,怎样开启内在的语法天赋,怎样临摹锁定知识,为什么单词记忆取决于正确的图解。
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.
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.
作者简介
加布里埃尔?怀纳(Gabriel Wyner)毕业于南加利福尼亚大学,获得机械工程学和声乐艺术学位,在歌剧演出方面成就卓越。他打算在余生内每年学一门语言。他现在住在洛杉矶。
Gabriel Wyner graduated summa cum laude at USC, where he won the school’s Renaissance Award. His essay on language for Lifehacker.com was one of the site’s most read. His own language learning website, Fluent-Firever.com, is among the world’s top ten.
目录
1: Introduction: Stab, Stab, Stab
Beginnings
Cheaters occasionally Prosper: The Three Keys to Language Learning
The Game Plan
How Long Does Fluency Take?
Do this Now: The path Forward
2: Upload: Five Principles to End Forgetting
Principle 1: Make Memories More Memorable
Principle 2: Maximize laziness
Principle 3: Don’t Review. Recall.
Principle 4: Wait, Wait! Don’t Tell Me!
Principle 5: Rewrite the Past
Timing Is Everything: The end of Forgetting
Do This Now: Learn to Use a Spaced Repetition System
3: Sound Play
Train Your Ears, Rewire Your Brain
Train Your Mouth, Get the Girl
Train Your Eyes, See the Patterns
Do This Now: Learn Your Language’s Sound System
4: Word Play and the Symphony of a Word
Where to begin: We Don’t Talk Much About Apricots
Games with Words
The Gender of a Turnip
Do This Now: Learn Your First 625 Words, Music and All
5: Sentence Play
The Power of Input: Your Language Machine
Simplify, Simplify: Turning Mountains into Molehills
Story Time: Making Patterns Memorable
On Arnold Schwarzenegger and Exploding Dogs: Mnemonics for Grammar
The Power of Output: Your Custom Language Class
Do This Now: Learn Your First Sentences
6: The Language Game
Setting Goals: Your Custom Vocabulary
Words About Words
Reading for Pleasure and Profit
Listening Comprehension for Couch Potatoes
Speech and the Game of Taboo
Do This Now: Explore Your Language
7: Epilogue: The Benefits and Pleasures of Learning a Language
The Toolbox
The Gallery: A Guide to the Flash Cards That Will Teach You Your Language
The Art of Flash Cards
The First Gallery: Do-It-Yourself Pronunciation Trainers
The Second Gallery: Your First Words
The Third Gallery: Using and learning Your First Sentences
The Fourth Gallery: One Last Set of Vocabulary Cards
A Glossary of Terms and Tools
Appendices
Appendix 1: Specific Language Resources
Appendix 2: Language Difficulty Estimates
Appendix 3: Spaced Repetition System Resources
Appendix 4: The International Phonetic Alphabet Decoder
Appendix 5: Your First 625 Words
Appendix 6: How to Use This Book with Your Classroom Language Course
One Last Note (About Technology)
Notes
Acknowledgment
Index
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评分说实话,这本书的阅读体验是充满挑战的,但也是异常丰厚的。我通常习惯在通勤的地铁上阅读,但这本书的内容密度实在太高了,以至于我不得不把大部分时间留给安静的家中书桌。它不像那些市面上常见的“XX天掌握XX语”的书籍那样,用大量生动但空泛的例子来充数。恰恰相反,这本书深入到了语言习得的底层逻辑,探讨了如何有效地将“短期记忆”转化为“长期记忆”的神经科学基础。当我第一次看到它介绍的那些记忆术和间隔重复算法时,我甚至暂停了好几天,去查阅了相关的心理学论文来印证书中的理论。这种深度挖掘的写作方式,让这本书的价值远远超越了一本单纯的“学习指南”,更像是一本语言学习领域的“方法论圣经”。我尤其喜欢其中关于“语境构建”的章节,它不再强调孤立的单词记忆,而是强调如何在脑海中为每一个新元素搭建一个多维度的信息网络,这极大地提高了我的学习效率,让我不再像以前那样,学了一个新词,转头就忘了它应该在什么场合使用。
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