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A fantastic book about learning languages: How to Learn Any Language: Quickly, Easily, Inexpensively, Enjoyably and on Your Own by Barry Farber - http://www.
by 321abc 17y ago
A fantastic book about learning languages:
How to Learn Any Language: Quickly, Easily, Inexpensively, Enjoyably and on Your Own
by Barry Farber
- http://www.amazon.com/How-Learn-Any-Language-Inexpensively/dp/0806512717 http://www.amazon.com/How-Learn-Any-Language-Inexpensively/d...
which is available as a PDF here:
- http://fld.hit.edu.cn/english/webedit/uploadfile/2008512152454548.PDF http://fld.hit.edu.cn/english/webedit/uploadfile/20085121524...
Some articles on the TPR method for language learning:
- http://www.languageimpact.com/articles/rw/tprmax.htm http://www.languageimpact.com/articles/rw/tprmax.htm
- http://www.languageimpact.com/articles/other/krashentpr.htm http://www.languageimpact.com/articles/other/krashentpr.htm
- http://www.languageimpact.com/articles/other/ashertpr.htm http://www.languageimpact.com/articles/other/ashertpr.htm
- http://www.languageimpact.com/articles/other/ashertpr.htm http://www.languageimpact.com/articles/other/ashertpr.htm
- http://www.languageimpact.com/articles/rw/firstday.htm http://www.languageimpact.com/articles/rw/firstday.htm
More great articles on language learning here:
- http://www.languageimpact.com/articles/articles.htm http://www.languageimpact.com/articles/articles.htm
- idlewords 17y agoAnything with "quick" and "easy" in the title automatically discredits itself. Language learning can be a lot of fun, but it's on a par with learning to play a musical instrument, or build furniture. You're going to spend a long time on it, and you're going to spend a long time sucking at it.
- m0nty 17y agoI'd second the recommendation for Farber's book. It doesn't try to hide that you will need to work, but the work can be enjoyable and productive - that's the sense of the word "easy" in this context, rather than "work-free". It also recommends some techniques for memorisation and has some great anecdotes from Farber's own language-learning experiences.
- tokenadult 17y agoFarber's book is actually one of the worst in that moderately large genre, but thanks for reminding me to post a link to a bibliography with some better books. http://learninfreedom.org/languagebooks.html http://learninfreedom.org/languagebooks.html And thanks for the other links, several of which are new to me.
- 321abc 17y agoWhat didn't you like about Farber's book?
- tokenadult 17y agoThanks for asking. Because I file names phonologically in my brain, I may have been confusing Farber with Fuller, mentioned in the link I posted above. I do NOT recall anything I specifically disliked about Farber's book, upon review of that link, so consider that comment withdrawn and applied to Fuller's book.