Fluent Forever (Revised Edition)

How to Learn Any Language Fast and Never Forget It

By: Gabriel Wyner

Narrated by: Gabriel Wyner

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.

PLEASE NOTE: When you purchase this title, the accompanying PDF will be available in your Audible Library along with the audio.

©2014, 2024 Gabriel Wyner (P)2024 Audible Inc.

Decent information, annoying narrator.

There was some useful information here (some I knew, some I didn't), but it was just so difficult to get through because the author comes across as condescending and a bit egotistical. The constant advertisements for his brand were also rather annoying. This was a really long way to say build an Anki deck, use associations, watch or listen to things in your target language, and practice consistently. Meh.

A great guide to thinking about learning.

A great guide breaking down steps for approaching language learning.

The only negative is that there doesn't seem to be the included pdf that is mentioned throughout the book.

This seems manageable

This made sense to me, and I feel like it will get me further than other approaches I've tried. The goals seem attainable. The PDF is in the Audible library where all your books are listed. The link was under the 'Listen Now' button.

Very helpful language learning tool!

I use a broad array of materials for my current Spanish language journey. This book didn’t teach me any actual new Spanish words, but it was well worth its time and expense in learning studying techniques.

No accompanying PDF

I rated this book, although the best ive read for language learning, the PDF that was supposed to accompany this book is missing