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Introduction: Stab, Stab, Stab
Chapter 1
page 11 Fluent-Forever.com
TheFluentForeverwebsitewhereyouwillfindinformationabouttheFluentForevermethod,languageresources,andmaterialstohelpyouwithyourlanguagelearning.
page 14 Fluent-Forever.com/language-resources
Alistofmyfavouriteinternetresourcesforlanguagelearning.
page 15 Lang-8.com
Anexchangesitewherenativespeakerswillcorrectyourwritinginex-changeforyoucorrectingtheirs.
page 15 iTalki.com
Awebsitefullofextremelyaffordableonlineprivatetutorstohelpspeedupyourlearning.
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Upload: Five Principles to End Forgetting
Chapter 2
Page 25 Sinceweneedtolearnwords,notpictures,wewillusecombinationsofwordsandpictures.Thiseffectevenappliestototallyunrelatedimages:youwillrememberanabstractdrawingwiththesentence“Applesaredelicious”betterthanthatdrawingalone.
page 26 images.google.com
FindimagesthatrepresentthenewwordsyouarelearningviaGoogle.
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Page 28 Thecurverevealshowrapidlyweforgetandwhatremainsoncewe’veforgotten.
Page 30 Studentseitherreadatexttwiceorreaditonceandwrotedownwhattheyremembered.Theythentookafinaltestfiveminutes,twodays,oroneweeklater.
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Page 31 Hereareyourfinalrecallresults,oneweeklater.
Page 40 Dependingonthetimingofthatsinglepracticesession,you’llseequitedifferentresults.
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Page 41 Thereisacomplexbalancebetweentheadvantagesofnearlyforgettingandthedisadvantagesofactuallyforgetting,anditbreaksourforgettingcurveinhalf.
Page 42 Ifimmediaterecallpracticeisgood,anddelayedpracticeisbetter,andifonesessionisgoodandmanysessionsarebetter,whathappensifyoudelayyourrecallpracticemanytimes?
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Sound PlayChapter 3
Page 59 Wetendtothinkofrandlastwodistinctsounds,buttheyarenot.
Page 60 AbabyinaJapanesehouseholdmayhearmanyofthesamesounds,butmostofthesesoundsfalldirectlyinthemiddleoftheR-Lspectrum.
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page 62 Fluent-Forever.com/Chapter3
Hereyoucanfindanevergrowing listofminimalpairtestsformanylanguages.
Page 63 There’saneatlinguistictestthatresearchersliketoperformon5-yearolds.Theyshowthemaweirdbirddrawingandproclaim“Thisisawug!”
page 68 Fluent-Forever.com/Chapter3
HereyoucanfindaseriesofYouTubevideostohelpyougetthepro-nunciationinformationyouneedtounderstandhowyourmouthdoeswhatitdoes.
page 79 Fluent-Forever.com
TheFluentForeverwebsitewhereyouwillfindinformationabouttheFluentForevermethod,languageresources,andmaterialstohelpyouwithyourlanguagelearning.
page 79 Forvo.com
Free,native-speakerrecordingsofmorethan1.5millionwordsin300languages.
page 79 RhinoSpike.com
Awebsite fornative-speaker recordingswhereyousubmita textandsomeonewillrecorditforyou,usuallywithin24-48hours.Agreatre-sourceforminimalpairsandfullsentenceswithintonation.
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page 80 Fluent-Forever.com/Chapter3
HereyoucanfindaseriesofYouTubevideostohelpyougetthepro-nunciationinformationyouneedtounderstandhowyourmouthdoeswhatitdoes.
page 80 Wiktionary.org
Freeresourcewithonlinedictionariesformanylanguages,withpronun-ciationentriesinIPAformanywords.
page 80 FSI-Language-Courses.org
Free,public-domaintextbooksonlineformanylanguages.(N.B.Accessisviaaslightlydifferentlink,aslinkedtoabove.)
page 81 Fluent-Forever.com/Chapter3
My pronunciation trainers provide you with with minimal pair tests,spelling rules, example words and enough vocabulary to ingrain thesoundsandspellingpatternsofyournewlanguageinyourhead.TheyrunonAnki,andoverthecourseofusingthem,you’llgetasenseforhowAnkiworks(andyou’llbereadytomakeyourownflashcards).
page 81 iTalki.com
and 82 Awebsitefullofextremelyaffordableonlineprivatetutorstohelpspeedupyourlearning.
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page 90 Forvo.com
Free,native-speakerrecordingsofmorethan1.5millionwordsin300languages.
page 91 images.google.com
FindimagesthatrepresentthenewwordsyouarelearningviaGoogle.
page 91 Fluent-Forever.com/GoogleImages
Googleoccasionallyshutsdownsomeoftheirservices.Shouldthishap-pen toGoogle Images’BasicVersion,youcanfindalternativeoptionshere.
page 95 Tinyurl.com/wikigender
Notsureifyournewlanguageusesgender?Youcanfindouthere.
Page 97 WelcometotheMnemonicImagerygame.
Tree−masculine,Treebud–feminine, Leaf-neuter, Horse-neuter, Dog−masculine,Cat−feminine,Mouth−masculine,Neck−masculine, Hand−feminine,Nose−feminine, Knee-neuter,andHeart-neuter.
page 101 Fluent-Forever.com/Appendix5
Professionaltranslationofthe625wordsplussomeadditionalassociat-edresources.
page 101 Forvo.com
Free,native-speakerrecordingsofmorethan1.5millionwordsin300languages.
Word Play and the Symphony of a Word
Chapter 4
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page 101 Wiktionary.org
Freeresourcewithonlinedictionariesformanylanguages,withpronun-ciationentriesinIPAformanywords.
page 102 images.google.com
FindimagesthatrepresentthenewwordsyouarelearningviaGoogle.
page 102 Tinyurl.com/basicimage
Analternativeway tofindBasicModewhensearching for imagesviaGoogle.
page 103 Fluent-Forever.com/Chapter4
Aguidetosettingupyoursearchsothatthephotocaptionsaretrans-lated.
Page 103 WhatifallofthoselittlecaptionsweremachinetranslatedintoEnglish?
page 105 en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_languages_by_type_of_grammatical_gender
Wikipediapageforcheckingifyourlanguageusesgender.
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Sentence PlayChapter 5
Page 120 Thenyou’llmakeflashcardsforanyinformationyou’dliketolearn.
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Page 124 You’llhaveaneasytimerememberingit,andit’sthesortofclearcom-prehensibleinputthatmakeslanguagemachinesthrive.
Page 129 Withinaweekortwo,youwon’tbeabletoforgetthestrangeandtawdryescapadesofSirPatrickStewartandhisstackofverbs.
page 130 Lang-8.com
Anexchangesitewherenativespeakerswillcorrectyourwritinginex-changeforyoucorrectingtheirs.
page 131 iTalki.com
Awebsitefullofextremelyaffordableonlineprivatetutorstohelpspeedupyourlearning.
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page 131 translate.google.com
Translatephrases,sentences,andparagraphsfromonelanguagetoan-otherviaGoogle.
Page 131 WithSpacedRepetition,youonlyneedtoreceiveacorrectiononce,andwithinafewweeks,itwillbecomeapermanentpartofyourlong-termmemory.
Page 134 Readthatexplanation,andthenuseyourexamplesentencetoremem-berit:“A”isthewordthatfitsinto“Ihave__petmonkey.”
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Page 137 Thismakesyourflashcardssomewhateasier to rememberand linkscloselyrelatedconcepts.
Page 137 Dothisonceortwiceinasentence–“Ihaveamonkey”(Insert“pet”)–andyou’llhave theorderof thewordsmemorized foreverysimilarlywordedsentence.
page 140 Lang-8.com
Anexchangesitewherenativespeakerswillcorrectyourwritinginex-changeforyoucorrectingtheirs.
page 140 iTalki.com
Awebsitefullofextremelyaffordableonlineprivatetutorstohelpspeedupyourlearning.
page 141 translate.google.com
Translatephrases,sentences,andparagraphsfromonelanguagetoan-otherviaGoogle.
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The Language GameChapter 6
Page 148 Aquicksearch fordernieronGoole Imagesprovidesyouwitha littleillustratedstory.
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The Gallery: A Guide to the Flash Cards That Will Teach You Your Language
page 152 TestYourVocab.com
Via5-10minutetests,youcanaccuratelymeasureyourEnglishvocabu-laryviathiswebsite.
page 160 Skype.com
Freevideo-chatservice.
page 160 LiveMocha.com,Busuu.com,MyLanguageExchange.com,and 161 andLanguage-Exchanges.org
Anumberoflanguageexchangewebsites.PleasenotethatLiveMocha.comisnowclosed,howeveryoucanuseiTalki.cominitsplace.
page 161 YouRather.com
Awebsitefullof“eitheror”questionstohelpgetyourconversationgoing.
page 161 iTalki.com
and 165 Awebsitefullofextremelyaffordableonlineprivatetutorstohelpspeedupyourlearning.
page 166 Fluent-Forever.com/language-resources
Anevergrowing listoffrequency listrecommendationsfor languagesoutsideofthetopelevenforeignlanguages.
page 166 en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Wiktionary:Frequency_lists
Frequencylistsformostlanguages.
page 166 translate.google.com
Translatephrases,sentences,andparagraphsfromonelanguagetoan-otherviaGoogle.
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page 167 Craigslist.com
Onlinemarketplace/newsboardthatcanbegoodforfindinglocalclass-esandtutorsinyourtargetlanguage.
page 167 LiveMocha.com,Busuu.com,MyLanguageExchange.com,andLanguage-Exchanges.org
Anumberoflanguageexchangewebsites.PleasenotethatLiveMocha.comisnowclosed,howeveryoucanuseiTalki.cominitsplace.
page 167 iTalki.com
Awebsitefullofextremelyaffordableonlineprivatetutorstohelpspeedupyourlearning.
page 167 Fluent-Forever.com/Conversation-Questions
Ahandylistofconversationtopics.
page 168 ConversationStarters.com
Awebsitefullofconversationstarterstogetyoutalking.
page 168 YouRather.com
Awebsitefullof“eitheror”questionstohelpgetyourconversationgoing.
page 168 Middlebury.edu
Intensive,immersivelanguagecourses.
page 168 Fluent-Forever.com/Immersion
AlistofintensivelanguageprogramsintheUS.
page 169 Lang-8.com
Anexchangesitewherenativespeakerswillcorrectyourwritinginex-changeforyoucorrectingtheirs.
page 169 iTalki.com
Awebsitefullofextremelyaffordableonlineprivatetutorstohelpspeedupyourlearning.
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page 182 Fluent-Forever.com/Logograms
Ahandfulofsupplementaryflashcarddesignsandstrategiestomakelearninglogograms(charactersthatcorrespondtowordsorchunksofwordsratherthansounds)easier.
page 184 Forvo.com
Free,native-speakerrecordingsofmorethan1.5millionwordsin300languages.
Page 184 Ifyou’reusingAnki,thenyou’lltype,copy,and/ordragyourinformationintotheappropriateboxes.
page 187 Fluent-Forever.com/gallery
My(free)demodeckforAnki.It’sallsetuptogenerateeverycardinthisbookautomatically,youjustneedtoaddthespelling,recordings,per-sonalconnection,etc.
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page 191 Fluent-Forever.com/Chapter3and 192 My pronunciation trainers provide you with with minimal pair tests,
spelling rules, example words and enough vocabulary to ingrain thesoundsandspellingpatternsofyournewlanguageinyourhead.TheyrunonAnki,andoverthecourseofusingthem,you’llgetasenseforhowAnkiworks(andyou’llbereadytomakeyourownflashcards).
page 192, Forvo.com193, 195, Free,native-speakerrecordingsofmorethan1.5millionwordsand 200 in300languages.
Page 194 Writeyoursoundsdownusingyourchosenphoneticalphabet,chooseasimpleexampleword,andmakeacardlikethis:
Page 195 Canyouthinkofanyexamplewordthatusesthissound?Canyoure-memberhowit’sspelled,howit’spronouncedorwhatitmeans?
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Page 196 These cardswork in the samewaywith a newalphabet.Here,we’relearningthattheRussianletterпsoundslikea“P”:
Page 196 Withtheknowledgeyou’vecollectedfromthefirstfourcardtypes,you’llslowlypickuptheabilitytohandleandrememberthespellingoffullwords.
Page 197 Withinafewdays,you’llcoverallpossiblespellingsandsounds.
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page 200 Wiktionary.org
Freeresourcewithonlinedictionariesformanylanguages,withpronun-ciationentriesinIPAformanywords.
page 200 Fluent-Forever.com/Chapter4
InformationonusingGoogleImageswhenlearninglanguages.
page 200 Fluent-Forever.com/multi-search
Aguidetosettingupamoreautomatedprocessforsearchingmultiplesites(e.g.dictionary,GoogleTranslate,Forvo)atonce.
Page 203 CardType1:Whatdoesthiswordmean?(Comprehension)
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Page 204 CardType2:What’sthewordforthispicture?(Production)
page 205 Fluent-Forever.com/gallery
Exampleflashcardsforletternames.
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Page 205 CardType3:Howdoyouspellthisword?(Spelling)and 206
Page 207 SpecialScenarios:MultipleDefinitionsand 208
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Page 209 SpecialScenarios:Synonymsand 210
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Page 210 SpecialScenarios:CategoryCards
Page 212 SpecialScenarios:EasilyConfoundedImages
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Page 214 MnemonicImagery
Mnemonic Card 1: What’s the mnemonic for ___?
Mnemonic Card 2: What’s this mnemonic mean?
page 216 Forvo.com
Free,native-speakerrecordingsofmorethan1.5millionwordsin300languages.
page 217 images.google.com
FindimagesthatrepresentthenewwordsyouarelearningviaGoogle.
page 217 Tinyurl.com/basicimage
Analternativeway tofindBasicModewhensearching for imagesviaGoogle.
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Page 219 New-WordCards—Type1:WhichWordFitsintheBlank?and 220
Page 220 New-WordCards—Type2:What’saSentenceorPhraseand 221 ThatIncludesThisWord?
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Page 222 New-WordCards—Type3:WhichWordsFitsintoThisOtherBlank?
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Page 223 New-WordCards—Type4:HowDoYouSpellThisWord?
Page 224 WordFormCards—Type1:WhichWordFitsintheBlank?and 225
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Page 226 WordFormCards—Type2:What’saSentenceorPhraseThatIncludesThisWord?
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Page 227 WordFormCards—Type3:WhichWordFitsintoThisOtherBlank?and 228
Page 228 WordFormCards—Type4:HowDoYouSpellThisWord?and 229
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Page 229 WordOrderCards:WhereDoesThisWordGo?and 230
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Page 230 SpecialScenarios:DealingwithDeclensionChartsand 231
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Page 232 SpecialScenarios:ShortPhrases
Page 233 SpecialScenarios:EliminatingClues
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Page 233 SpecialScenarios:WhenYou’reStumped
Page 237 CardType1:WhichWordFitsintheBlank?Everyfill-in-the-blankand 238 willonlyhaveonecorrectanswer.
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Page 238 CardType2:What’saSentenceorPhraseThatIncludesThisWord?Youdon’tneedtoremembertheprecisedefinitionhere.Aslongasyoucanthinkofanytypicaluseforthisword,youwin.
page 235 Lang-8.com
Anexchangesitewherenativespeakerswillcorrectyourwritinginex-changeforyoucorrectingtheirs.
page 235 iTalki.com
Awebsitefullofextremelyaffordableonlineprivatetutorstohelpspeedupyourlearning.
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Page 239 If thisword isn’tatotallyabstractfunctionword,canyouthinkofthefirst/lasttimeyouencounteredthisthing/action/adjective,oranexam-pleofthiswordthatisrelevanttoyourlife.CardType3:WhichWordFitsintoThisOtherBlank?
Page 239 Thesecardsworkbestforcapturingadifferentdefinitionoruseofaword.
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Page 240 If thisword isn’tatotallyabstractfunctionword,canyouthinkofthefirst/lasttimeyouencounteredthisthing/action/adjective,oranexam-pleofthiswordthatisrelevanttoyourlife.CardType4:HowDoYouSpellThisWord?
Page 241 Inextraordinarilyrarecircumstances,whenthespellingofthewordiscompletelyandutterlyridiculous–somethinglikefloccinaucinihilipilifi-cation(theactofdescribingsomethingasworthless)–youmightcon-sidermakingoneofthesecards,butit’smostlyhereforthebenefitoftheJapanese/Chineselearnersoutthere.
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A Glossary of Terms and Tools
page 244 Amazon.com
Onlineweb-shopwhereyoucanfindmanylanguagelearningresourcesincludingaudiobooks inFrench,German, Italian,Portuguese,Russian,andSpanish.
page 244 Fluent-Forever.com/Chapter2
AcollectionofvideotutorialsonusingAnki.
page 244 Fluent-Forever.com/language-resources
Anevergrowinglistofaudiobooksources.
page 247 Fluent-Forever.com
TheFluentForeverwebsitewhereyouwillfindinformationabouttheFluentForevermethod,languageresources,andmaterialstohelpyouwithyourlanguagelearning.
page 247 FSI-Language-Courses.org
Free,public-domaintextbooksonlineformanylanguages. (N.B.Accessisviaaslightlydifferentlink,aslinkedtoabove.)
page 247 Forvo.com
Free,native-speakerrecordingsofmorethan1.5millionwordsin300languages.
page 247 Fluent-Forever.com/language-resources
Anevergrowinglistofaudiobooksources.
page 247 en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Wiktionary:Frequency_lists
Frequencylistsformostlanguages.
page 248 images.google.com
FindimagesthatrepresentthenewwordsyouarelearningviaGoogle.
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page 248 Tinyurl.com/basicimage
Analternativeway tofindBasicModewhensearching for imagesviaGoogle.
page 248 Fluent-Forever.com/Chapter4
InformationonusingGoogleImageswhenlearninglanguages.
page 249 translate.google.com
Translatephrases,sentences,andparagraphsfromonelanguagetoan-otherviaGoogle.
page 250 italki.com
Awebsitefullofextremelyaffordableonlineprivatetutorstohelpspeedupyourlearning.
page 250 lang-8.com
Anexchangesitewherenativespeakerswillcorrectyourwritinginex-changeforyoucorrectingtheirs.
page 250 LiveMocha.com,Busuu.com,MyLanguageExchange.com,andand 251 Language-Exchanges.org
Anumberoflanguageexchangewebsites.PleasenotethatLiveMocha.comisnowclosed,howeveryoucanuseiTalki.cominitsplace.
page 251 Fluent-Forever.com/Chapter3
My pronunciation trainers provide you with with minimal pair tests,spelling rules, example words and enough vocabulary to ingrain thesoundsandspellingpatternsofyournewlanguageinyourhead.TheyrunonAnki,andoverthecourseofusingthem,you’llgetasenseforhowAnkiworks(andyou’llbereadytomakeyourownflashcards).
page 252 Fluent-Forever.com/language-resources
Anever-growinglistofmonolingualdictionaryrecommendations.
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page 253 Fluent-Forever.com/Chapter3
My pronunciation trainers provide you with with minimal pair tests,spelling rules, example words and enough vocabulary to ingrain thesoundsandspellingpatternsofyournewlanguageinyourhead.TheyrunonAnki,andoverthecourseofusingthem,you’llgetasenseforhowAnkiworks(andyou’llbereadytomakeyourownflashcards).
page 254 Fluent-Forever.com/videos
HereyoucanfindaseriesofYouTubevideostohelpyougetthepro-nunciationinformationyouneedtounderstandhowyourmouthdoeswhatitdoes.
page 254 RhinoSpike.com
Awebsite fornative-speaker recordingswhereyousubmita textandsomeonewillrecorditforyou,usuallywithin24-48hours.Agreatre-sourceforminimalpairsandfullsentenceswithintonation.
page 254 Skype.com
Freevideo-chatservice.
page 255 Wikipedia.org
Free,onlineresourcewhereyoucanfindtargetlanguagesummariesofyourfavouriteTVshowsandfilms.
page 257 Wiktionary.org
Freeresourcewithonlinedictionariesformanylanguages,withpronun-ciationentriesinIPAformanywords.
page 258 Fluent-Forever.com/videos
HereyoucanfindaseriesofYouTubevideostohelpyougetthepro-nunciationinformationyouneedtounderstandhowyourmouthdoeswhatitdoes.
page 258 YouTube.com
Asourceforpronunciationadviceandinformationviauser-madevideos.
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Appendix 1: Specific Language Resources
page 262 Fluent-Forever.com/language-resources
Language book reviews,websites, and anything else I can collect foryourlanguageneeds,aswellasgeneraltools.
page 262 Fluent-Forever.com/Arabic
Arabiclanguagelearningresources.
page 262 Fluent-Forever.com/Chinese
Chinese(Mandarin)languagelearningresources.
page 263 Fluent-Forever.com/French
Frenchlanguagelearningresources.
page 263 Fluent-Forever.com/German
Germanlanguagelearningresources.
page 263 Fluent-Forever.com/Hebrew
Hebrew(Modern)languagelearningresources.
page 264 Fluent-Forever.com/Italian
Italianlanguagelearningresources.
page 264 Fluent-Forever.com/Japanese
Japaneselanguagelearningresources.
page 264 Fluent-Forever.com/Korean
Koreanlanguagelearningresources.
page 265 Fluent-Forever.com/Portuguese
Portugueselanguagelearningresources.
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page 265 Fluent-Forever.com/Russian
Russianlanguagelearningresources.
page 265 Fluent-Forever.com/Spanish
Spanishlanguagelearningresources.
Books to get and websites to visit
TheModernLanguageAssociationperformsroutinesurveysofthelan-guagesthatAmericancollegestudentsarelearning.Herearetheirre-sultsforFall2009:1
Language Enrollments in Fall 2009
1.Spanish 864,986
2.French 216,419
3.German 96,349
4.AmericanSignLanguage 91,763
5.Italian 80,752
6.Japanese 73,434
7.Chinese 60,976
8.Arabic 35,083
9.Latin 32,606
10.Russian 26,883
11.AncientGreek 20,695
12.BiblicalHebrew 13,807
13.Portuguese 11,371
14.Korean 8,511
15.Modern Hebrew 8,245
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I’ll give you resources here for every language on this list except forAmerican Sign Language, Latin, Ancient Greek and Biblical Hebrew.Those languages require somespecialmodifications, since thefirst isnotaspokenlanguageatall,andthelastthreehavenonativespeakers.
Foreverylanguage,I’lllistagrammarbookortwo,aphrasebook,andapronunciationtrainer.Whenavailable,I’llalsopointyoutowardsapro-nunciationbook,afrequencydictionaryandathematicvocabularybook.For links,additionalbook/websiterecommendationsandfor lesscom-monlylearnedlanguages,gotoFluent-Forever.com/language-resources.
Arabic Language Resources
Full list and links:
https://fluent-forever.com/language-resources/learn-arabic/
Grammar Book:
Whitewick,Janeetal.Mastering Arabic (With 2 Audio CDs)
Phrase Book:
Jenkins,Siona.Lonely Planet Egyptian Arabic Phrasebook
Pronunciation Trainer:
Wyner,Gabriel.Arabic Pronunciation Trainer
Frequency Dictionary:
Buckwalter,Timetal.A Frequency Dictionary of Arabic
Chinese (Mandarin) Language Resources
Full list and links:
https://fluent-forever.com/language-resources/learn-chinese/
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Grammar Book:
Liu,Yuehuaetal. Integrated Chinese
Phrase Book:
Garnaut,Anthonyetal.Lonely Planet Mandarin Phrasebook
Pronunciation Trainer:
Wyner,Gabriel.Mandarin Chinese Pronunciation Trainer
Pronunciation Book:
LiveABC.Chinese Pronunciation with CD-ROM
Frequency Dictionary:
Xiao,Richardetal.A Frequency Dictionary of Mandarin Chinese
French Language Resources2
Full list and links:
https://fluent-forever.com/language-resources/learn-french/
Grammar Book:
Crocker,Mary.Schaum’s Outline of French Grammar
Phrase Book:
Janes,Michaeletal.Lonely Planet French Phrasebook
Pronunciation Trainer:
Wyner,Gabriel.French Pronunciation Trainer
Pronunciation Book:
Kendris,Christopheretal.Pronounce it Perfectly in French
Frequency Dictionary:
Lonsdale,DeryleandLeBras,Yvon.A Frequency Dictionary of French
Thematic Vocabulary Book:
Fischer,Wolfgangetal.Mastering French Vocabulary
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German Language Resources
Full list and links:
https://fluent-forever.com/language-resources/learn-german/
Beginner Grammar Book:
Rosenberg,Joseph. German: How to Speak and Write It
Intermediate Grammar Book:
Durrel,Martin. Hammer’s German Grammar and Usage
Phrase Book:
Muehl,Gunteretal.Lonely Planet German Phrasebook
Pronunciation Trainer:
Wyner,Gabriel.German Pronunciation Trainer
Frequency Dictionary:
Jones,Randalletal.A Frequency Dictionary of German
Thematic Vocabulary Book:
Schnorr,Veronikaetal.Mastering German Vocabulary
Hebrew (Modern) Language Resources
Full list and links:
https://fluent-forever.com/language-resources/learn-modern-hebrew/
Beginner Grammar Book:
Lyttleton,Zippi. Colloquial Hebrew
Intermediate Grammar Book:
Uveeler,Lubaetal. Ha-Yesod: Fundamentals of Hebrew
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Phrase Book:
Rudelson,JustinBen-Adametal.Lonely Planet Hebrew Phrasebook
Pronunciation Trainer:
Wyner,Gabriel.Hebrew Pronunciation Trainer
Italian Language Resources
Full list and links:
https://fluent-forever.com/language-resources/learn-italian/
Grammar Book:
Danesi,Marcel. Practice Makes Perfect: Complete Italian Grammar
Phrase Book:
Iagnocco,Pietroetal.Lonely Planet Italian Phrasebook
Pronunciation Trainer:
Wyner,Gabriel.Italian Pronunciation Trainer
Frequency Dictionary:
Intronati,Gianpaolo.Italian Key Words
Thematic Vocabulary Book:
Feinler-Torriani,Lucianaetal.Mastering Italian Vocabulary
Japanese Language Resources
Full list and links:
https://fluent-forever.com/language-resources/learn-japanese/
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Grammar Book:
Banno,Erietal. Genki: An Integrated Course in Elementary Japanese
Phrase Book:
Abe,Yoshietal.Lonely Planet Japanese Phrasebook
Pronunciation Trainer:
Wyner,Gabriel.Japanese Pronunciation Trainer
Frequency Dictionary:
Tono,Yukio,etal.A Frequency Dictionary of Japanese
Thematic Vocabulary Book:
Akiyama,Caroletal.Japanese Vocabulary
Korean Language Resources
Full list and links:
https://fluent-forever.com/language-resources/learn-korean/
Grammar Book:
King,Rossetal. Elementary Korean
Phrase Book:
Kim,Minkyoungetal.Lonely Planet Korean Phrasebook
Pronunciation Trainer:
Wyner,Gabriel.Korean Pronunciation Trainer
Pronunciation Book:
Choo,Mihoetal.Sounds of Korean
Frequency Dictionary:
Lee,Jae-wook.Korean Essential Vocabulary 6000
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Portuguese Language Resources
Full list and links:
https://fluent-forever.com/language-resources/learn-portuguese/
Grammar Book:
Ferriera,Fernanda.The Everything Learning Brazilian Portuguese Book/CD
Phrase Book:
MonjedeCastro,Marcia.Lonely Planet Brazilian Portuguese Phrasebook
Pronunciation Trainer:
Wyner,Gabriel.Portuguese Pronunciation Trainer
Frequency Dictionary:
Davies,Marketal.A Frequency Dictionary of Portuguese
Thematic Vocabulary Book:
Taranov,Andrey.Portuguese vocabulary for English speakers
Russian Language Resources
Full list and links: https://fluent-forever.com/language-resources/learn-russian/
Grammar Book:
Brown,Nicholas. The New Penguin Russian Course
Phrase Book:
Jenkin,Jamesetal.Lonely Planet Russian Phrasebook
Pronunciation Trainer:
Wyner,Gabriel.Russian Pronunciation Trainer
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Pronunciation Book:
Beyer,Thomas.Pronounce it Perfectly in Russian (see note)
Frequency Dictionary:
Brown,Nicholas.Russian Learner’s Dictionary
Thematic Vocabulary Book:
Hinkel,Eli.Russian Vocabulary
Note: Thomas Beyer put his recordings for this book online. You’ll find a link on my website.
Spanish Language Resources
Full list and links:
https://fluent-forever.com/language-resources/learn-spanish/
Grammar Book:
Prado,Marcial.Practical Spanish Grammar
Phrase Book:
Lopez,Martaetal.Lonely Planet Spanish Phrasebook
(Or,getEsposto,Roberto.Lonely Planet Latin American Spanish Phrase-book )
Pronunciation Trainer:
Wyner,Gabriel.Spanish Pronunciation Trainer
Pronunciation Book:
Yates,Jean.Pronounce it Perfectly in Spanish
Frequency Dictionary:
Davies,Mark.A Frequency Dictionary of Spanish
Thematic Vocabulary Book:
Navarro,JoseMariaetal.Mastering Spanish Vocabulary
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Appendix 2: Language Difficulty Estimates
For English Speakers
TheForeignServiceInstitute(FSI)istheUSGovernment’strainingcen-terfordiplomats,ambassadorsandJames-Bondtypes.They’vebeeninthe languagebusinesssince1947andhavesomeof thebestdataonlanguagedifficultiesforEnglishspeakers.Theirstudentstakeonanin-tenseworkload:25hoursoflanguageclassesperweekand3-4hoursofindependentstudyperday.Notsurprisingly,theyreachadvancedlevelsoffluencyveryquickly.We’llbeabletobeatthemintermsoftotaltimespent,becauseourmethodsaremoreefficient.FSIcoursesarerelative-lytraditionalinformat,althoughtheydohavearespectableemphasisonpronunciationthatkeepsthemaheadofthecurve.Theymaybeatusintermsoftotaltimetofluency,simplybecauseyougetalotdonewhenyoumakelanguagelearningyourfulltimejob.Still,ouruseofimagery,mnemonicsandspacedrepetitionwillpushusaheadintermsofoverallefficiency.
The following estimates show the total amount of time FSI studentsspend in class for each language. Languages inparentheses aren’t intheir official list, but are so closely related to other languages in thesamecategorythatIstucktheminanyways.Languageswithanasteriskareslightlyharderthanotherlanguagesintheircategory.
Level 1: Languages closely related to English
23-24weeks(575-600classhours)Afrikaans
(Catalan)
Danish
Dutch
French
Italian
Norwegian
Portuguese
Romanian
Spanish
Swedish
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Level 1.5: Languages with slight linguistic and/or cultural differences from English
30-36weeks(750-900classhours)German
(30weeks/750classhours)
(Ilocano)
(36weeks/900classhours)
Indonesian
(36weeks/900classhours)
(Javanese)
(36weeks/900classhours)
Malay
(36weeks/900classhours)
Swahili
(36weeks/900classhours)
Level 2: Languages with significant linguisticand/or cultural differences from English
44weeks(1100classhours)AlbanianAmharicArmenianAzerbaijaniBengaliBosnianBulgarianBurmeseCroatianCzech
*Estonian*Finnish*GeorgianGreek
(Gujarati-Sinhalese)HebrewHindi
*Hungarian
Icelandic(Kannada-Sinhalese)(Kazakh-Turkish)(Kurdish-Persian)(Kyrgyz-Turkish)
KhmerLao
LatvianLithuanianMacedonian
(Marathi-Urdu)*Mongolian
NepaliSpanishSwedishPashtoPersian
(Dari,Farsi,Tajik)
Polish(Punjabi-Persian)
RussianSerbianSinhaleseSlovak
SlovenianTagalog*ThaiTurkish
(Turkmen-Turkish)UkrainianUrduUzbek
*VietnameseXhosaZulu
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Level 3: Languages which are exceptionally difficult for native English speakers
88weeks(secondyearofstudyin-country)(2200classhours)
ArabicCantoneseMandarin
(MinNan-Mandarin)
*JapaneseKorean
(WuChinese)
Appendix 3: Spaced Repetition System Resources
page 271 Fluent-Forever.com/Chapter2
AseriesofvideotutorialsanddemonstrationdecksforAnki.
Page 272 Yourindexfilewilllooklikethis.
page 274 Fluent-Forever.com/Appendix3
AcopyoftheLeitnerGameSchedule.
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Appendix 4: The International Phonetic Alphabet Decoder
page 277, Forvo.com
284, 287, Free,native-speakerrecordingsofmorethan1.5millionwords
and 291 in300languages.
page 278 Fluent-Forever.com/Videos
HereyoucanfindaseriesofYouTubevideostohelpyougetthepro-nunciationinformationyouneedtounderstandhowyourmouthdoeswhatitdoes.
Page 279 Here’s a talking head I found somewhere in thewoods.His name isFrank.
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Page 280 Theseareeightoftheelevenpossiblelocationsforyourtongueandlips.
Page 283 Notsurprisingly,therealconsonantishalfwaybetweenJ(ma-jar)andG(mag-yar),intheYlocation.
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Page 286 You’llfindalmosteverypossibleconsonantinthisbigdecoderchart.
Page 288 Ignoretheshenanigansgoingonwithyourlipsforamomentandpayattentiontoyourtongue.
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Page 292 Ifyou’vealreadylearnedhowtohearsomecrazynewvowel,you’llhaveamucheasiertimeproducingit.
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Appendix 5: Your First 625 Words
– Fluent-Forever.com/Appendix5
Printable625 lists, images fordirectionsandprepositions, images forthedaysoftheweek,andimagesforpronouns.
Lastupdatedon:April20,2017.
