Fluent Forever : How to Learn Any Language Fast and Never Forget It
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- THE INTERNET
- TUTORS AND PROGRAMS
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If you’ve already spent some time studying your target language, adjust your shopping list as follows: First, if you already have a grammar book, make sure that you actually like it and that it’s sufficiently challenging. If not, get a new one that fits your level. Second, if you don’t have a phrase book, they’re worth having. Even if you’re already reading books in your target language, you might not know how to ask about business hours or rental car insurance. A phrase book will let you look up sentences for many day-to-day situations that don’t show up in books. Third, you probably don’t have a frequency dictionary yet, and you’ll use it much earlier than a beginner. Go get one. Last, hold off on a pronunciation book or trainer until the end of Chapter 3 . You’ll have a better idea then as to whether you’ll need one. THE INTERNET The Internet is filling up with free grammar guides, pronunciation guides, frequency lists, and dictionaries of all shapes and sizes. The quality varies drastically from site to site and changes daily. You can learn a language for free on the net, but you’ll be able to do it faster if you combine the best Internet resources with well-written books. I list my favorite Internet resources on my website ( Fluent-Forever.com/language-resources ), and we’ll be discussing the most important websites— Google Images and the new language exchange communities (e.g., Lang-8, italki, Verbling)— throughout this book. TUTORS AND PROGRAMS If you need faster results and have some funds to spare, you can speed up your learning with private tutors (who are extremely affordable at italki.com ) or intensive programs at home and abroad. The fastest route to fluency is also the least convenient: intensive immersion programs will provide twenty-plus weekly hours of class time, ten to twenty weekly hours of homework, and a strict no- English policy. You’ll leave with a comfortable proficiency in your language of choice in exchange for two months of your life and a wad of cash. Some of them have generous financial aid policies if you apply early enough, so they may be within your reach if you lack the funds but have the time. tải về 3.86 Mb. Chia sẻ với bạn bè của bạn:
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