Fluent Forever: How to Learn Any Language Fast and Never Forget it

Title Page
Copyright
Dedication
Contents
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
Acknowledgments
Index