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

school we learn things then take the test,
In everyday life we take the test then we learn things.
—Admon Israel

Learn the top thousand words in your target language. Write out definitions and examples whenever you’re not entirely sure what a word means. About halfway through, you’ll find that you can understand a monolingual dictionary. Use it to help you learn the rest of your words.
3. Go back to your grammar book, skim through it, and grab any remaining bits of information you’d like.
4. Read your first book while listening to an audiobook.

We’ll make the most of your limited time, investigating which words to learn first, how to use mnemonics to memorize abstract concepts faster, and how to improve your reading, writing, listening, and speaking skills as quickly and effectively as possible.

ten books, wrote seventy pages’ worth of essays, and my vocabulary grew to forty-five hundred words

spaced repetition systems

learn pronunciation first

PERSONAL CONNECTIONS: I can’t give you your personal connections, but I can give you questions to help spur your memories. Use them whenever you have trouble finding a good memory for a new word. When you do, ask yourself about your new word rather than its English translation. Instead of asking about the last time you saw your mother, ask about the last time you saw your mère. Even when the words sound almost the same (timid/timide), you’ll create more useful connections when you mentally hear those words in the accent of your new language:

Concrete Nouns: When’s the last time I saw my mère (mother)?

Concrete Nouns: When’s the first

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