Author: James W. Heisig Publisher: University of Hawaii Press ISBN: 9780824836696 Category : Foreign Language Study Languages : en Pages : 0
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Following the first volume of Remembering the Kanji, the present work provides students with helpful tools for learning the pronunciation of the kanji. Behind the notorious inconsistencies in the way the Japanese language has come to pronounce the characters it received from China lie several coherent patterns. Identifying these patterns and arranging them in logical order can reduce dramatically the amount of time spent in the brute memorization of sounds unrelated to written forms. Many of the “primitive elements,” or building blocks, used in the drawing of the characters also serve to indicate the “Chinese reading” that particular kanji use, chiefly in compound terms. By learning one of the kanji that uses such a “signal primitive,” one can learn the entire group at the same time. In this way, Remembering the Kanji 2 lays out the varieties of phonetic pattern and offers helpful hints for learning readings, that might otherwise appear completely random, in an efficient and rational way. Individual frames cross-reference the kanji to alternate readings and to the frame in volume 1 in which the meaning and writing of the kanji was first introduced. A parallel system of pronouncing the kanji, their “Japanese readings,” uses native Japanese words assigned to particular Chinese characters. Although these are more easily learned because of the association of the meaning to a single word, the author creates a kind of phonetic alphabet of single syllable words, each connected to a simple Japanese word, and shows how they can be combined to help memorize particularly troublesome vocabulary. The 4th edition has been updated to include the 196 new kanji approved by the government in 2010 as “general-use” kanji.
Author: Robertson Kunz Publisher: ISBN: 9781481836333 Category : Languages : en Pages : 112
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Want to learn the quickest, easiest and most efficient way to learn a language to fluency? Don't waste any more time and money with classes, textbooks, audio courses, computer programs and other materials until you have read this. Coming from 10 years of experience and having already shown thousands of language learners the right way to learn languages... Read on to learn the secrets they don't give you in class. Life is good for me. I am fluent in several languages and conversational in many more. I have friends I speak to on a daily basis who don't speak a word of English. My language ability has opened career doors and made immediate friends out of strangers. Better yet, I receive enjoyment out of using my languages daily in meeting people, watching movies and reading my favorite books. How was I able to learn a foreign language so fluently in such a short period of time? Let me give you a hint: it's not because I'm a genius, spend 10 hours a day studying or have some "gift" for learning languages. It's because I developed a METHOD that will allow you to IMMEDIATELY: Learn new words and phrases quicker than you ever have before and not worry about forgetting them! Speak without a single error. Natives will be scratching their heads wondering why you speak so much better than the other foreigners. Be able to "study" the language without getting bored ever! No more painful language learning. Become fluent quicker than anyone you know. I'm sure you know of people who have studied a language for a couple or more years. Now you can be fluent well within that time. Surprisingly, the best, easiest and quickest way to learn a language is not written in those textbooks, audio programs, computer programs or other materials. In fact, most of the time, they advocate a painful, hard way to get to fluency. What I've learned in the past 10 years is, it doesn't have to be painful or long! This isn't to say those materials are completely useless but if you want to gain from them as quickly and efficiently as possible, you need to incorporate them into a larger plan. I wrote this book to stop others from making the same mistakes I did when I started to learn languages. I wrote it to show the fastest, quickest and most efficient way to learn languages so that you don't waste a single minute or dollar. I've read a lot of material about language learning and used a lot of different methods. I've discovered what works and what doesn't. Everything I've written in my book is the tips, secrets and method that I've found to actually work to get me to fluency in the shortest period of time. You won't find any ridiculous ideas here like subliminal learning while you sleep. Everything here has been tested by me from scratch and is from real world experience.I have personally invested 10 years and thousands of dollars on learning the best, most efficient way to learn languages. I wish that I could have been able to buy the knowledge and information presented in this book when I first started out. It could have saved me a lot of trouble, time and money. Many people spend thousands of dollars or more on audio programs, textbooks, classes and other language learning materials. What if this book saved you from wasting money on even one of those? If this book saved you even just one hundred hours of studying, what would that be worth to you? Probably a lot more than the cost of this book. A lot of people start out learning a language and then give up somewhere in the middle, never reaching fluency and wasting all the energy, time and money they spent getting somewhere in the middle. Make sure you are not one of those people and invest today to discover what really works and how you can get to fluency quickly and efficiently.
Author: Gabriel Wyner Publisher: Harmony ISBN: 038534810X Category : Foreign Language Study Languages : en Pages : 352
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NATIONAL BESTSELLER • For anyone who wants to learn a foreign language, this is the method that will finally make the words stick. “A brilliant and thoroughly modern guide to learning new languages.”—Gary Marcus, cognitive psychologist and author of the New York Times bestseller Guitar Zero 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.
Author: George Trombley Publisher: ISBN: Category : Japanese language Languages : en Pages : 276
Book Description
Japanese From Zero! is an innovative and integrated approach to learning Japanese that was developed by professional Japanese interpreter George Trombley, Yukari Takenaka and was continuously refined over eight years in the classroom by native Japanese professors. Using up-to-date and easy-to-grasp grammar, Japanese From Zero! is the perfect course for current students of Japanese as well as absolute beginners.
Author: Kat— Lomb Publisher: Lulu.com ISBN: 1606437062 Category : Education Languages : en Pages : 220
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KAT LOMB (1909-2003) was one of the great polyglots of the 20th century. A translator and one of the first simultaneous interpreters in the world, Lomb worked in 16 languages for state and business concerns in her native Hungary. She achieved further fame by writing books on languages, interpreting, and polyglots. Polyglot: How I Learn Languages, first published in 1970, is a collection of anecdotes and reflections on language learning. Because Dr. Lomb learned her languages as an adult, after getting a PhD in chemistry, the methods she used will be of particular interest to adult learners who want to master a foreign language.
Author: Timothy Ferriss Publisher: Crown ISBN: 0307353133 Category : Business & Economics Languages : en Pages : 322
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Offers techniques and strategies for increasing income while cutting work time in half, and includes advice for leading a more fulfilling life.
Author: Benny Lewis Publisher: Harper Collins ISBN: 0062282700 Category : Education Languages : en Pages : 156
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Benny Lewis, who speaks over ten languages—all self-taught—runs the largest language-learning blog in the world, Fluent In 3 Months. Lewis is a full-time "language hacker," someone who devotes all of his time to finding better, faster, and more efficient ways to learn languages. Fluent in 3 Months: How Anyone at Any Age Can Learn to Speak Any Language from Anywhere in the World is a new blueprint for fast language learning. Lewis argues that you don't need a great memory or "the language gene" to learn a language quickly, and debunks a number of long-held beliefs, such as adults not being as good of language learners as children.
Author: James Cross Giblin Publisher: Harper Collins ISBN: 0064461378 Category : Juvenile Nonfiction Languages : en Pages : 99
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"Until the Rosetta Stone was finally translated and the decoding of hieroglyphic writing made possible, much of Egyptian history was lost. The author has done a masterful job of distilling information, citing the highlights, and fitting it all together in an interesting and enlightening look at a puzzling subject." —H. "The social and intellectual history here are fascinating. A handsome, inspiring book." —K. Notable Children's Books of 1991 (ALA) Notable 1990 Children's Trade Books in Social Studies (NCSS/CBC) Children's Books of 1990 (Library of Congress) 100 Books for Reading and Sharing (NY Public Library) Parenting Honorable Mention, Reading Magic Award
Author: Michel Thomas Publisher: ISBN: 9780340938928 Category : German language Languages : en Pages : 10
Book Description
Michel Thomas's approach to language learning aims to provide in a few hours a functional working knowledge of a language without books, note-taking or conscious memorizing. This CD pack provides an eight-hour course in German plus a 2-CD review course.
Author: James W. Heisig
Author: Robertson Kunz
Author: Gabriel Wyner
Author: George Trombley
Author: Sir Ernest Alfred Wallis Budge
Author: Kat— Lomb
Author: Timothy Ferriss
Author: Benny Lewis
Author: James Cross Giblin
Author: Michel Thomas