To Speak Is to See
eBook - ePub

To Speak Is to See

Unlocking the Dual-Literate Generation

  1. English
  2. ePUB (mobile friendly)
  3. Available on iOS & Android
eBook - ePub

To Speak Is to See

Unlocking the Dual-Literate Generation

About this book

Debating learning a second language but dreading the boring grammar routines and language learning burnouts?

Then you're reading the right book description!

To Speak Is To See is a straightforward guide to acquiring a second language that presents professional expertise and uses individual storytelling to assist the reader on their language journey. In this book, you'll grasp how to chart and navigate your individualized language learning experience, all the while discovering which learning responsibilities will lead to your personal growth.

You'll hear stories such as:

  • How author Max Kelbly regained the ability to speak and read French overnight while in France, not having practiced since nearly failing high school French
  • About the night he was an "Ugly American" and sweated naked in a 199-degree Fahrenheit Czech sauna with the host family who didn't speak English and he didn't speak Czech
  • How a Nepali and Russian learned Hindi and English to full fluency by watching Bollywood and American TV and how you can apply what they used to pick up your target language

Looking to jump-start your multilingual journey? Need a fresh approach to language learning? Let To Speak Is To See show you the way!

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Table of contents

  1. FRONTMATTER
  2. Introduction
  3. Part I
  4. To Speak Is to See
  5. Anglophonosphere
  6. Speaking ’Merican
  7. Ugly American
  8. Hope Yet
  9. Part II
  10. Foundation of Linguistics
  11. How to Count in Ten languages at Once
  12. Slang Gang
  13. Part III
  14. Embracing the Inner Child
  15. Zipf, Nada, Nothing
  16. Door-Wedging
  17. Inputting-Output
  18. A Healthy Body Is a Healthy Mind
  19. Digging Your Teeth In an Extra Mile: Goals and Routines
  20. Acknowledgments
  21. Reading Comprehension Tips
  22. Cool, Untranslatable Words
  23. Language Acquisition Goal Setting Worksheet
  24. Bibliography by Chapter