How To Master A New Language: A Language Hacking Guide Review

By Mark Spolsky


Writing a Language Hacking Guide review allows for the consideration of a number of factors that make this work such an attractive one. People who love languages, but that have always struggled to learn them, will find in this work a mountain of tips that will finally move them forward. Benny Lewis has produced a fine guide and should be commended.

The author is an adorer of languages, a polyglot who has learned several new languages in just a few months each. Lewis has a number of interesting tips for his readers, many of which are not traditional and are not covered in most other learning sources. They do work, however, and this is what makes his work unique. The author thinks outside the box to come up with a fundamental framework that will provide the reader with the key to fluency.

Acquisition by immersion is the key pillar of the method. Lewis notes that because no child would ever learn to speak by studying lessons in grammar and vocabulary, then neither should adults who are pursuing a second tongue. Thus, the guide does not emphasize reading and writing and instead concentrates on speaking. For those interested particularly in holding conversations with others, this is one attribute the book has that makes it so intriguing.

The guide is a fine motivating tool. It encourages readers not to give up on what they are trying to do, and to remain in a positive mindset no matter how difficult the going gets. This really is true when thought about deeply. A healthy outlook can make a multitude of tasks easier.

Further, part of the focus is on the fact that, in order to progress toward fluency, a person must try hard to leave old languages behind for the time being. This is part of the immersion theme. Only by thinking and speaking in new ways, without interruption from the old, can one truly advance. Old languages are a sort of tempting barrier that must be done away with in order to fully cross the boundary into the new.

Lewis runs through a list of tips that he has found helpful in his own studies. Many of them are simple but vital, such as avoiding speakers of one's own tongue, and making an effort to put oneself in situations where the prospective tongue can be practiced. The author also extensively discusses free resource sites, pointing the way to treasure troves of knowledge on the web.

Any Language Hacking Guide review should recommend the work as an excellent tool with which to set off on a quest for new languages. For those who are most interested in speaking conversationally, the work is an especially important addition to language-themed resources.




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