Comments on: How to Learn Any Language in 3 Months http://www.fourhourworkweek.com/blog/2009/01/20/learning-language/ Tim Ferriss's 4-Hour Workweek and Lifestyle Design Blog Thu, 19 Nov 2009 19:05:13 -0800 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.5 hourly 1 By: Juan http://www.fourhourworkweek.com/blog/2009/01/20/learning-language/comment-page-1/#comment-55823 Juan Thu, 12 Nov 2009 15:13:21 +0000 http://www.fourhourworkweek.com/blog/?p=1077#comment-55823 Hi!!! I have been in Beijing for 2 weeks know and I am studying Mandarin - I am a Colombian guy(spanish) who speaks no more than xie xie and ni hao. I know you speka mandarin and i was wondering if you have any special sugestion about mandarin -i know you speak it very well-, not just speaking but also writting. Thanks, Juan Hi!!!
I have been in Beijing for 2 weeks know and I am studying Mandarin – I am a Colombian guy(spanish) who speaks no more than xie xie and ni hao. I know you speka mandarin and i was wondering if you have any special sugestion about mandarin -i know you speak it very well-, not just speaking but also writting.
Thanks,
Juan

]]> By: Jay http://www.fourhourworkweek.com/blog/2009/01/20/learning-language/comment-page-1/#comment-55748 Jay Sun, 08 Nov 2009 16:41:17 +0000 http://www.fourhourworkweek.com/blog/?p=1077#comment-55748 Great read. Especially in the beginning you have to focus on the main material. Another tip i can give is to "group" words togheter when learning vocab and make a mental projection or link between them. This is a technique used by the ancient greeks who were memorising speeches. E.g. make a mental walk through your house and memorise the translation of each object you see in your "mental walk". Great read. Especially in the beginning you have to focus on the main material. Another tip i can give is to “group” words togheter when learning vocab and make a mental projection or link between them.

This is a technique used by the ancient greeks who were memorising speeches. E.g. make a mental walk through your house and memorise the translation of each object you see in your “mental walk”.

]]> By: Denise http://www.fourhourworkweek.com/blog/2009/01/20/learning-language/comment-page-1/#comment-55172 Denise Sun, 25 Oct 2009 16:02:27 +0000 http://www.fourhourworkweek.com/blog/?p=1077#comment-55172 Hi Tim, I watched your random video with Kevin Rose...love the show by the way! You mentioned some language resources that you use. Do you know a really good resource that teaches Canadian French (Quebecois)? Thanks. Hi Tim,

I watched your random video with Kevin Rose…love the show by the way! You mentioned some language resources that you use. Do you know a really good resource that teaches Canadian French (Quebecois)? Thanks.

]]> By: Michael http://www.fourhourworkweek.com/blog/2009/01/20/learning-language/comment-page-1/#comment-55039 Michael Wed, 21 Oct 2009 22:27:18 +0000 http://www.fourhourworkweek.com/blog/?p=1077#comment-55039 Tim, I am in Geneva right now, where I have been on a mini-retirement for the last 2 months. I have used your methods and those of a few others in accelerated learning to develop my French extremely quickly. I can understand and express myself 9 out of 10 times. It works. Thank you. BUT!!! despite really working on it, I am struggling to improve my pronunciation. I can always get my message across, but its not the way I want to speak the language. Do you or anyone else out there have any methods to train pronunciation??? Tim,

I am in Geneva right now, where I have been on a mini-retirement for the last 2 months. I have used your methods and those of a few others in accelerated learning to develop my French extremely quickly. I can understand and express myself 9 out of 10 times. It works. Thank you.

BUT!!! despite really working on it, I am struggling to improve my pronunciation. I can always get my message across, but its not the way I want to speak the language. Do you or anyone else out there have any methods to train pronunciation???

]]> By: Farid http://www.fourhourworkweek.com/blog/2009/01/20/learning-language/comment-page-1/#comment-55026 Farid Wed, 21 Oct 2009 18:00:52 +0000 http://www.fourhourworkweek.com/blog/?p=1077#comment-55026 Great post! Keep up the good work. Great post! Keep up the good work.

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