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How to Learn Any Language    
Quickly�察�Easily�察�Inexpensively�察�Enjoyably and On Your Own                                                                                              
by    
Barry Farber    
Founder of the Language Club/Nationally Syndicated Talk Show Host    
                                                   
To Bibi and Celia�察�for the pleasure of helping teach them  
their first language�察�followed by the pleasure of having them  
then teach me their second�    �
                          
Contents         
Acknowledgements    
Introduction         
Part I�此�My Story    
A Life of Language Learning         
Part II�此�The System    
Do As I Now Say�察�Not As I Then Did    
Psych Up    
French or Tagalog�此�Choosing a Language    
Gathering Your Tools    
The Multiple Track Attack    
Hidden Moments    
Harry Lorayne¨s Magic Memory Aid    
The Plunge    
Motivations    
Language Power to the People    
Back to Basics    
Last Words Before the Wedding         
Part III�此�Appendices    
The Language Club    
The Principal Languages of the World    
Farber¨s Language Reviews    
                          
Acknowledgements                   
I want to thank my editor�察�Bruce Shostak�察�without whose skill and patience much of  
this book would have been intelligible only to others who¨ve had a blinding passion for  
foreign languages since 1944。 I further thank my publisher�察�Steven Schragis�察�for  
venturing into publishing territory heretofore officially listed as ^uninteresting ̄。 Dr。  
Henry Urbanski�察�Founder and Head of the New Paltz Language Immersion Institute�察�was  
good enough to review key portions of the manuscript and offer toweringly helpful  
amendments。 Dr。 Urbanski¨s associate�察�Dr。 Hans Weber�察�was supremely helpful in  
safeguarding against error。    
I further wish to thank all my fellow language lovers from around the world who  
interrupted their conversations at practice parties of the Language Club to serve as  
willing guinea pigs for my questions and experimentations in their native languages。    
                                                   
How to Learn Any Language         
Introduction                   
This may be the most frequently told joke in the world �C it¨s repeated every day in almost  
every language�此   �
^What do you call a person who speaks two languages�拭院   �
^Bilingual。 ̄    
^What do you call a person who speaks three languages�拭院   �
^Trilingual。 ̄    
^What do you call a person who speaks four languages�拭院   �
^Quadrilingual。 ̄    
^What do you call a person who speaks only one language�拭院   �
^An American� 院   �
With your help this book can wipe that smile off the world¨s face。    
The reason Americans have been such notoriously poor language learners up to  
now is twofold�此   �
1。 We¨ve never really had to learn other peoples¨ languages before�察�and  
2。 Almost all foreign language instruction available to the average American has  
been until now ��one hates to be cruel�� worthless。 ^I took two years of high school French  
and four more years in college and I couldn¨t even order orange juice in Marseilles ̄ is  
more than a self effacing exaggeration。 It¨s a fact�察�a shameful�察�culturally impoverishing�察 �
economically dangerous�察�self defeating fact�      �
Modern commerce and communications have erased reason 1。    
You and the method laid out in this book�察�working together�察�will erase reason 2。         
It started for me when I learned that the Norwegian word for ^squirrel ̄ was acorn。  
It may have been spelled ekorn�察�but it was pronounced acorn。 Then I learned that  
^Mickey Mouse ̄ in Swedish is Mussie Pig。 Again�察�the Swedish spelling varied�察�but so    
 
what�拭�As delights like those continued to come my way�察�I realised I was being locked  
tighter and tighter into the happy pursuit of language love and language learning。    
My favourite music is the babble of strange tongues in the marketplace。 No  
painting�察�no art�察�no photograph in the world can excite me as much as a printed page of  
text in a foreign language I can¨t read �C yet�    �
I embraced foreign language study as a hobby as a teenager in 1944。 When I was  
inducted into the army in 1952�察�I was tested and qualified for work in fourteen different  
languages。 Since then I¨ve expanded my knowledge of those languages and taken up  
others。 Whether fluently or fragmentally�察�I can now express myself in twenty´five  
languages。    
That may sound like a boast�察�but it¨s really a confession。 Having spent so many  
years with no other hobby�察�I should today be speaking every one of those languages  
much better than I do。 If you¨re a beginner�察�you may be impressed to hear me order a  
meal in Chinese or discuss the Tito´Stalin split in Serbo´Croatian�察�but only I know how  
much time and effort I wasted over those years thinking I was doing the right thing to  
increase my command of those and other languages。    
This book�察�then�察�does not represent the tried and true formula I¨ve been using since  
1944。 It presents the tried and true formula I¨d use if I could go back to 1944 and start all  
over again�         �
Common sense tells us we can¨t have dessert before we finish the meal�察�we can¨t  
have a slim figure until we diet�察�we can¨t have strong muscles until we exercise�察�we  
won¨t have a fortune until we make it。 So far common sense is right。    
Common sense also tells us�察�however�察�that we can¨t enjoy communicating in a  
foreign language until we learn it。 This means years of brain benumbing conjugations�察 �
declensions�察�idioms�察�exceptions�察�subjunctives�察�and irregular verbs。 And here common  
sense is wrong�察�completely wrong。 When it comes to learning foreign languages�察�we can  
start with the dessert and then use its sweetness to inspire us to back up and devour the  
main course。    
What six year old child ever heard of a conjugation�拭�Wouldn¨t you love to be able  
to converse in a foreign language as well as all the children of that tongue who¨ve not yet  
heard of grammar�拭�No�察�we¨re not going to rise up as one throaty revolutionary mob�察 �
depose grammar�察�drag it out of the palace by the heels�察�and burn it in the main square。  
We¨re just going to put grammar in its place。 Up to now�察�grammar has been used by our  
language educators to anesthetise us against progress。 If it¨s grammar versus fun�察�we¨re  
going to minimise grammar and maximise fun。 We¨re going to find more pleasant ways  
to absorb grammar。    
Unfortunately�察�there are a lot more ^self improvement ̄ books than there is self  
improvement。 Too many books whose titles are heavy with promise turn out to be all hat  
and no cattle �C not enough take home after you deduct the generalities and exhortations  
to ^focus ̄ and ^visualise ̄ your goals。 Extracting usable advice from high promising  
books can be like trying to nail custard pies to the side of a barn。    
Mindful of that danger�察�I will not leave you with nothing but a pep talk。 Follow the  
steps herein�察�and you will learn the language of your choice quickly�察�easily�察�inexpensively�察 �
enjoyably and on your own。    
 
And you¨ll have fun en route�察�though not nearly as much fun as you¨ll have once  
you get that language in working order and take it out to the firing range of the real  
world�              �
The System         
The language learning system detailed in this book is the result of my own continuous�察 �
laborious trial and error beginning in 1944。 That which worked was kept�察�that which  
failed was dropped�察�that which was kept was improved。 Technology undreamed of when  
I started studying languages�察�such as the audiocasette and the tape player small enough to  
carry while walking or jogging�察�was instantly and eagerly incorporated。    
The system combines�此   �
。THE MULTIPLE TRACK ATTACK�此�Go to the language department of any bookstore  
and you¨ll see language books�察�grammars�察�hardcover and paperback workbooks�察 �
readers�察�dictionaries�察�flash cards�察�and handsomely bound courses on cassette。 Each  
one of those products sits there on the shelf and says�察 �Hey�察�Bud。 You want to  
learn this language�拭�Here I am。 Buy me� 院�I say�察�buy them all�察�or at least one of  
each� �You may feel like you¨re taking four or five different courses in the same  
language simultaneously。 That¨s good。 A marvellous synergistic energy sets you  
soaring when all those tools are set together in symphony。  
。HIDDEN MOMENTS�此�Dean Martin once chided a chorus girl�察�who was apathetically  
sipping her cocktail�察�by saying�察 �I spill more than you drink� 院�All of us ^spill ̄  
enough minutes every day to learn a whole new language a year� �Just as the Dutch  
steal land from the sea�察�you will learn to steal language learning time�察�even from a  
life that seems completely filled or overflowing。 What do you do�察�for example�察 �
while you¨re waiting for an elevator�察�standing in line at the bank�察�waiting for the  
person you¨re calling to answer the phone�察�holding the line�察�getting gas�察�waiting to  
be ushered from the waiting room into somebody¨s office�察�waiting for your date to  
arrive�察�waiting for anything at any time�拭 �
You will learn to mobilise these precious scraps of time you¨ve never even been  
aware you¨ve been wasting。 Some of your most valuable study time will come in  
mini lessons of fifteen�察�ten�察�and even five seconds throughout your normal ��though  
now usually fruitful�� day。      
。HARRY LORAYNE¨S MAGIC MEMORY AID�此�An ingenious memory system developed  
by memory master Harry Lorayne will help you glue a word to your recollection  
the instant you encounter it。 What would you do right now if I gave you a hundred  
English words along with their foreign equivalents and told you to learn them�拭 �
Chances are you would look at the first English word�察�then look at the foreign  
word�察�repeat it several times�察�then close your eyes and keep on repeating it�察�then  
cover up the foreign word�察�look only at the English and see if you could remember  
how to say it in the language you¨re learning�察�then go on to the next word�察�then the  
next�察�and the next�察�and then go back to the first to see if you remembered it�察�and so 

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