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Fluent Forever
336 pages, 2014
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Language may be all around us, but it’s ultimately a product of the brain. Cognitive psychologist Gary Marcus and language tutor Gabriel Wyner have spent their careers studying how the mind acquires new languages, and they’ve created this guide to accelerate your learning. Marcus’s research focuses on how children learn; Wyner is recognized by the Guinness Book of World Records as the world’s fastest language learner—he speaks six fluently after “practicing on the subway. ” Together they offer a unique take on language learning that builds on daily exercises common to every new learner.

