Description: Good. Shows some signs of wear, and may have some markings on the inside. Shipped to over one million happy customers. Your purchase benefits world literacy! read more
Description: Very Good. Great condition for a used book! Minimal wear. Shipped to over one million happy customers. Your purchase benefits world literacy! read more
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: MJF Books
Date Published: 2006-06-01
ISBN-13:9781567315431ISBN:1567315437
Description: Good. Minimal damage to the cover, dust jacket not necessarily included minimal wear to binding, majority of pages undamaged, minimal to no highlighting/underlining of text, no missing p. read more
Description: Very Good. Previously read with moderate shelf wear. No underlining or margin notes present. We are the Twin Cities' largest independent book store. read more
Edition: First Edition
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: MJF Books, New York, New York, U.S.A.
Date Published: 1991
ISBN-13:9781567315431ISBN:1567315437
Description: Dutton and Sherman (Jacket Design) Near Fine in Near Fine jacket. 8vo-over 7¾"-9¾" tall. 172 pages; First printing; Textblock is tight with no internal markings; Boards are blue with a cream spine and the title in gold; Bright pictorial dust-jacket with no tears and modest shelf and edge wear; We have placed the dust-jacket in a protective, removable mylar cover; ...(The secret is to learn a language the same way a child learns one-not by verb conjugations and noun declensions, but by jumping ... read more
Edition: 1st Edition, 4th Printing
Binding: Half-Cloth
Publisher: Barnes & Noble Books, New York, New York, U.S.A.
Date Published: 2002
ISBN-13:9781567315431ISBN:1567315437
Description: Fine in Fine jacket. 8vo-over 7¾"-9¾" tall. Is that how your high school French teacher used to scold you? Well, she was absolutely right! read more
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: MJF Books, New York, New York, U.S.A.
Date Published: 2002
ISBN-13:9781567315431ISBN:1567315437
Description: New in New jacket. 5 1/2 " x 8 1/4" BRAND NEW COPY. Text and cover are without flaws. Dustjacket is bright and clean with no sunning. Dustjacket has minor shelfwear to top edge and shallow indent to front gutter. Does not effect cover. DJ now protected by clear mylar cover. Not a remainder. NINTH PRINTING. The author is the Founder of The Language Club and Nationally Syndicated Radio Talk Host. Shipping includes delivery tracking within U.S. read more
"I was not a big fan of this book for a few reasons. I know its just supposed to be a bit of helpful nonfiction, but the writing was just not that good. I'm surprised this person was able to publish.
The method examples went on and on for about 10 pages. Seriously. Do I need to hear more about how the Italian word for wife is moglie, pronounced mole-YAY and about how the night before the wedding the husband learned his wife had an unusual pet and was imagining lions and skunks but the morning of it was just a mole - YAY! Therefore mole-YAY! Moglie! Multiply that example times thirty and you have most of the book.
I didn't find the methods to be very helpful. I just don't learn well with flashcards and I don't even have cassettes or a cassette recorder. I suppose I will try them though..."
"I read this book to get ideas of how I could teach foreign language to my kids (I'm homeschooling in the mornings now), but I got a lot of ideas of how I could improve my own German and Spanish through study at home. The book motivates you to go out there and learn lots of languages, like the author did!"
"I actually read this in hardcover. This is one of those titles that explains why I don't go into the bookstore very often. Putting me in a bookstore is like putting an alcoholic in a bar -- we're both going to get something! I found this little tome in hardcover in the bargain rack, and as I was contemplating ways in which I could improve my Spanish skills, I found it serendipitous that I and this book had crossed paths. It was a very quick read -- and also very enjoyable. Farber's personal stories and insight into the quirks of numerous languages infuse a great deal of enjoyment into the book. They also help to make up the book because the actual description of the method he advocates for language learning is not very complicated. I am actually using parts of that method to learn Chinese, and they have helped immensely. That being said, I find that other parts of his method break down when you are studying a language that does not use Romanized characters. And his reliance on audiocassette tapes is really dated. I suppose if you are an old-schooler like myself you probably have a Walkman or like device collecting dust in some closet. Mine is actually buried on some box in one of my closets. Regardless if you are a dinosaur or a more recent animal, I would recommend finding ways to accommodate for the times, because the underlying principles are very sound. They must be if someone like me can learn a little Chinese in a short space of time!"
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