Language Master Key: How to Unlock Your Brain's Ability to Learn Any Language

by Ron Gullekson

When you're trying to learn a new language, what's the first thing you do?If you're like most people, you wouldn't say, "Listen." But listening is exactly what you should do.All evidence points to the fact that the human brain is hardwired to learn, process, and use spoken language. Anthropologists estimate that human language has been around for at least 100,000 years, while written language has only been around for about the last 6,000. Sure, reading and writing are important skills to develop, but the engine that drives language acquisition is hearing a language's sounds, rhythms, tones, and stresses.Language Master Key teaches you a 3-part strategy you can start using today to learn any language you want. Included in the book are detailed, step-by-step instructions, as well as a 21-Day Language Blast program to get you started.Ron Gullekson drew upon over a decade of experience as a language student, translator, and professional writer and researcher to develop the Language Master Key program.

Genres: Language, Nonfiction

112 pages, Kindle Edition

First published March 22, 2014

Reviews

[Ron · Rating 4 out of 5]

Good practical information.

[G · Rating 3 out of 5]

This book, written by a military translator who has been through DLI's Arabic program and studied German (while stationed there) and Spanish (for fun), gives the basics of ways to study that are effective for those who want to learn languages. It's good information, though as someone with previous foreign language experience none of this information was terribly new to me. Some good links are here, and a reminder that listening is the most important aspect of language acquisition (since I started studying Japanese with the New Year, I needed a bit of reminding that getting lost within kanji readings should take a backseat to opening my ears). I do think that deemphasizing grammar so much works best with languages that have fairly familiar grammar. Additional topics I could have used were how to keep multiple languages sorted when speaking, and teaching languages to kids/preparing them for a new language environment.

[James S McNamara · Rating 5 out of 5]

Lots of great advice

I've been trying to learn a language I was fluent in as a child. This book provides some great advice for someone who has no prior knowledge as well as someone proficient but looking to improve.

[Mel · Rating 5 out of 5]

Easy to read & very practical

The advice here is very practical. I'm motivated to start using the program in the book. It's also great that the focus is to immerse in the language instead of the academic way of teaching lnguages.

[George Blake · Rating 5 out of 5]

Great tips

This is an easy read in one siting but it is full of great language learning tips. It also has ideas for language learning resources.

[Jack McCoy · Rating 5 out of 5]

Explains Language Learning in Straightforward Manner

I was pleasantly surprised at how easily and simply the author explained language learning theories and practices, and how his approach uses them in assembling a learning plan. Consequently, it's easy to understand how each of your learning activities contribute to your language development.

[Leslie Andrew · Rating 5 out of 5]

Now I must try it

The ideas seem like they will work. Putting them into practice will be the hard part. I enjoyed the presentation of the material. The best part for me was that it put language learning directly into my hands.

[Michael · Rating 5 out of 5]

Excellent!

Lots of great suggestions. The program makes a lot of sense. Well written. Designed to get you started and written in a very positive manner.

[Shawn Mcdowell · Rating 5 out of 5]

Learning languages

This ebook was worth the money and the time to read it. There is a lot of great information about learning any language.