Polyglot Life: Learn Any Language Quickly and Efficiently

by Joseph Conlon

This book is for anyone who has ever learned or wanted to learn a language. In this book I describe how I took myself from being a monolingual 18-year-old to a polyglot who comfortably uses multiple languages every day. This book is far from a scholarly or academic work on learning or memory—although my research into memory and the workings of the human brain have colored almost every page—but rather set of reflections, principles, methods, and techniques which will help you become a more efficient student of language. The overarching message is you can learn any language with ease and speed as long as you have the right attitude, a good plan, and some decent books and materials. Learning a language not only forces you to acquire important transferable skills such as discipline, drive, focus, and long-term planning, but it also—and more importantly—makes you and your life much more interesting and exciting!

Genres: Nonfiction

49 pages, Kindle Edition

Published February 7, 2017

Reviews

[Siraaj Khandkar · Rating 4 out of 5]

A summary of a polyglot's reflections upon organizing life around learning. Nothing groundbreaking per se, but insightful nonetheless - there may be nuggets you haven't yet considered or just put out of active consideration.

While many people, with different starting and continuous influencing factors, will have their own insights and conclusions that do not (fully) agree with the author, what is most-valuable is that by processing a _set_ of insights (not just the individual statements) of someone with different influencing factors from us, and comparing them to out own _set_ - we shed yet another beam of light on the real thing underneath it all.

[Piotr · Rating 4 out of 5]

A short read with a few inspiring thoughts.