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I read about this book on Robin’s blog. Inspired by his post I ordered the book.

The book mainly consists of four parts. It starts with a little autobiography of the author and how he learned to communicate in 25 languages. In the next part he explains the learning system he developed and adapted over time. The third part is a introduction to the grammar where he explains all the important stuff. Finally, he gives an overview of the most spoken languages around the world and compares them in difficulty and popularity.

In his book he mentions how bad and old fashioned the American school teaches languages. Then he starts explaining his new ideas of teaching languages. For me as a Swiss pupil not everything was new. I learned already a few of this techniques in school. Maybe not so sophisticated as he explains it in the book, but at least they try to improve the way to teach in Switzerland. Nevertheless I also read many new and smart ideas how to learn a new language with more motivation and effectiveness.

I am sure that I will read this book (or at least the part of the learning system) again before picking up a new language.

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