[quote]chrismcl wrote:
For example, learning a foreign language within a few months.
Right now I’m trying to learn Korean, and the only thing I would like better is to be able to learn Korean faster. (I don’t know anybody else who wouldn’t want that when trying to learn a new language)
I’m just wondering if anybody here has employed the techniques in the book and what sort of results they had.
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Hi Chris,
I read and implemented the Super learning technique to learn a foreign language (italian) about 7 years ago.
It was a lot of work trying to get the music and the pauses timed correctly, etc… Long story short…I abandoned the project after about 2 weeks. It seemed like too much work, for not much progress. YMMV
What did work for me was the Pimsleur audios. I highly recommend Pimsleur.
For example, I was able in 6 days (30 min/day)to learn enough russian to greet my friends and ask a few basic questions.
Plus it was fun, mainly because you get tested, every time and it is NOT just repeating what you learned previously, but actually having to think about, and extrapolate the answer from the previous teachings. I love a challenge, so it was fun for me.
Pimsleur can be expensive, but if you search a Peer-to-peer network you might find some audio files on there.
The Harry Lorraine books are good, also you might want to check out of the library books by Win Wenger (the Einstein Factor is his classic).
After reading all of the above posts about Supermemo, I have a feeling that it incorporates much of what Wenger talks about in his book about the feedback part of learning.
If you can get your hands on a light and sound machine (like Proteus or similar) that help your brain get into the proper brainwave range to learn quicker/better that also helped me learn and retain faster while I was going to college.
Hope this helps you,
William
P.S. Any typos are a result of my brain being faster than my fingers.