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LANGUAGE HACKING FRENCH (Learn How to Speak French - Right Away)

A Conversation Course for Beginners
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Language Hacking French by Benny Lewis is a revolutionary guide designed to help learners speak French immediately, bypassing years of traditional study. Lewis, known as the Irish Polyglot, shares his proven memory techniques, unconventional shortcuts, and conversation strategies to accelerate fluency. The book emphasises practical conversation skills over grammatical rules, enabling learners to engage in real dialogues from day one.

The method combines modern social collaboration and traditional language learning, focusing on essential conversational units culminating in speaking 'missions'. Through an online community, learners can share missions, receive feedback, and enhance their learning experience from anywhere, eliminating the need to travel abroad to master the language.
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This book is ideal for beginners eager to learn French quickly and conversationally without lengthy academic study. It suits self-motivated learners, travellers, professionals, and language enthusiasts who prefer pragmatic, interactive learning methods and want to join a community of fellow language hackers.

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#LanguageHacking French is an unconventional conversation course for beginners that teaches you everything you need to start speaking French right away - not after years of study. Crack the code and get fluent faster!

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It's true that some people spend years studying French before they finally get around to speaking the language. But here's a better idea. Skip the years of study and jump right to the speaking part. Sound crazy? No, it's language hacking.

Unlike most traditional language courses that try to teach you the rules of French, #LanguageHacking shows you how to learn and speak French through proven memory techniques, unconventional shortcuts and conversation strategies perfected by one of the world's greatest language learners, Benny Lewis, aka the Irish Polyglot.

Using the language hacks β€” shortcuts that make learning simple β€” that Benny mastered while learning his 11 languages and his 'speak from the start' method, you will crack the language code and exponentially increase your language abilities so that you can get fluent faster.

It's not magic. It's not a language gene. It's not something only 'other people' can do. It's about being smart with how you learn, learning what's indispensable, skipping what's not, and using what you've learned to have real conversations in French from day one.

The Method

#LanguageHacking takes a modern approach to language learning, blending the power of online social collaboration with traditional methods. It focuses on the conversations that learners need to master right away, rather than presenting language in order of difficulty like most courses. This means that you can have conversations immediately, not after years of study.

Each of the 10 units culminates with a speaking 'mission' that prepares you to use the language you've learned to talk about yourself. Through the language hacker online learner community, you can share your personalised speaking 'missions' with other learners β€” getting and giving feedback and extending your learning beyond the pages of the book. You don't need to go abroad to learn a language any more.

Series: Language Hacking

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  • LANGUAGE HACKING FRENCH (Learn How to Speak French - Right Away)
    It's true that some people spend years studying French before they finally get around to speaking the language. But here's a better idea. Skip the years of study and jump right to the speaking part. Sound crazy? No, it's language hacking. Unlike most traditional language courses that try to teach you the rules of French, #LanguageHacking shows you how to...
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    It’s true that some people spend years studying Spanish before they finally get around to speaking the language. But here’s a better idea. Skip the years of study and jump right to the speaking part. Sound crazy? No, it’s language hacking. Unlike most traditional language courses that try to teach you the rules of Spanish, #LanguageHacking shows you how to...
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Benny Lewis is celebrated as an inspiring and influential language expert. His approach has been praised by outlets like National Geographic and The Guardian, highlighting his ability to motivate and ignite a passion for language learning. Reviews commend his focus on conversation as the key to fluency and acknowledge his engaging presentations and impact on audiences worldwide.

His method resonates strongly with business professionals and travellers alike, who appreciate his practical, empowering style.

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Book Details

INFORMATION

ISBN: 9781473633094

Publisher: John Murray Press

Format: Multiple-component retail product

Date Published: 08 September 2016

Country: United Kingdom

Imprint: Teach Yourself

Audience: General / adult

DIMENSIONS

Spine width: 16.0mm

Width: 170.0mm

Height: 234.0mm

Weight: 440g

Pages: 256

About the Author

Irish native Benny Lewis speaks over ten languages - all self-taught. In 2003, he spoke only one language: English. After university, he moved to Spain and was soon frustrated that he could not speak Spanish after six months of studying. So he decided to abandon traditional learning approaches and just start speaking - and everything changed. Today Benny is known as The Irish Polyglot and speaks Mandarin Chinese, Arabic, French, German, Spanish, Italian, Portuguese, and Hungarian. He is the author of the bestselling book on language learning, Fluent in 3 months. He also runs the largest language learning blog in the world, www.fluentin3months.com, where he breaks down the language learning process for busy people. Lewis is a full-time 'language hacker', and devotes his time to finding better, faster, and more efficient ways to learn languages. For the first time, he has applied his methods to helping people learn specific languages in his new Language Hacking series.

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    It's true that some people spend years studying Italian before they finally get around to speaking the language. But here's a better idea. Skip the years of study and jump right to the speaking part. Sound crazy? No, it's language hacking. Unlike most traditional language courses that try to teach you the rules of Italian, #LanguageHacking shows you how to...
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