Audiobook Resources & Guide
Below are resources and links mentioned throughout the audiobook, organized for you chapter by chapter.
We’ve compiled all of the links and charts referenced in the audiobook for you in a handy, downloadable PDF:
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Chapter 1 – Introduction: Stab, Stab, Stab
page 11 – Fluent-Forever.com
The Fluent Forever website where you will find information about the Fluent Forever method, language resources, and materials to help you with your language learning.
page 14 – https://method.fluent-forever.com/language-resources/
A list of my favorite internet resources for language learning.
page 15 – Lang-8.com
An exchange site where native speakers will correct your writing in exchange for you correcting theirs. Note: As of 10/1/19 it appears they no offer allow the creation of new accounts.
page 15 – iTalki.com
A website full of extremely affordable online private tutors to help speed up your learning.
Chapter 2 – Upload: Five Principles to End Forgetting
page 26 – images.google.com
Find images that represent the new words you are learning via Google.
Chapter 3 – Sound Play
page 62 – https://method.fluent-forever.com/chapter3/
Here you can find an ever growing list of minimal pair tests for many languages.
page 68 – https://method.fluent-forever.com/chapter3/
Here you can find a series of YouTube videos to help you get the pronunciation information you need to understand how your mouth does what it does.
page 79 – Fluent-Forever.com
The Fluent Forever website where you will find information about the Fluent Forever method, language resources, and materials to help you with your language learning.
page 79 – Forvo.com
Free, native-speaker recordings of more than 1.5 million words in 300 languages.
page 79 – RhinoSpike.com
A website for native-speaker recordings where you submit a text and someone will record it for you, usually within 24-48 hours. A great resource for minimal pairs and full sentences with intonation.
page 80 – https://method.fluent-forever.com/chapter3/
Here you can find a series of YouTube videos to help you get the pronunciation information you need to understand how your mouth does what it does.
page 80 – Wiktionary.org
Free resource with online dictionaries for many languages, with pronunciation entries in IPA for many words.
page 80 – FSI-Language-Courses.org
Free, public-domain textbooks online for many languages. (N.B. Access is via a slightly different link, as linked to above.)
page 81 – https://method.fluent-forever.com/chapter3/
My pronunciation trainers provide you with with minimal pair tests, spelling rules, example words and enough vocabulary to ingrain the sounds and spelling patterns of your new language in your head. They run on Anki, and over the course of using them, you’ll get a sense for how Anki works (and you’ll be ready to make your own flashcards).
page 81 – Speakada.com
A website resource with ready-made Anki deck flashcards for various languages to get you started with Anki and language learning fast.
page 81 and 82 – iTalki.com
A website full of extremely affordable online private tutors to help speed up your learning.
Chapter 4 – Word Play and the Symphony of a Word
page 90 – Forvo.com
Free, native-speaker recordings of more than 1.5 million words in 300 languages.
page 91 – images.google.com
Find images that represent the new words you are learning via Google.
page 91 – https://method.fluent-forever.com/googleimages/
Google occasionally shuts down some of their services. Should this happen to Google Images’ Basic Version, you can find alternative options here.
page 95 – Tinyurl.com/wikigender
Not sure if your new language uses gender? You can find out here.
page 101 – https://method.fluent-forever.com/appendix5/
Professional translation of the 625 words plus some additional associated resources.
page 101 – Forvo.com
Free, native-speaker recordings of more than 1.5 million words in 300 languages.
page 101 – Wiktionary.org
Free resource with online dictionaries for many languages, with pronunciation entries in IPA for many words.
page 101 – AnkiLanguageLearning.com
A big list of Anki for language learning resources for free.
page 102 – images.google.com
Find images that represent the new words you are learning via Google.
page 102 – Tinyurl.com/basicimage
An alternative way to find Basic Mode when searching for images via Google.
page 103 – https://method.fluent-forever.com/chapter4/
A guide to setting up your search so that the photo captions are translated.
page 105 – List_of_languages_by_type_of_grammatical_genders
Wikipedia page for checking if your language uses gender.
Chapter 5 – Sentence Play
page 130 – Lang-8.com
An exchange site where native speakers will correct your writing in exchange for you correcting theirs.
page 131 – iTalki.com
A website full of extremely affordable online private tutors to help speed up your learning.
page 131 – translate.google.com
Translate phrases, sentences, and paragraphs from one language to another via Google.
page 140 – Lang-8.com
An exchange site where native speakers will correct your writing in exchange for you correcting theirs.
page 140 – iTalki.com
A website full of extremely affordable online private tutors to help speed up your learning.
page 140 – AnkiLanguageLearning.com
A big list of Anki for language learning resources for free.
page 141 – translate.google.com
Translate phrases, sentences, and paragraphs from one language to another via Google.
Chapter 6 – The Language Game
page 152 – TestYourVocab.com
Via 5-10 minute tests, you can accurately measure your English vocabulary via this website.
page 160 – Skype.com
Free video-chat service.
page 160 and 161 – LiveMocha.com, Busuu.com, MyLanguageExchange.com, and Language-Exchanges.org
A number of language exchange websites. Please note that LiveMocha.com is now closed, however you can use iTalki.com in its place.
page 161 – YouRather.com
A website full of “either or” questions to help get your conversation going.
page 161 and 165 – iTalki.com
A website full of extremely affordable online private tutors to help speed up your learning.
page 166 – https://method.fluent-forever.com/language-resources/
An ever growing list of frequency list recommendations for languages outside of the top eleven foreign languages.
page 166 – en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Wiktionary:Frequency_lists
Frequency lists for most languages.
page 166 – translate.google.com
Translate phrases, sentences, and paragraphs from one language to another via Google.
page 167 – Craigslist.com
Online marketplace/newsboard that can be good for finding local classes and tutors in your target language.
page 167 – LiveMocha.com, Busuu.com, MyLanguageExchange.com, and Language-Exchanges.org
A number of language exchange websites. Please note that LiveMocha.com is now closed, however you can use iTalki.com in its place.
page 167 – iTalki.com
A website full of extremely affordable online private tutors to help speed up your learning.
page 167 –https://method.fluent-forever.com/conversation-questions/
A handy list of conversation topics.
page 168 – ConversationStarters.com
A website full of conversation starters to get you talking.
page 168 – YouRather.com
A website full of “either or” questions to help get your conversation going.
page 168 – Middlebury.edu
Intensive, immersive language courses.
page 168 – https://method.fluent-forever.com/immersion-programs/
A list of intensive language programs in the US.
page 169 – Lang-8.com
An exchange site where native speakers will correct your writing in exchange for you correcting theirs.
page 169 – iTalki.com
A website full of extremely affordable online private tutors to help speed up your learning.
Chapter 7 – Epilogue: The Benefits and Pleasures of Learning a Language
There are no links mentioned in chapter seven.
The Gallery: A Guide to the Flash Cards That Will Teach You Your Language
page 182 – https://method.fluent-forever.com/logograms/
A handful of supplementary flashcard designs and strategies to make learning logograms (characters that correspond to words or chunks of words rather than sounds) easier.
page 184 – Forvo.com
Free, native-speaker recordings of more than 1.5 million words in 300 languages.
page 187 –https://method.fluent-forever.com/gallery/
My (free) demo deck for Anki. It’s all set up to generate every card in this book automatically, you just need to add the spelling, recordings, personal connection, etc.
page 188 – https://www.reddit.com/r/AnkiLanguageLearning/
A Reddit community about Anki for language learning.
page 191 and 192 – https://method.fluent-forever.com/chapter3/
My pronunciation trainers provide you with with minimal pair tests, spelling rules, example words and enough vocabulary to ingrain the sounds and spelling patterns of your new language in your head. They run on Anki, and over the course of using them, you’ll get a sense for how Anki works (and you’ll be ready to make your own flashcards).
page 192, 193, 195, and 200 – Forvo.com
Free, native-speaker recordings of more than 1.5 million words in 300 languages.
page 200 – Wiktionary.org
Free resource with online dictionaries for many languages, with pronunciation entries in IPA for many words.
page 200 – https://method.fluent-forever.com/chapter4/
Information on using Google Images when learning languages.
page 200 – https://method.fluent-forever.com/multi-search/
A guide to setting up a more automated process for searching multiple sites (e.g. dictionary, Google Translate, Forvo) at once.
page 205 – https://method.fluent-forever.com/gallery/
Example flash cards for letter names.
page 216 and 217 – Forvo.com
Free, native-speaker recordings of more than 1.5 million words in 300 languages.
page 217 – images.google.com
Find images that represent the new words you are learning via Google.
page 217 – Tinyurl.com/basicimage
An alternative way to find Basic Mode when searching for images via Google.
page 235 – Lang-8.com
An exchange site where native speakers will correct your writing in exchange for you correcting theirs.
page 235 – iTalki.com
A website full of extremely affordable online private tutors to help speed up your learning.
A Glossary of Terms and Tools
page 244 – Amazon.com
Online web-shop where you can find many language learning resources including audiobooks in French, German, Italian, Portuguese, Russian, and Spanish.
page 244 –https://method.fluent-forever.com/chapter2/
A collection of video tutorials on using Anki.
page 244 – https://method.fluent-forever.com/language-resources/
An ever growing list of audiobook sources.
page 244 – Speakada.com
Website where you can find information about Anki language learning and get Anki language flashcards ready-made for you.
page 247 – Fluent-Forever.com
The Fluent Forever website where you will find information about the Fluent Forever method, language resources, and materials to help you with your language learning.
page 247 – FSI-Language-Courses.org
Free, public-domain textbooks online for many languages. (N.B. Access is via a slightly different link, as linked to above.)
page 247 – Forvo.com
Free, native-speaker recordings of more than 1.5 million words in 300 languages.
page 247 – https://method.fluent-forever.com/language-resources/
An ever growing list of audiobook sources.
page 247 – en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Wiktionary:Frequency_lists
Frequency lists for most languages.
page 248 – images.google.com
Find images that represent the new words you are learning via Google.
page 248 – Tinyurl.com/basicimage
An alternative way to find Basic Mode when searching for images via Google.
page 248 – https://method.fluent-forever.com/chapter4/
Information on using Google Images when learning languages.
page 249 – translate.google.com
Translate phrases, sentences, and paragraphs from one language to another via Google.
page 250 – iTalki.com
A website full of extremely affordable online private tutors to help speed up your learning.
page 250 – lang-8.com
An exchange site where native speakers will correct your writing in exchange for you correcting theirs.
page 250 and 251 – LiveMocha.com, Busuu.com, MyLanguageExchange.com, and Language-Exchanges.org
A number of language exchange websites. Please note that LiveMocha.com is now closed, however you can use iTalki.com in its place.
page 251 – https://method.fluent-forever.com/chapter3/
My pronunciation trainers provide you with with minimal pair tests, spelling rules, example words and enough vocabulary to ingrain the sounds and spelling patterns of your new language in your head. They run on Anki, and over the course of using them, you’ll get a sense for how Anki works (and you’ll be ready to make your own flashcards).
page 252 – https://method.fluent-forever.com/language-resources/
An ever-growing list of monolingual dictionary recommendations.​
page 253 – https://method.fluent-forever.com/chapter3/
My pronunciation trainers provide you with with minimal pair tests, spelling rules, example words and enough vocabulary to ingrain the sounds and spelling patterns of your new language in your head. They run on Anki, and over the course of using them, you’ll get a sense for how Anki works (and you’ll be ready to make your own flashcards).
page 254 – https://method.fluent-forever.com/videos/
Here you can find a series of YouTube videos to help you get the pronunciation information you need to understand how your mouth does what it does.
page 254 – RhinoSpike.com
A website for native-speaker recordings where you submit a text and someone will record it for you, usually within 24-48 hours. A great resource for minimal pairs and full sentences with intonation.
page 254 – Skype.com
Free video-chat service.
page 255 – Wikipedia.org
Free, online resource where you can find target language summaries of your favorite TV shows and films.
page 257 – Wiktionary.org
Free resource with online dictionaries for many languages, with pronunciation entries in IPA for many words.
page 258 – https://method.fluent-forever.com/videos/
Here you can find a series of YouTube videos to help you get the pronunciation information you need to understand how your mouth does what it does.
page 258 – YouTube.com
A source for pronunciation advice and information via user-made videos.
Appendix 1: Specific Language Resources
page 262 – https://method.fluent-forever.com/language-resources/
Language book reviews, websites, and anything else I can collect for your language needs, as well as general tools.
page 262 – https://method.fluent-forever.com/learn-arabic/
Arabic language learning resources.
page 262 – https://method.fluent-forever.com/learn-chinese/
Chinese (Mandarin) language learning resources.
page 263 – https://method.fluent-forever.com/learn-french/
French language learning resources.
page 263 – https://method.fluent-forever.com/learn-german/
German language learning resources.
page 263 – https://method.fluent-forever.com/learn-modern-hebrew/
Hebrew (Modern) language learning resources.
page 264 – https://method.fluent-forever.com/learn-italian/
Italian language learning resources.
page 264 – https://method.fluent-forever.com/learn-japanese/
Japanese language learning resources.
page 264 – https://method.fluent-forever.com/learn-korean/
Korean language learning resources.
page 265 – https://method.fluent-forever.com/learn-portuguese/
Portuguese language learning resources.
page 265 – https://method.fluent-forever.com/learn-russian/
Russian language learning resources.
page 265 – https://method.fluent-forever.com/learn-spanish/
Spanish language learning resources.
Appendix 2: Language Difficulty Estimates
There are no links mentioned in appendix two.
Appendix 3: Spaced Repetition System Resources
page 271 – https://method.fluent-forever.com/chapter2/
A series of video tutorials and demonstration decks for Anki.
page 271 – https://www.reddit.com/r/AnkiLanguageLearning/
A Reddit community about Anki for language learning.
page 274 – https://method.fluent-forever.com/appendix3/
A copy of the Leitner Game Schedule
Appendix 4: The International Phonetic Alphabet
page 277, 284, 287, and 291 – Forvo.com
Free, native-speaker recordings of more than 1.5 million words in 300 languages.
page 278 – https://method.fluent-forever.com/videos/
Here you can find a series of YouTube videos to help you get the pronunciation information you need to understand how your mouth does what it does.
Appendix 5: Your First 625 Words
page 295, 296, 297, and 298 – https://method.fluent-forever.com/appendix5/
Printable 625 lists, images for directions and prepositions, images for the days of the week, and images for pronouns.
Appendix 6: How to Use This Book with Your Classroom Language Course
There are no links mentioned in appendix six.
One Last Note (About Technology)
page 311 – https://method.fluent-forever.com/changes/
A list of any drastic changes and alternatives, where relevant.
