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How to Become a Polyglot by D. Spivak | ||
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| rcusickjr Newbie United States Joined 6988 days ago 9 posts - 19 votes | Message 1 of 73 05 November 2005 at 12:42pm | IP Logged | ||
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Recently I read in _The Art and Science of Learning Languages_ (Gethin
and Gunnemark, 1996) that the best book on polyglots to come out so far is _Kak stat' poliglotom_ (How One Becomes a Polyglot) by Dr. Dmitri Spivak (pub. 1989). Curious, I ordered the book from a dealer in Russia. I've read it now, and I can say that it is a singular body of work. Perhaps it is the best on polyglots, though I don't know as books on polyglots seem to be very hard to find. Anyway, Dr. Spivak discusses multilingual people from all over Russia and their language-learning methods. It is fascinating to know how well some rural people can pick languages/dialects without language-learning materials. Have others read similar profiles of polyglots? Perhaps some kind of informal exchange of books could be done. I am very interestd in reading more profiles of successful language learners. Anyone else? Thanks, Richard 1 person has voted this message useful | |||
| ElComadreja Senior Member Philippines bibletranslatio Joined 7266 days ago 683 posts - 757 votes  2 sounds Speaks: English* Studies: Spanish, Portuguese, Latin, Ancient Greek, Biblical Hebrew, Cebuano, French, Tagalog | Message 2 of 73 01 December 2005 at 7:07pm | IP Logged | ||
Maybe it’s because they can’t read? 1 person has voted this message useful | |||
| administrator Hexaglot Forum Admin Switzerland FXcuisine.com Joined 7404 days ago 3094 posts - 2987 votes 12 sounds Speaks: French*, EnglishC2, German, Italian, Spanish, Russian Personal Language Map | Message 3 of 73 02 December 2005 at 12:21am | IP Logged | ||
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Richard, I have this book in photocopies and it's a great book, where did you find it?
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| Lugubert Heptaglot Senior Member Sweden Joined 6895 days ago 186 posts - 235 votes Speaks: Swedish*, Danish, Norwegian, EnglishC2, German, Dutch, French Studies: Mandarin, Hindi | Message 4 of 73 05 February 2006 at 11:13am | IP Logged | ||
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rcusickjr,
I join administrator's question. Do you think there are more copies around? If not, please PM me for the cost of your copying it and sending it to Sweden. 1 person has voted this message useful | |||
| Conquistador Diglot Newbie United Kingdom Joined 6933 days ago 5 posts - 7 votes Speaks: Russian*, English Studies: German | Message 5 of 73 30 March 2006 at 7:44pm | IP Logged | ||
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I found the book on the Internet. It's in Russian, though... Download it from http://sadykov.org/library/#p14347-7
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| Darobat Diglot Senior Member Joined 7216 days ago 754 posts - 770 votes Speaks: English*, Russian Studies: Latin | Message 6 of 73 13 April 2006 at 5:43pm | IP Logged | ||
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Ooohh. Even better in Russian! Should be very interesting and very helpful in my Russian studies.
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| Lugubert Heptaglot Senior Member Sweden Joined 6895 days ago 186 posts - 235 votes Speaks: Swedish*, Danish, Norwegian, EnglishC2, German, Dutch, French Studies: Mandarin, Hindi | Message 7 of 73 04 June 2006 at 11:45am | IP Logged | ||
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Took a couple of minutes to find the necessary software - the blog link didn't work. I finally found the DjVu Viewer, and it was kind enough to install itself. It will be an interesting test of my knowledge of Russian! Lots of thanks!!
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| frenkeld Diglot Senior Member United States Joined 6971 days ago 2042 posts - 2719 votes Speaks: Russian*, English Studies: German | Message 8 of 73 05 June 2006 at 9:07pm | IP Logged | ||
The "official" way to read DjVu documents seems to be a browser plugin from LizardTech. 1 person has voted this message useful |
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