The speaker shares how he was able to enroll in second-year Japanese classes after studying through first-year textbooks and completing all exercises and verbal examinations within a month before taking an intensive six-week course in reading Japanese newspapers and conducting business in Japanese.
A senior year student got passionate about ripping into her Philosophy of Sport class for the unbearable and uninteresting lectures, and quizzes they were made to go through each day.
Murray talks about the importance of learning a second language and how growing up in Canada helped him in learning Japanese.
Speaker Jim Kwik discusses his personal challenges with learning and public speaking. He emphasizes asking three dominant questions when turning knowledge into power and shares a personal challenge with sleep in his new book.
The speaker talks about signing up for a new class where he has to learn how to fly an airplane and how he expected some classroom training before he took off.
By focusing on the highest frequency material and using effective and sustainable methods, one can achieve fluency in a language faster. Efficiency is also important in language learning as speed determines its value.