How to Improve Your Foreign Language Immediately (Paperback)

from AndrewBlackman

This is a very slim book - just 95 pages - and yet it comes with a big promise in the title and big endorsements from Shekhtman's former students in places like The New York Times and The Pentagon. Surprisingly, the book does deliver on its promise. Shekhtman's technique is not to improve your la...

from jayne_charles

This book bridges the gap between book-based language study and that terrifying first verbal encounter with a native speaker. The author understands how tough it is... to quote section 3: "The foreigner resembles a beached fish that suddenly finds itself cast up onto dry land, out of its natural ...

from browner56

Toward the end of How to Improve Your Foreign Language Immediately, author Boris Shekhtman tells a story that perfectly captures what this small gem of a book is all about. A woman desperate to pass a proficiency test in Russian in order to secure an overseas assignment contacted Shekhtman at his...

from BillyShakes

How to Improve Your Foreign Language Immediately was a book I received through LibraryThing's Early Reviewer's program. I am immensely glad I was chosen to receive this books, as I've been looking for ways to improve my Russian speaking skills. Russian is my original language, but after spending ...

from berthirsch

a brief technical manual for foreign language speakers with a focus on Russian-English speakers. Rather than focusing on vocabulary and grammar the author looks towards strategies to help the speaker feel more confident and at ease. Probably helpful for diplomats and scientists.