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The document summarizes a book called "Effortless English" by AJ Hoge. It discusses how the book promotes learning English or any language in a natural way, similar to how children learn their first language. The book argues that traditional classroom methods are not effective and that psychology and motivation are key to learning a new language. It outlines AJ Hoge's seven rules for learning to speak a language fluently, including learning phrases instead of individual words and using stories to learn language in a compelling way. The document recommends the book as an effective method for learning Spanish or any other language.

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The document summarizes a book called "Effortless English" by AJ Hoge. It discusses how the book promotes learning English or any language in a natural way, similar to how children learn their first language. The book argues that traditional classroom methods are not effective and that psychology and motivation are key to learning a new language. It outlines AJ Hoge's seven rules for learning to speak a language fluently, including learning phrases instead of individual words and using stories to learn language in a compelling way. The document recommends the book as an effective method for learning Spanish or any other language.

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Three weeks ago, I was just starting to learn English and while navigating on the internet I

found this website: effortlessenglishclub.com. At first, I thought it was just another web page
trying to sell some services, but when I started to read, I realized it was way more than that.
Everything I read was about how to learn to speak English with a natural method,
approaching how native speakers learn their first language. I immediately loved this website,
and a while ago, AJ Hoge, the founder of effortless English launched a book.

Perhaps when we read the word Effortless, we could think of something that doesn’t require
any effort, but far from it, Effortless English is not about something easy or lazy. It is,
according to the author’s words, “the result of the work you put in every day”.

So, is it possible to learn to speak a language effortlessly? That’s the question that probably
comes to your mind when you see the title of the book: “Effortless English: Learn To Speak
English Like A Native” by AJ Hoge. Once I read this book, I got convinced that even though
the book talks about learning English, it should be an essential guide to learning any
language, and that includes Spanish.

When you get the book in your hands, the first thing you see is the cover with a picture of a
smiley AJ and a little quote inside a circle that says: “A proven method with guaranteed
results!”.Seriously, those words are a huge promise. I really can tell you, after following AJ
Hoge for some years and using his method to learn a language, this is a real promise, it
works and I totally think that if you want to learn to speak Spanish or any language, this is a
book that you need to get and read.

Psychology and motivation


The first thing the book discusses is how traditional schools and methods destroy language
learning, I love this because when I was in my teens I lived this truth. “Schools like grammar
translation method because it appears to be serious, academic and complex”, nothing more
real than these words. It’s even better the psychology that AJ sets as a basis for his
Effortless English System. He constantly says that learning a language should be full of
energy, interesting things, and lots of fun.

Actually, the author promotes a big change in “your beliefs about education and a complete
change of the way you learn” languages. For him, “psychology… is the most important
element for success with…” foreign language speaking, and then he goes on to show you
some awesome techniques that can improve your mental power; things that will help you
improve your language learning.

Some people could think that All this physiology thing is total crap, but in my experience, it
really is the basis for language learning. In fact, on my English learning experience, I still can
remember when I learned some specific words and idioms. During these times, I was in the
best and more positive state of mind, in fact, it was what AJ calls “peak emotion moments”.

Throughout all the book he talks about learning English, but I am really confident that this
method really works for any language you want, like Spanish!
The 7 rules
This was the first thing I learned from AJ Hoge when I first got to his website: the seven rules
to speak Excellent English. They are truly amazing, and there is nothing better than listening
to the explanation of each one of these rules from their author. AJ describes every part of the
seven rules in his book, which basically are:

Learn phrases, not words.


Grammar study kills your English speaking.
Learn with your ears, not with your eyes.
Repetition is the key to spoken mastery.
Learn grammar intuitively and unconsciously.
Learn real English and trash your textbooks.
Learn English with compelling stories.
In my opinion, these rules aim exactly for what AJ wants to achieve in language learning,
and this is to learn to speak a language just like a native speaker does. Of course, this
method will not make you an expert in linguistics because its main purpose is to master the
main point of a language, which is to communicate and connect with other people.

it comes to my attention that even though its main purpose is not to help you get a high
score on written tests, AJ promises that if you use his system, you will do better on
proficiency tests.

In the final chapters of the book, the author focuses on more advanced aspects of the
language like reading, writing and speaking in public, or using your new language for
business. This makes me think that there is some kind of sequence that AJ wants to guide
us through. Something like, you first learn to understand and speak the language, then you
need to read it and write it. And finally, you can put a professional touch on the language you
just learned.

Final thoughts
I personally love this book. For me, it’s been a huge source of inspiration to learn languages,
in fact, I consider myself one of AJ’s successful stories that learned to speak English with his
method.

The only bad thing that I can speak from this book is that for many people, it can be a little
tricky because most learners think that they will learn English with this book, and I think this
happens just because somehow, people, in general, are used and in most cases attached to
learn languages with books, which is the old and worse way to learn.

As I said before, “Effortless English: Learn To Speak English Like A Native” is definitely a
basic guide to learning any language, it’s an explanation of an effective and powerful method
that will get you to speak a foreign language if you do everything it says.

If you really want to learn to speak Spanish, you should definitely get this book and read it,
but every time you see the word English, just think of it as if it said Spanish because it
definitely works. In fact, AJ has a version of the book that you can read in Spanish, called:
“Inglés Sin Esfuerzo: Aprende A Hablar Ingles Como Nativo Del Idioma (Spanish Edition)“, it
could be a very useful way to practice your Spanish reading.
Also, if you get this book through one of our links to amazon you will be supporting us
because we will get a small commission, and when you buy it, you can be sure that we will
be very happy and really thankful to know that you support our work.

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