Speak Like a Native: Mastering Languages by Michael Janich

Before learning a language it can be useful to have a strategy about learning it. Michael Janich’s book ‘Speak Like A Native’ can assist you in understanding what it takes to effectively learn a foreign language.

Janich has distilled the techniques and strategies of the Defense Language Institute, State Department, CIA, NSA and other government agencies into an easy to understand book. He includes ten rules for establishing and achieving your goals, an provides a unique twelve-step process for accelerating your learning, along with fifty proven tips favored by professionals.

About the Author
Michael D. Janich is a two-time graduate with honors from the Defense Language Institute Foreign Language Center (DLIFLC) in Monterey, California. After completing its basic one-year course in Chinese-Mandarin, he completed intermediate and advanced Chinese training through the National Security Agency, where he served as a political-military intelligence analyst and translator. During his second period of study at DLIFLC, he learned Vietnamese. He then worked as a POW/MIA Investigation Team Leader and an intelligence officer and served as interpreter for official negotiations between the U.S. and Vietnamese delegations.