Boston Professor of Education Lynn Dhority specializes in teaching second languages by many of the creative learning techniques outlined in this book. In one well-researched study:

Three groups of American soldiers studied basic German for 12 weeks using standard educational methods (60 days, 360 hours). Another group studied the same subject, using "accelerated learning" techniques, for 18 days (108 hours).

Only 29 percent of the "standard groups" reached the required level of understanding in 360 hours. But 64 percent of the "accelerated learning" group achieved the same ability to read German in 108 hours; and 73 percent reached the required level of understanding spoken German. Statistically, that is a 661 per cent better learning rate: more than twice the results in one-third the time.

* *These results are summarized from: The 661% Solution: A statistical evaluation of the extraordinary effectiveness of Lynn Dhority's U.S. Army accelerated learning German class, by Lyelle L. Palmer, Professor of Education and Special Education Chair, Winona State University, Minnesota, in a joint paper with Professor Dhority.