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Same subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subject Asian languages are hardenough that arrivingwithout preparation and… SY Scott H. Young — holds since 2014-09-02 Refusing to speak English is what makes immersion work: it compresses years of language learning into months. Refusing to speakEnglish is what makes… SY Scott H. Young — holds since 2014-09-02 A person who studies a language for years and cannot speak it was taught the wrong method; it is not a failure of talent or of effort. A person who studies alanguage for years and… SK Steve Kaufmann — holds since 2026-04-13 Reaching a conversational level in a language within three months of arriving is not something to expect. Reaching aconversational level in… SY Scott H. Young — turned since 2014-09-02 The hard part of speaking from the start is not the gaps in what you know but making peace with not knowing the simplest words. The hard part ofspeaking from the start… BL Benny Lewis — holds since 2012-10-12 Failing to hear a language's sounds is what makes its words impossible to remember. Failing to hear alanguage's sounds is… GW Gabriel Wyner — holds since 2019-07-18 Everything other than talking to a native speaker is auxiliary, and none of it will get you speaking on its own. Everything other thantalking to a native… BL Benny Lewis — holds since 2011-10-03 There is no threshold of vocabulary to cross before speaking begins; the change is a decision, not a level reached. There is no thresholdof vocabulary to cross… BL Benny Lewis — holds since 2012-10-12 Speaking badly is not a failure on the way to speaking well; it is a stage that has to be passed through on purpose. Speaking badly is not afailure on the way to… BL Benny Lewis — holds since 2012-10-12
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