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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.

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language learning How an adult picks up a second language: input against speaking practice, immersion against slow habit, and whether a teacher can do it for you.

language learningunder our view: Speaking starts before you are ready, and what stops people is embarrassment rather than vocabulary

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  1. Benny Lewis by Irish writer who spent his twenties travelling and speaking
    But it's HARD to start this. NOT because of all the academic reasons of lack of vocabulary and grammar, but because you need to be cool with the fact that you are not going to know the simplest of words.

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