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Same subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subject What stops people speakinga new language is notmissing vocabulary; it is… BL Benny Lewis — holds since 2012-10-12 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 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 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 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 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 A teacher who does not insist on the target language is a bad teacher. A teacher who does notinsist on the target… BL Benny Lewis — holds since 2012-10-12 Anyone can learn a language, and what separates those who do is method rather than talent. Anyone can learn alanguage, and what… LM Lýdia Machová — holds since 2024-06-14 The thing worth teaching is not a language but how to learn languages, because that skill repeats for every language after it. The thing worthteaching is not a… LM Lýdia Machová — holds since 2024-06-14
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