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Their wordsPerfectionist and elitist learners will never accept being perceived as less than geniuses the entire time, so they will never expose themselves to sounding “stupid”, as they may perceive it.
Their wordsI learned a long time ago that speaking like “Tarzan” is an absolutely necessary stage to go through, so you get used to using the language in SOME way. You learn to get used to the embarrassment and get on with learning quicker.
Their wordsIn my view, they are simply a BAD TEACHER if they don't encourage exclusive use of the target language.
Their wordsBut 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.
Their wordsIt's not like I passed some threshold of having enough words to get started speaking