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Added on: 19th Nov 2015

 

ONLY 4% OF STUDENTS THAT STUDY A LANGUAGE IN

SCHOOL ACHIEVE FLUENCY AFTER 3 YEARS

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MOST OF THE OTHER 96% STOPPED BECAUSE THEY HAD

WRONG EXPECTATIONS AND INEFFECTIVE

LEARNING METHODS

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FIRST, LET US ADDRESS THE EXPECTATIONS. MOST

PEOPLE TAKE 600 OR MORE HOURS OF INTENSIVE STUDY

TO REACH FLUENCY IN THE SIMPLEST LANGUAGES

(FRENCH, SPANISH) AND NEARLY 1,200 HOURS FOR MORE

DIFFICULT LANGUAGES (MANDARIN, RUSSIAN).

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EVEN IF YOU ARE LEARNING A SIMPLE LANGUAGE, AND

YOU STUDY ONE HOUR PER WEEK, IT WILL TAKE OVER

10 YEARS TO REACH FLUENCY (600 WEEKS).

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AND THAT IS WHY PEOPLE GET FRUSTRATED. ANYONE CAN

LEARN A NEW LANGUAGE (YOU ALREADY LEARNED ONE!),

IT’S JUST THAT WE FORGET HOW LONG IT TOOK TO

LEARN OUR MOTHER TONGUE.

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WHICH BRINGS US TO THE MAIN POINT OF THIS LIST.

TO LEARN A NEW LANGUAGE IT REQUIRES ONE THING,

IMMERSION. WHEN YOU LEARNED YOUR MOTHER TONGUE

AS A CHILD YOU WERE BASICALLY “STUDYING” NON-STOP

FOR SEVERAL YEARS.

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SO WHAT DOES IMMERSION MEAN? IMMERSION MEANS

THAT YOU ARE CONSTANTLY LEARNING AND USING YOUR

LANGUAGE. BY IMMERSING YOURSELF IN THE LANGUAGE

YOU CAN EASILY CRAM 40 HOURS INTO 1 WEEK

INSTEAD OF ONLY 1 HOUR.

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AND AT THAT RATE YOU CAN CUT 10 YEARS DOWN

TO 4 MONTHS.

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THAT’S WHAT THE 4% DID TO ACHIEVE FLUENCY. BUT NOW

THE QUESTION IS HOW? AND NO, YOU DON’T NEED TO

MOVE TO ANOTHER COUNTRY.

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