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He reached fluency in French in five months.
Students who take four to six years of language in a classroom setting find their proficiency level high enough that they can reach fluency in a matter of months abroad.
Here's what most teachers won't tell you: It takes 600+ hours of study & practice to reach fluency in French (unless you already speak another Latin-based language - a so-called romance language).
Research shows that most students need a five-year sequence of foreign language instruction to reach fluency, optimally one that starts in elementary school.
When you're trying to learn, think, and speak in a language and reach fluency, you're trying to not translate.
Unlike the text-focused and algorithm-based Duolingo, Verbling wants to help users reach fluency and avoid the drop-out bug by creating a frictionless, in-browser live video chat experience that encourages immersion — albeit a virtual one.
As justification for teaching foreign languages in elementary school, the article ["Bilingual and Beyond for Young Tongues," Nov. 24] points out that "students need a five-year sequence of foreign language instruction to reach fluency".
Simcott recommends continually challenging yourself even after you've reached fluency.
How L.A. Unified is helping English learners reach fluency.
Once you reach fluency, keep going with your target language.
As a recent transplant to North Carolina, I haven't yet reached native fluency in the language of barbecue.
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