November 16, 2007 at 9:44 am
· Filed under General language learning
How long does it take to be conversational in a language
It takes from 3 months to 3 years to be conversational in a language. I teach and learn languages and you need about 3000 words to get by and about 5000 words to be conversational, even with no grammar. You have to calculate how long [...]
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September 14, 2007 at 8:19 am
· Filed under How to learn a language
Language conversation lessons
As a language teacher the hardest thing for me is to get students talking. Some students talk all the time. Others will not open up and you have to really work to get them speaking beyond one word answers. I think its the act of speaking and using the lagnuage [...]
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Tags: conversation, foreign, How to learn a language, language, learn, lessons, speak
