A year-long journey to native English fluency. New Year's non-resolution (opens in new tab)

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11 pointshomakov3y ago5 comments

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this post title talks about "year-long journey" but I don't see anything related to it in the post itself.

Eh, perfecting one's language use could be a journey - but what exactly would make this process an actual journey?

How do we distinguish between journey and non-journey?

I have been learning German ( via Duolingo) for the last two months. Does it count as a journey? So far it feels like a walk in a wood without a map.

mxgrn3y ago

Thanks for taking time to comment, I'm realizing the message turned out vague. My main point was that, while I do set up on a year-long "journey", the specific techniques are not as important as handling motivation. "The map" basically boils down to practice, and the biggest part of the "journey" is going to be how I keep up the motivation.

0823498723498723y ago

Max, how is your determiner (the, a, etc.) usage? that is probably a useful proxy for whether or not you are under a year to L2 fluency. (and what do you consider fluency? CEFR B2? C2?)

удачи!

mxgrn3y ago

Good question, thanks! I do regularly hesitate on whether an article should be used or not. I suppose I need to read and write a lot during this year to get more comfortable with that.

0823498723498723y ago

article, right! in this matter, you're already ahead of me, an L1 speaker )))

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artemavv3y ago

this post title talks about "year-long journey" but I don't see anything related to it in the post itself.

Eh, perfecting one's language use could be a journey - but what exactly would make this process an actual journey?

How do we distinguish between journey and non-journey?

I have been learning German ( via Duolingo) for the last two months. Does it count as a journey? So far it feels like a walk in a wood without a map.

mxgrn3y ago

0823498723498723y ago

Max, how is your determiner (the, a, etc.) usage? that is probably a useful proxy for whether or not you are under a year to L2 fluency. (and what do you consider fluency? CEFR B2? C2?)

удачи!

mxgrn3y ago

Good question, thanks! I do regularly hesitate on whether an article should be used or not. I suppose I need to read and write a lot during this year to get more comfortable with that.

0823498723498723y ago

article, right! in this matter, you're already ahead of me, an L1 speaker )))

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