How to Really Learn a Language by Jeff Martin

Author:Jeff Martin [Martin, Jeff]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Published: 2018-06-28T04:00:00+00:00

07 Of Course

Step 4 - Learning to Read, Write, and the Basics of Grammar

The most common myth I see advertised is that a certain course will make you fluent in just a few months. First of all, like I’ve stated several times in this book already, a language course alone will not make you fluent. Secondly, the math needs to be understood. Most adults know 20,000 - 30,000 words or more in their native language. Most 8-year-olds know about 10,000 words, and the average kindergartener knows around 5,000. If we were to label these three levels as basic, moderate, and native-like fluency, the following would be a more accurate timeline for achieving each level of fluency:

Basic Fluency - 5,000 words

10 words per day = 500 days ~ 17 months

20 words per day = 250 days ~ 9 months

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