THE “BREAKTHROUGH” POINT IN LANGUAGE

LEARNING – WHEN DOES IT HAPPEN?

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WHAT IS THE BREAKTHROUGH POINT, AND HOW CAN WE

LEVERAGE THIS IN OUR LANGUAGE LEARNING?

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WHEN WE’RE NEW TO LEARNING LANGUAGES, IT’S A COMPLETE NEW LANGUAGE

AND WE DON’T REALLY KNOW WHERE TO START

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YOU MAY LEARN A FEW VERBS AND A FEW NOUNS AND

MATCH THEM TOGETHER. WE MAY FEEL FRUSTRATED SINCE

WE BECOME STUCK EVERY FEW WORDS

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THEN, WE LEARN A FEW ADJECTIVES AND ADVERBS,

AND WE’RE ABLE TO DESCRIBE SOME OBJECTS

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THEN, WE MAKE AN EFFORT TO TAKE IN AS MANY WORDS

AS POSSIBLE, BE IT VERBS, NOUNS, ADJECTIVES AND

ADVERBS

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WHEN WE FINALLY MIX IN GRAMMAR, SOMETHING MIRACULOUS HAPPENS;

OUR BRAIN CLICKS, AND WE REALIZE IT WAS ALL MUCH EASIER THAN YOU

THOUGHT IT WAS

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YOU’RE SUDDENLY ABLE TO FLOW IN CONVERSATION, UNDERSTAND

SEVERAL SPEAKERS AND YOU BECOME INCREASINGLY

CONFIDENT AND COMFORTABLE IN THE LANGUAGE.

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ANYTHING YOU LEARN AFTER THE BREAKTHROUGH POINT

BECOMES MUCH EASIER THAN BEFORE THE BREAKTHROUGH

POINT

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AS LANGUAGE LEARNERS, WE’RE ALL STRIVING TOWARDS THIS BREAKTHROUGH POINT,

THOUGH WE MAY CALL IT SOMETHING DIFFERENT

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THIS POINT IS FOUND AROUND THE INTERMEDIATE TO

ADVANCED POINT, SO THE REAL QUESTION: “HOW DO WE

MOVE PAST THE BEGINNER AND INTERMEDIATE PHASES”

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I’LL GIVE YOU A SIMPLE AND STRAIGHT ANSWER; LEARN VOCABULARY (AND LOTS OF

IT), AND THEN LEARN HOW TO LINK THE WORDS TOGETHER

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I’VE SPOKEN WITH SEVERAL SPEAKERS AT DIFFERENT

LEVELS; THEIR ISSUE IS ALWAYS ABOUT WORDS: “I NEED MORE

WORDS!”

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IF YOU FOCUS ON LEARNING AS MANY WORDS AS

POSSIBLE, YOU’RE SKIPPING PAST THE PROBLEMS OF EVEN

THE ADVANCED LANGUAGE LEARNERS

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WHILE YOU’RE ACQUIRING WORDS, IT’LL HELP TO LEARN SOME GRAMMAR HERE AND THERE, AND THEN FOCUS ON

IT COMPLETELY ONCE YOU FEEL SATISFIED WITH YOUR LEVEL

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SO…1.ACQUIRE VOCABULARY2.LEARN GRAMMAR3.CRYSTALIZE YOUR LANGUAGE

(LEVELS OF FORMALITIES, CASES)

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WHEN YOU TAKE THIS APPROACH, YOU’RE SKIPPING

PAST THE TYPICAL ISSUES, AND YOU’RE RECEIVING TONS OF

POSITIVE FEEDBACK THROUGH ALL YOUR LEVELS.

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1) WITH YOUR VOCABULARY, YOU’LL POINT OUT FLUENT SPEAKERS, AND THEY’LL BE

IMPRESSED. THIS WILL EVEN BE THE CASE WHILE READING

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2) WITH YOUR GRAMMAR, YOU’LL BE ABLE TO START SPEAKING ACCURATELY

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WHEN YOU CRYSTALIZE YOUR LANGUAGE, YOU’LL

UNDERSTAND THE CONTEXTS AND WILL BE APPROPRIATE

WITH MOST PEOPLE

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The Original Post:http://1000wordstofluency.com/2012/08/14/the-breakthrough-point-in-language-learning-when-does-it-happen/

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