Did you study a language for multiple years in high school or college? Did you learn a language while studying abroad? Now ask yourself if you could hold a basic conversation in that language if somebody fluent were to come up to you right now. If you’re like me, and hundreds of other people, you likely can’t. When I try to speak Spanish with someone, there always comes a point where I have to pull out my Google Translate app or start doing some poor form of charades. Needless to say, knowing a language other than your own comes in handy for countless situations, including traveling, business, communicating with family members, and so on.
Why is it that learning languages seems reasonably manageable, but retaining that conversational...
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