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Lou's avatar

I love these "how fluent are you?" prompts, journaling style! It's a good way to see what you can improve.

I honestly cannot be bothered to say if I'm fluent or not, I just say in conversational if I feel comfortable having someone start chatting in that language. 😊

Having both fluency and accuracy in the picture is also important, otherwise you just get discussions like "no don't study grammar just immerse" and vice versa 😁

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Shea Co's avatar

I appreciate the compliment, Lou! I honestly believed my family when they told me that immersion would be enough to learn Japanese. Boy, were they wrong! And now, I'm suffering the consequences. So yes, actively honing both is important!

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Victoria's avatar

I think I'm quite similar in my fluency of Mandarin. I can carry a conversation and have no issues understanding whoever I'm speaking with but I know I'm not as fluid as I should be when I'm the one speaking in conversations. With more practice I'm sure we'll both get there.

Congrats on your first post!

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Shea Co's avatar

Thank you so much! Still learning the ropes. 😅 We’ll definitely get there with practice! Feeling inspired to strive for those 40-hour study sessions like you!

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Victoria's avatar

Haha that was just 1 week! I've gone back to my usual 10-15 hour study weeks 😊

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