Tombe la pluie - TheespookjeIn Dutch I can understand programs like zondag met Lubach but I still have difficulties to speak and make my own sentences 😔😔 the struggle is real. I guess I have a a2+/low b1 in understanding but I barely have a A2 speaking level (I can speak about my day or families issues for instance, or tell about my life but nothing too technical) #language #dutch #languageleaning #languagelearner
PrinceOfDenmark@pitrouillesque Just curious - do you live in the Netherlands or are you trying to learn Dutch from somewhere else? A language teacher once told me that it takes about six months of immersion to get fluent in a language. Does that sound about right to you?
@PrinceOfDenmark hi! I used to live in the Netherlands (one year) but I couldn't even make one sentence right and didn't have the money for classes so I read native things and even without trying I could manage children's comics, magazines articles about my interests, stores, online buying and cooking receipts. So if you learn during your immersion and are a good learner, I wouldn't be surprised you could get fluent in some languages in 6 months or a year. Except for East Asian languages
@PrinceOfDenmark I am not fluent, yet for my speaking being immersed for one year and trying did me good. I am answered in Dutch when I go there whereas a friend who did two years of academic learning would get answered in English (felt kinda like a fraud). During my year there I was also answered a lot in English in the first semester - or sometimes it would be awkward, because people would think I spoke Dutch and would say more complicated things and I was lost. So seems about right.
@PrinceOfDenmark also, I am 100% sure it made things a lot easier. I learnt many verbs, tenses and irregular forms only by reading. Now I'm doing classes and exercices to fill the gaps and understand the grammar correctly so I can speak better.
@PrinceOfDenmark also, if you can't go into immersion, faking it works quite well. I was the best in my Korean class because I was listening to Korean radio (even without understanding everything) everyday, would read and watch shows everyday alongside 1 to 2 hours of academic work. Lost most of it though. I know someone who went from A1 to B2 in Japanese by doing that in an even more hardcore way because he wanted to go to an exchange there but didn't have the languages requirements
@PrinceOfDenmark it's not as fast as being in the country, but my Dutch friend was impressed because with no lessons I went to barely being able to speak about my day (June) to being able to explain family drama with three tenses used correctly (present and two forms of past, with irregulars) in early november. Going back there did a lot of good. I'm going back in August. I think I'll save a lot of money to being able to go back often to practice
@PrinceOfDenmark sorry for the long answer!!
@pitrouillesque I love that media from around the world is so abundant and available!