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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I have worked as a highly-skilled, public facing professional for decades (think lawyer, M.D., college professor). In several decades working in the U.S., I have met 2 native born Americans who are fluent in a foreign language and were not heritage learners. However, almost everyone claims that their DC is fluent in some foreign language. So you would understand my skepticism.[/quote] Agree that Americans are quite bad at assessing foreign language proficiency. That said, I’ve met quite a few more that have managed to actually develop some degree of fluency (let’s say B2 level and above). But usually it involved living elsewhere for a period of time, or otherwise a significant amount of time and effort. I think this latter part is what Americans often fail to understand—developing fluency will take hundreds of hours of consistent, concentrated effort, not 10 minutes a day on Duolingo or twice a week for 45 minutes each at school.[/quote]
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