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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. I often meet people who claim they (their son/daughter/insert someone) is fluent in German. Nope. I met a Bowdoin Professor of German who completely blew me away with her German. I thought she was a native speaker—no discernible accent. She did not learn German a child, but did live in Germany for years and worked hard at her pronunciation, etc. She’s the only one I ever met.[/quote]
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