Steve and Alex discuss what it means to experience a plateau in language learning and offer some tips in how to overcome this feeling.

Difficulty: Intermediate
Category: Language  
Duration:  12:18

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Steve:    But, I mean, if I worried about it for every one of the languages that I speak I would really be tongue tied. I wouldn't speak them at all.
Alex:    Yeah.
Steve:    It's only by speaking them that we really improve in speaking. Obviously, we can improve our comprehension by listening and reading, by increasing our vocabulary. But, ultimately, speaking is a specific skill so at some point you've got to speak a lot.

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