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Does it take 10,000 hours to learn a new language?

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10,000 hrs is a full time job for 5 years! Does this mean I will never be able to learn Italian or any other foreign language? Am i doomed now? But wait, I have learned English to a pretty fluent level and I don't think I spent 10,000 hours before I was able to have conversations and be reasonably good at it. I felt like there is something funky going on, something didn't add up. I started to dig into it, partially to help with my motivation, partially out of pure curiosity. Here is what I found - listen to the episode to hear it all

If you want to find out more about my method of learning a language effectively as a busy adult, that's called FLR - https://lgelena.com/

My Instagram page - https://www.instagram.com/language.guide.elena/

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Manage episode 407753125 series 3563110
Content provided by Elena Hebert. All podcast content including episodes, graphics, and podcast descriptions are uploaded and provided directly by Elena Hebert or their podcast platform partner. If you believe someone is using your copyrighted work without your permission, you can follow the process outlined here https://podcastplayer.com/legal.

10,000 hrs is a full time job for 5 years! Does this mean I will never be able to learn Italian or any other foreign language? Am i doomed now? But wait, I have learned English to a pretty fluent level and I don't think I spent 10,000 hours before I was able to have conversations and be reasonably good at it. I felt like there is something funky going on, something didn't add up. I started to dig into it, partially to help with my motivation, partially out of pure curiosity. Here is what I found - listen to the episode to hear it all

If you want to find out more about my method of learning a language effectively as a busy adult, that's called FLR - https://lgelena.com/

My Instagram page - https://www.instagram.com/language.guide.elena/

  continue reading

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