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[quote=GRIZ326,385132]>>>two very clever parrots Perhaps that is true, Dodger, but they know the words; understanding can now follow. When I was acting, I found that I needed to memorize my part before the work of acting could begin. Don't you think that the same applies to learning a language? I can still watch our college girl translating from English to Chinese in her head, but she is lightening fast at it now compared to her first arrival. She will soon be thinking is both English and Chinese. My wife's English learning is much more of a combination method; night classes with adult women and coffeehouse chats in China and living with me in the US far out in the countryside. She is far behind our girl in understanding and fluency. Even though she has memorized many hundreds of words - maybe more than a thousand - I doubt that she will ever truly be fluent. She does, however, effectively communicate by telephone with friends and family in small ways. She does not have enough English to communicate specifics without the electronic translator and struggle; that is frustrating for both of us. >>>...a vocabulary of around a 1000 words. You would think that this would be enough to hold a decent conversation. I've learned that by itself, 1000 words does not make a conversation. Perhaps immersion or life long study are the only ways to achieve fluency.[/quote]
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