Some people think that you can never become fluent in a language unless you have spent time living or working in that country. To what extent do you agree?

According to

some people, in order to become fully fluent in a

language

, we have to work or live in the

country

where that

language

is spoken. I do not quite agree with that view. In my opinion, if we

use

a

language

continuously, we can achieve fluency regardless of where

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live. To commence with, the easiest way to

gain

proficiency

in any

language

is to live or work in the

country

where it is spoken.

This

makes it necessary for us to converse in that

language

all the

time

.

For example

, when we are at the grocery store, restaurant or dispensary, we have to

use

the native

language

and

thus

we will

gain

proficiency

without much effort. The thing with

language

is that it does not require higher levels of intelligence or effort to

gain

mastery of it. We only have to

use

and surround ourselves with people who speak it all the

time

.

This

is how babies learn their first

language

. They get immersed in it. They hear it all the

time

and they do not require any special effort to learn it.

This

is not the case with foreign languages. Oftentimes, we do not have any opportunity to speak it in our

country

and

this

affects our fluency. Having said that, it really is not necessary to go abroad to learn a foreign

language

. If we speak it regularly at work or over the phone we can achieve

proficiency

without going abroad.

For example

, I studied in Tamil medium and was not fluent in

English

but after I got a job

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, I had to start using it. My colleagues did not speak Tamil and I did not know their

language

.

Hence

,

although

I was not fluent in

English

, I had to

use

it to converse with them because they

also

understand

English

. Slowly, I started becoming more confident

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my ability to speak

English

.

To conclude

, the easiest way to

gain

proficiency

in any

language

is to live in the

country

where it is the first

language

.

However

,

this

is not the only way and anyone can

gain

proficiency

in any

language

, if they

use

it all the

time

.