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 you
live.
To commence with, the easiest way to Correct pronoun usage
we
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 Bangalore
, I had to start using it. My colleagues did not speak Tamil and I did not know their Change preposition
in Bangalore
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 of
my ability to speak Change preposition
in
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
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