Can we become fluent in 3 months?

It depends on your goals, amongst other things. Check out the 6 levels of the Common European Framework for languages to see what your goals are. http://bit.ly/9eDHp

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• language learning
• fluency
• fluent in 3 months
• CEF

[galt82]

Common European Framework for languages is an excellent, scientific tool to tell apart genuine language experts from amateurs. If you are not at C2 level in your foreign language studies (i.e. you haven't passed a C2 examination structured according to the Framework) then you are NOT fluent in the proper sense of the world. This should be something to think about for all those youtube self-proclaimed polyglots claiming that they can be fluent in 3 months.

[lingosteve]

@galt82 I think that the term fluent is used generally to mean comfortable in the language. I think that B2 qualifies. However I agree that even that level is difficult, if not impossible, to achieve in 3 months. C2 is really very very advanced.

[Trevie3]

Does anyone have a link to an article about the top 20% of literate people doing better in society and that other stuff? It sounds really interesting.

[lingosteve]

@Trevie3 I no longer know where to look for the article I read on this but you can start googling "literacy levels".

[AmericajinYumi]

You are REALLY on to something hear. I'm glad I came across this video!!

[Babybluebird1]

I completely agree with you professor , I am a linguist and I know there is no short cut if you want to get the best results. Yes it depends on what your goals are, One can learn some useful phrases and words but like you mentioned it will be at a very limited range. I tried Pimsleur myself and yes I also feel the topics are boring, and it would be so much more beneficial if it had some sort of manual with it. Yes it is good for accelerating the speech.

[Jate0000]

@utubesqueeze I didn't konw what "imo" meant (actually I forgot). What you say is pure nonsense, CEFR is very precise and define structure and I don't see any advantages in looking it as you do in your description. In fact, is fundamentally flawed. It doesn't make any sense at all, you even contradict yourself in the same comment.

[danifortravel]

in my opinion.. no definitely not possible in just 3 months.. it takes years!

[TheSeductiveArts]

@dcfreak23, that makes sense. As for Benny doing C1, I was thinking a few days ago that at my job, no one talks, even in my native lanaguage of English on a C1 level. Everyday language is B2. C1 is formal language that perhaps a university professor may talk in that style when giving a lecture to students. I would think that C2 is hardcore business jargon for specialized jobs that the average person wouldn't understand, like a doctor giving a lecture on medical technology to other doctors.

[dcfreak23]

@yuppysoul reading is not a good determiner alone. For instance, while I can read French literature and economic or political texts, I cannot reproduce that in either written or verbal communication.