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  course a claim The name of the blog causes a lot of confusion for people when they first arrive on my site. I'm not promising any special time line for people studying a language; doing so would be ridiculous because the amount of work people put in is too varied. Most people take years to learn just the basics of a language because they do it so wrong, so of course a claim of “months” would sound arrogant to them It's called “Fluent in 3 months” because I move to a new country, usually for about 3 months and I tend to aim to speak the local language fluently. The name of the blog is from my objectives in both travel and language learning. This blog documents my own language learning journeys and shares the ideas that make it all possible. The title of the blog i s an objective not a promise of a magic solution for all. Lewis suggests that American entrepreneurs learn foreign languages and notes that "In Ireland, we grow up hearing a range of Englishes&qu
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Lewis claims that anyone can learn a language to fluency in as little as three months.Lewis understands fluency as "social equivalency", meaning that he "can function in social situations pretty much the same in [his] target language as [he] would in [his] native one"His approach is to start speaking a new language from the very first day, ignoring mistakes and using very basic language like "me want go supermarket. Lewis explains the name of his business   Fluent in 3 Months  as follows: The name of the blog causes a lot of confusion for people when they first arrive on my site. I'm not promising any special time line for people studying a language; doing so would be ridiculous because the amount of work people put in is too varied. Most people take years to learn just the basics of a language because they do it so wrong, so of course a claim of “3 months” would sound arrogant to them. It's called “Fluent in 3 months” because I move to a new co
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