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Assessing the Berlitz approach to foreign language study
Article ToolsThe strength of the Berlitz method is the fact that it immerses you in the language. It simulates how you would learn a language if you traveled to that country, or if you were a child learning that language.
Unfortunately, it does not overcome the biggest difficulty that an adult has in learning a language-in fact, no language program does-and that is the amount of time one has to be exposed to a language before they start to become proficient in it.
Many students complain that a year of language study didn't significantly increase their skill with the language. And if you are only doing the bare minimum, you are only doing about 200 hours a year-you need about 2000 hours (ten years worth) to be fluent in a language. Plus in order to maintain your skill in a language, you must continue using it.
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