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Language Fossilization.

ChagenChagen
edited 2011-04-14 14:42:20 in General
[tɕagɛn]
It's horribly depressing knowing that I will probably never get as good in German as I am in English. Hell, Wikipedia's Second Language Acqusition page basically says "You'll never be proficient in a second language, no matter how hard you try". The page directly states that no person could ever reach full fluency in a second language.

Comments

  • BaronGrackleBaronGrackle
    Master Guardian of the Passive Voice
    But you can still learn all the words to De Colores.
    Oh, you said German. You can still learn all the words to... Deustchlandlied?
  • ChagenChagen
    [tɕagɛn]
    GOD DAMMIT

    HOW DO I GET THIS FUCKING URL MARKUP TO WORK

    GOD DAMN IPOD
  • IcalasariIcalasari
    edited 2011-04-14 14:49:20
    No rainbow star
    I don't think most people with English as their ONLY language achieve full fluency in it...
  • StormtroperStormtroper
    edited 2011-04-14 15:01:04
    Don't worry, not understanding or speaking exactly like a native would all the time won't hinder you, practically speaking.
  • ChagenChagen
    [tɕagɛn]
    But my goal is to gain full fluency in any language I study.

    I seem to be abnormally good at learning grammar, though. Also, when I speak Italian words, I sound like a native speaker. Not a trace of an American accent at all.
  • NoimportaNoimporta
    But my goal is to gain full fluency in any language I study.
    Get better goals.
  • ChagenChagen
    [tɕagɛn]
    Stop being such a pessimist.

    And nerds wonder why they never get succesful. I'm gonna kick reason to the curb and go beyond the impossible, god dammit! Nothing's impossible if you put forth all your effort.

    I read too much Shōnen
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