{"id":8931,"date":"2023-09-29T11:25:11","date_gmt":"2023-09-29T15:25:11","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.fluentu.com\/blog\/?p=8931"},"modified":"2025-01-24T23:16:03","modified_gmt":"2025-01-25T04:16:03","slug":"language-learning-plateau","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.fluentu.com\/blog\/learn\/language-learning-plateau\/","title":{"rendered":"Language Learning Plateaus and 8 Ways to Get Unstuck"},"content":{"rendered":"

Have you ever found yourself on the dreaded language learning plateau? When your language education was moving along smoothly, and then it suddenly seemed to halt or slow down drastically?<\/p>\n

Unfortunately (or fortunately, depending on how you view it) this plateau is unavoidable, but it can definitely be overcome. Let’s look at eight ways to get past what’s keeping you from fluency.<\/p>\n

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Best Ways to Get Out from Language Learning Plateau<\/h2>\n

1. Set clear, realistic goals based on your current language level<\/h3>\n

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Once you’ve plateaued, not knowing what to do next can make your studying less focused, so your learning will slow down even more.<\/p>\n

Setting clear goals gives you the focus you need to surge ahead. It’s important to base these goals on your current language level and make them realistic.<\/strong> Setting a specific timeline for your goal is also a good way to keep yourself on the right track.<\/p>\n

Overly ambitious goals, like becoming fluent in a week, can demotivate you by setting you up for failure. Set realistic goals that are somewhat challenging but that you know you can achieve.<\/p>\n

For instance, you might resolve to learn a new set of vocabulary words or memorize irregular verb conjugations in the next week.<\/p>\n

Regardless of what your goals are, having these clear benchmarks will help keep you moving in the right direction.<\/p>\n

2. Use real-world materials to make your studies engaging<\/h3>\n

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Most students will have focused on resources for learners up until they plateau. While this is a helpful way to understand the underlying structure and rules of a language, you’ll need to start consuming more authentic material<\/strong> to make your push towards fluency.<\/p>\n

This can include real stories in your target language, news articles and even movies and TV shows.\u00a0<\/p>\n

There are many language learning programs that harness the power of real-world language usage but help learners manage the overwhelming feelings of “in the wild” language usage.<\/p>\n

For example, FluentU<\/a> uses bite-sized authentic videos featuring native speakers to help you learn a language in context.

FluentU<\/strong> takes authentic videos\u2014like music videos, movie trailers, news and inspiring talks\u2014and turns them into personalized language learning lessons.<\/p>\r\n

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You can try FluentU for free for 2 weeks. Check out the website or download the iOS app<\/a> or Android app.<\/a><\/p>\r\n

P.S. Click here to take advantage of our current sale! (Expires at the end of this month.)<\/a><\/i>\r\n<\/p>\r\n

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