IWTYAL 018: When do you consider yourself fluent in another language?

Isabelle asks: “At what point do you consider yourself to be fluent in another language?”

In this episode:

• What is fluency?
• What does it mean to you personally?
• When do you switch from learning a language to maintaining it?

Resources featured in this episode:

• CEFR – Common European Framework of Reference
• IWTYAL Episode 13 – Tamiyo's question about when it's time to move on to a new language
• Language Learning Foundations – my video course where I teach you the specific techniques I use to learn to speak a new language quickly

Today's featured resource:

• “The objective isn't complete satisfaction but balanced dissatisfaction” – Henry Kissenger

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Olly Richards

Creator of the StoryLearning® Method

Olly Richards is a renowned polyglot and language learning expert with over 15 years of experience teaching millions through his innovative StoryLearning® method. He is the creator of StoryLearning, one of the world's largest language learning blogs with 500,000+ monthly readers.

Olly has authored 30+ language learning books and courses, including the bestselling "Short Stories" series published by Teach Yourself.

When not developing new teaching methods, Richards practices what he preaches—he speaks 8 languages fluently and continues learning new ones through his own methodology.