Are you trying to master a new language? Do you find it hard to learn one? Although it is very exciting to learn a new language at the start of your language course, but there are times you feel like you want to give up.
If you've been searching around for a language course to take, you've probably come across the occasional pitch that claims they can make mastering a language a piece of cake.
Before you buy into that pipe dream, let me tell you now: they're probably lying.
Mastering a language is hard.
In fact, most adult second language learners probably aren't ever going to master the vernacular like a native speaker would.
To add some perspective, native English speakers who are taught the language by default from birth usually gain fluency only by age 12.
That's not even mastery, just fluency.
For harder languages, that can even be longer.
That's a long time for people who are 100% immersed into a language.
When considering a language learning course, don't seek out anything that will help you "master" a language.
There's no such thing.
What you should focus on, instead, are resources that will help you build up your abilities chunk by chunk.
Sure, that's not as romantic as the notion of mastery.
However, it's a more realistic approach to language learning - one that can actually see you make strides in fluency and ability.
And at the end of the day, wouldn't you rather be chasing something that's actually achievable.