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What does it mean to be fluent in a language? How long does it take?

In this episode, Jim and May dissect what it means to be fluent and how to get there.

Jim goes into depth about his own journey and what methods he used to achieve fluency in less than 2 years.

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• [VIDEO] How Jim learned Spanish
• [ARTICLE] How Madison (one of our writers) learned Spanish
• Margarita Madrigal’s Magic Key to Spanish
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