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Feb 2023
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How To Deal With The Language Learning P...

Steve Kaufmann
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The plateau is a concept that comes up often in language learning. We have some initial success in acquiring new words and gaining a sense of this new language, then we come to that period where there are lots of low frequency words that we need to learn. 
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