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Jul 2023
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Do You Really Need a Teacher to Get Flue...

Steve Kaufmann
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Some people argue that you must work with a teacher to get fluent in a language, others claim that teachers are unnecessary and that you can learn on your own. So which is correct? Like most things in language learning (and life!) the answer isn’t black and white. 
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