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May 2020
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#126 Did you stop improving your English...

Georgiana, founder of SpeakEnglishPodcast.com
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In today's episode, I will talk about an issue that is of great concern to language students. It is the much-feared plateau

What is a plateau? A plateau happens when you stop your progress despite continuing to do "all the right things." 

An interesting expression for this situation is: to hit a plateau

For example:

"It seems I hit a plateau because I can't see any progress with my English, and I'm still studying really hard!"

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