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Proficiency?? There’s More to the Story!

Proficiency?? There’s More to the Story. Article 9       The burning question is: How Long Does It Take to Become Proficient for English Speech?       Here’s more of the story.  Becoming highly proficient in  AE (American English) speech communication includes  more than skills for accurate pronunciation and enunciation of  AE consonant and vowels. But the […]

How Long to Get Proficient English Speech?

How Long to get Proficient English Speech? Deliberate Practice –Article 8 One of the first questions most instructors for American English (AE) get from nonnative-born new students is : “How long is it going to take until I am proficient at speaking English.”  That simple question  about how long does it take to become proficient […]

How Long Does It Take to Become an Elite… in Anything

How Long Does It Take to Become an Elite… in Anything?      Popular knowledge says 10,000 hours of  practicing the correct way.  That was popularized by Malcolm Gladwell in his bestseller Outliers: The Story of Success in 2008.      Popular knowledge talks about years too – 10 years to become an expert. The first to […]