For those of you who successfully maintain and improve a non-English language while living in the US: how do you do it? My spouse doesn't speak Spanish, and perpetual weekly classes is $$. Looking for ideas!
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There is so much stress and emotion with feeling like you're losing a native tongue, but it's all in there somewhere, and just a question of bringing it back out of cold mental storage! I'm reading fancy books right now to try to overcome six years without any immersion.
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I haven't tried YouTube, but it's probably equally helpful and I should add it in. My theory (perhaps a fantasy, but one I cling to) is that if a native speaker can keep listening/reading fluency, the writing and speaking will come back with practice when that's available.
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Don’t you guys have communities which would speak that language in a social/professional context? My ref here is the various Chinatown communities (and the crazy Chinese guy in Boston who straight up asked for directions in mandarin like everyone spoke it).
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In my case, there aren't many Polish speakers on the West Coast.
@mwichary and I sometimes try to talk tech in Polish. In places I've lived where communities exist, they tend to be toxic (hypercatholic and nationalist), but at least you can attend the theater or a bookstore event - Show replies
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But I felt better when my mom told me she didn't understand anything in some places either despite Spanish being her native tongue.