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Keeping your language alive

Langues · Apprentissage des langues · de 17 à 18 ans

Nom ______________________ Date ____________

What fades first when a language goes unused?
- Your own name and greetings
- Rare words and fine grammar
- The ability to hear anything
What matters most in a maintenance plan?
- A fixed routine you enjoy
- The most expensive app available
- Studying only before exams
Reading and apps alone keep speaking under pressure alive.
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How do you hear whether your fluency holds or slips?
- Record same topic monthly and compare
- Count the apps installed on your phone
- Ask friends to praise your accent
Where should most maintenance time go?
- On buying new textbooks
- On what already stays longest
- On what fades fastest
How do you check your level honestly?
- One glance at a word list
- Comparing yourself to a beginner
- CEFR can-do statements per skill, recorded twice a year
Your check shows strong listening but weak writing. What next?
- Drop writing and retest listening instead
- Aim practice at writing, the weakest skill
- Retest every day until scores rise
A learner plans vague someday contact plus daily app taps, skipping speaking. What is wrong?
- Daily habits are worse than yearly ones
- Apps destroy all language skill
- Someday plans fade, and speaking needs its own fixed slot

Corrigé

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Rare words and fine grammar · Rare vocabulary and fine grammar go first, while everyday phrases stay.
A fixed routine you enjoy · Routine beats method, and enjoyment keeps the routine alive.
Faux · Producing sentences on the spot is a separate skill that needs its own slot.
Record same topic monthly and compare · Same-topic recordings make change audible across months.
On what fades fastest · Spend most time on rare words, fine grammar, and live speaking.
CEFR can-do statements per skill, recorded twice a year · Public descriptors per skill replace vague claims with levels.
Aim practice at writing, the weakest skill · Recorded levels exist so the weakest skill gets the next months.
Someday plans fade, and speaking needs its own fixed slot · Only fixed, enjoyable contact survives, and speaking needs producing, not tapping.