You retain more and actually become fluent in the language though
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· 5 years ago
It’s also possible to become fluent without living there. I’ve never been to an English speaking country for more than maybe three weeks at a time, but I’d say my English isn’t half bad.
Well, we start in the first year of secondary school, equivalent to your 7th grade I believe, and I’m in my first year of university at this point in time. For the first four years my English was improved more by watching series/youtube vids and playing video games than classes at school, but in the last two I was selected for our school’s Cambridge program, meaning I should be “able to function at a post-university level” in English (though this is highly debatable).
For 5 months