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Why Speaking Feels Slow Even When You Know the Language
Why Speaking Feels Slow Even When You Know the Language | LEVITIN SCHOOL
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Why Speaking Feels Slow Even When You Know the Language

You know the words. You know the grammar. You understand conversations. And yet when you speak, everything feels slow. You pause. You search for words. You restart sentences. Meanwhile, native speakers seem to speak effortlessly. This often leads learners to believe: “Maybe I still don’t know enough.” But that is usually not the real problem. […]

Tymur Levitin | LEVITIN SCHOOL Tymur Levitin
• 04.06.2026 • 4 min read
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Real Language Is Never Literal | LEVITIN SCHOOL
30.07.2025

Real Language Is Never Literal

Author’s Column | Tymur Levitin on Language, Meaning and Respect

Words are not what they seem. They’re never just words. Every day, students ask me how to say something.They have the words. They have the grammar.But something still feels off. The meaning doesn’t land. The listener doesn’t react the way they expected. And then they realize:They translated the sentence — but they didn’t express what […]

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