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Why Understanding Comes Before Fluency — And Not After
The Tymur Levitin Method: Thinking Instead of Memorizing in Language Learning
Tymur Levitin
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22.05.2026
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3 min read
Why Understanding Comes Before Fluency — And Not After
One of the most common beliefs in language learning sounds reasonable at first: “First I need to become fluent. Then I will understand the language better.” Unfortunately, reality works in the opposite direction. The students who achieve long-term fluency rarely become fluent first. They learn to understand first. And that changes everything. Fluency Is Often […]
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