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3000 Words — And Then What? Why Vocabulary Alone Won’t Make You Fluent
3000 Words — And Then What? Why Vocabulary Alone Won’t Make You Fluent | LEVITIN SCHOOL
Author’s Column | Tymur Levitin on Language, Meaning and Respect

3000 Words — And Then What? Why Vocabulary Alone Won’t Make You Fluent

Choose your language The Popular Myth You’ve probably heard it: “You don’t need grammar or phonetics. Just learn 3000 words — and you’ll speak.” But let me ask you: what will you do next? How will you connect those words so that people understand you — and so that you understand what they want from you? One […]

Tymur Levitin | LEVITIN SCHOOL Tymur Levitin
• 22.08.2025 • 2 min read
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The Toy That Hears Better Than You: How Talking Tom Sharpens Pronunciation | LEVITIN SCHOOL
22.08.2025

The Toy That Hears Better Than You: How Talking Tom Sharpens Pronunciation

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

IntroductionWhen you haven’t spoken a language for a while, your pronunciation “falls apart.” A textbook tells you to “think with your lips,” but lips don’t think. They need feedback. The simplest way — turn on a repeating toy (like Talking Tom), which instantly echoes what you say. And yes, it mocks your accent — cheerfully […]

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