Wandering Intermediate Learner

I am studying foreign languages. I have heard the term “wandering intermediate learner.” This means that intermediate learners often have a difficult time learning.

If you start to study a foreign language, it is easy to find a textbook for beginners. It is also easy to find a classroom for beginners. In general, it is easy to start. However, for intermediate learners, the learning process suddenly becomes difficult. Most bookstores don’t have enough textbooks for intermediate learners. You can buy a foreign book from a foreign country, but if you can read the foreign book without a dictionary, then you are not an intermediate learner; you are an advanced learner.

If you are lucky, then you can find a textbook for intermediate learners. If the textbook is very interesting, then you are super lucky. In most cases, this does not happen. Most intermediate learners might have different fields of interest. If the textbook writer wrote material that is interesting to you, then the book might be interesting to you. If the writer wrote about topics that you are not interested in, then the book might be boring.

I have taken the TOEFL many times. It’s a test for students who want to study at a university in the United States. In my time, I was sure there was a test writer who was really interested in desert animals. In the TOEFL, there were many stories about desert animals. Of course, I was not interested in this. I was not so lucky.

It is difficult to find a class for intermediate learners. I think the most difficult part of such a class is that there are too many classmates at different levels in the class. Some students are almost beginners, while others are almost advanced learners. It is very difficult to study in the same classroom.

I recommend taking one-on-one classes. You can have a teacher for yourself, but this might be expensive. Furthermore, it might be bad if you and the teacher don’t work well together. Overseas study is another good idea, but it is more expensive. You have to leave your family and friends for a while. It might be difficult for some people.

Another difficulty for intermediate learners is maintaining motivation. Beginners start to learn because they have extra time and effort. They can easily feel themselves developing, and they have many opportunities to find the best results.

Intermediate learners have a long way to go to become advanced learners. They don’t have enough self-development opportunities. This might be because of the competition, the memorizing speed, and the forgetting speed. Some friends who start studying together might quit. If you temporarily quit studying, it is easy for you to forget everything.

An old Chinese saying goes, “Persons get old easily, and it is difficult to learn.” I am talking about studying a foreign language, but one can say the same thing about other fields. It is easy to begin, but it is difficult to continue.

I can say just one thing. If you keep studying, you might be an intermediate learner who can become an advanced learner.

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