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If a lesson is too difficult for you, don’t move on. Subsequent lessons use material from previous lessons so it is important to understand material completely before moving on to the next lesson. Otherwise you may find yourself falling further and further behind. Perhaps there may be a lesson or two that comes along that requires you to spend some extra time on it. Take that extra time. It will save you plenty of frustration in the future.

From time to time you may see yourself hitting peaks where it seems like you’re not making progress in your language development. Don’t be discouraged. This is natural and our lessons are designed this way as well. From time to time, we may take breaks to let the material soak in. If you have been at it for a long time, it may be good to take a break from that action and come back to it later. Also note that learning vocabulary alone isn’t enough to develop your fluency. There is also your level of pronunciation, your level of understanding and your grammar to deal with. So even if it seems like you’re not progressing in one area, you may very well be progressing in other areas so keep at it! Perhaps a few lessons where you don’t learn any new vocabulary would be good to allow you time to focus on other areas.