Andrea M. Ducas, MPH, is a program officer with the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation working with programs related to payment and delivery system reform, purchaser and consumer engagement, health care price transparency, community-driven health improvements, and strengthening health departments.
fluent adjective. âº (of a âperson) âable to âspeak a âlanguage âeasily and well, or (of a âlanguage) âspoken âeasily and without many âpauses: She was fluent in âFrench by the âtime she was five. He âspeaks fluent Chinese. fluency noun [U] us /ËfluÂ·ÉnÂ·si/ âº This âjob ârequires fluency in two or more âAfrican âlanguages.
Fluency in language learning by definition refers to being able to speak a language fluidly without having to stop and think of words all the time. The main obstacle that stands in the way of most people fluently speaking English is translation. No, not vocabulary.