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Studying abroad or traveling to a foreign country can be a great way to learn and develop language skills. However, once you return home, it can be challenging to maintain and preserve those skills.

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Reductions are a common feature of spoken language, where sounds change or get shortened when people speak quickly. They happen in a predictable way, so once you’ve learned the patterns by which sounds change and disappear you can begin to replicate it in your speaking as well.

Speaking another language can be challenging, and it's not uncommon to feel like a different person when you speak in a language other than your native tongue.

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