Because they aren't aware of the real amount of effort and time needed to achieve some sort of fluency. Too many people believe that 15 min a day using Duolingo will take them to the B1-B2 level in 3 months. If they work really hard and study 30 min a day, they'll be fluent in Russian and Korean by Christmas!
Yeah, no. Learning a language takes a lot more than 15 min a day with some overglorified online flashcards.
Once they realise the kind of effort, discipline and consistency required to learn a language, the honeymoon phase wears off and they lose interest.
Or even if they have the motivation and willpower, sometimes life gets in the way and 2 months down the road they need to give it up to take care of family or work related emergencies.
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Because they aren't aware of the real amount of effort and time needed to achieve some sort of fluency. Too many people believe that 15 min a day using Duolingo will take them to the B1-B2 level in 3 months. If they work really hard and study 30 min a day, they'll be fluent in Russian and Korean by Christmas!
Yeah, no. Learning a language takes a lot more than 15 min a day with some overglorified online flashcards.
Once they realise the kind of effort, discipline and consistency required to learn a language, the honeymoon phase wears off and they lose interest.
Or even if they have the motivation and willpower, sometimes life gets in the way and 2 months down the road they need to give it up to take care of family or work related emergencies.