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What is it like being a language coach? - Refold Podcast - Ep 34

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80% Word Coverage - Is That Really Good?

Carl: It's really interesting to see how different people in the community and different clients cope with ambiguity, especially when it comes to reading. Some people will get in there with 50% words known, and they'll have like, that's basically no word coverage as far as I'm concerned. When I read stuff in Spanish or Filipino, after it gets below 95% word coverage, I'm a bit like too many lookups to be fun for me. And definitely in all languages, comics are just easier. Even outside of Japanese, it's nice because you've got the visual context and they're fun. There's so much of it. Like anime. Now, regarding the JL

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