How We Define Fluency

Everyone talks about fluency. They say this method is guaranteed to make you fluent. This course will make you fluent. This computer program is the key to fluency. Become fluent in 10 easy steps. Or maybe they're one of the people who claim only children can reach 'true' fluency in a language. The thing is, no one actually takes the time to explain what fluency means!

Why is that a problem? It's a problem because in my experience 'fluency' is one of those words where if you ask three people o...