How to get over the B2 plateau?
Hey r/learnthai,
I’ve been teaching myself Thai over the past year and a bit and have reached what I’d say is a “B2” level of fluency whereby I can very comfortably have hours-long conversations with my Thai friends about any day to day topic or harder conceptual topic (barring the use of complex topic specific words) - My register and tone control is good enough to the point where I’ve had Thai people compliment on “He can fix his tone as he speaks” if I mispronounce.
However I feel like I’ve hit a plateau, my vocabulary knowledge now is at around 4000 words whereby any new words I learn now really don’t make a difference to what I can understand and consume, understandably as they’re less frequent words
But how can you get over the upper-intermediate plateau? Currently I’m watching more native content on instagram and youtube with Thai subtitles and saving words I don’t know fluently to a dictionary (even if I do *know* the word, I note if I still had to rewind and listen again). This kind of content is still hard for my ears to follow but any kind of graded content like Riam Thai’s advanced videos they are all too easy / I understand it all without subtitling.
I feel like way of studying is pretty tedious so I’m not sure if this is the best way to learn.
My aim is to improve my listening and speaking skill from here, any advice would be appreciated!