What goal do you set for yourself with comprehensible input/immersion after reaching a level where you pretty much understand everything already yet still aren't able to speak fluently or correctly? How do you measure progress after that point?

My goal is usually to understand 90% or more of what I listen to with ease in the language that I am learning. I believe that if your listening comprehension is good enough you will inevitably also be able to speak well.

I achieved that goal with my Spanish and it resulted in me being able to also speak at a very good level with natives and have long conversations about pretty much anything.

However, with all the other languages I started learning, achieving or getting close to that goal doesn't seem to have the same effect.

I am at a level with my Arabic where I can understand 90% of regular content. Yet I can barely talk for 30 seconds without making a mistake and struggling to express myself.

I understand that this is because Spanish is relatively similar to English and Arabic is very different.

However, I do wonder what goal I can set for myself with my listening comprehension at this point. Will that extra 5-10% comprehension make the difference? Or should I maybe use an entirely different goal/metric like how effortless my comprehension is? If so, what do you recommend?

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