{"id":16922,"date":"2026-09-15T08:32:20","date_gmt":"2026-09-15T08:32:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sla-basel.ch\/?p=16922"},"modified":"2026-09-15T08:32:20","modified_gmt":"2026-09-15T08:32:20","slug":"the-language-plateau-why-suddenly-no-more-progress","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sla-basel.ch\/en\/das-sprachplateau-warum-ploetzlich-keine-fortschritte-mehr\/","title":{"rendered":"The language plateau: why you suddenly stop noticing progress"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">At the beginning it often goes quickly: new words, first conversations, simple texts, understandable everyday situations. But at some point the point comes when you feel you are hardly getting any better at all. Exactly that is what is called a language plateau.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">A language plateau does not automatically mean that you are really standing still. Often, only the nature of the progress changes. Anyone who understands why this happens can continue learning more effectively.<\/span><\/p>\n<h2><b>What is a language plateau?<\/b><\/h2>\n<p><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-16926 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/sla-basel.ch\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/sprachplateau-2.jpg\" alt=\"language plateau\" width=\"940\" height=\"625\" srcset=\"https:\/\/sla-basel.ch\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/sprachplateau-2.jpg 940w, https:\/\/sla-basel.ch\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/sprachplateau-2-300x199.jpg 300w, https:\/\/sla-basel.ch\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/sprachplateau-2-768x511.jpg 768w, https:\/\/sla-basel.ch\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/sprachplateau-2-18x12.jpg 18w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 940px) 100vw, 940px\" \/><\/p>\n<h3><b>When progress suddenly becomes invisible<\/b><\/h3>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">At the beginning of a language, successes are easy to recognise. You understand a question for the first time, order in a restaurant yourself or can read a short text.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Later the differences become smaller. Instead of suddenly knowing a hundred new words, you might just improve your expression, pronunciation or sentence structure. These advances are less noticeable.<\/span><\/p>\n<h3><b>Why this happens particularly often from B1 or B2 level onwards<\/b><\/h3>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">From an intermediate language level onwards, simple everyday situations are often no longer enough to improve significantly.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Who on <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/sla-basel.ch\/en\/b1-level-communication-for-everyday-life-and-work\/\"><b>B1<\/b><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> or <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/sla-basel.ch\/en\/b2-level-foreign-language-courses-at-sla-basel\/\"><b>B2<\/b><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> has arrived, already understands a lot. To take the next step, it needs more complex content, greater precision and a larger active vocabulary.<\/span><\/p>\n<h2><b>Why progress is more noticeable at the beginning<\/b><\/h2>\n<h3><b>Many new words in a short time<\/b><\/h3>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">At the beginning, almost every lesson brings something clearly new. Numbers, greetings, food, times or simple verbs immediately expand one's language skills.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Later on, you more frequently learn nuances, synonyms or more complex structures. These seem less spectacular, but are just as important.<\/span><\/p>\n<h3><b>Quick wins in simple everyday situations<\/b><\/h3>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Many initial learning objectives are clearly measurable: introducing oneself, shopping, arranging an appointment.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Later on, it is more about arguing in a more nuanced way, reacting spontaneously, or confidently conducting longer conversations. Such skills develop more slowly.<\/span><\/p>\n<h2><b>Typical reasons for a language plateau<\/b><\/h2>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-16925 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/sla-basel.ch\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/sprachplateau-4.jpg\" alt=\"language plateau\" width=\"940\" height=\"625\" srcset=\"https:\/\/sla-basel.ch\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/sprachplateau-4.jpg 940w, https:\/\/sla-basel.ch\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/sprachplateau-4-300x199.jpg 300w, https:\/\/sla-basel.ch\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/sprachplateau-4-768x511.jpg 768w, https:\/\/sla-basel.ch\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/sprachplateau-4-18x12.jpg 18w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 940px) 100vw, 940px\" \/><\/p>\n<h3><b>Always working with the same learning methods<\/b><\/h3>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">If you constantly do only the same exercises, you always train the same skills.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">At some point, hardly any new stimuli are created. Then it can help to consciously change learning methods.<\/span><\/p>\n<h3><b>Too few new linguistic challenges<\/b><\/h3>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">If you only read texts that are already easy to understand, you hardly improve anymore.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">New topics, more difficult podcasts or more demanding conversations force the brain to process new structures.<\/span><\/p>\n<h3><b>Passive vocabulary is growing, active vocabulary is stagnating<\/b><\/h3>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Many learners understand more and more, but continue to use the same words when speaking.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">This can create the impression of standing still. New words should therefore not only be recognised, but actively used.<\/span><\/p>\n<h3><b>Insufficient contact with authentic language<\/b><\/h3>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Textbooks are important, but real language is more versatile.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Podcasts, conversations, news or series show natural sentence patterns, varying speaking speeds and everyday expressions.<\/span><\/p>\n<h2><b>How do you recognise a real language plateau?<\/b><\/h2>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">A language plateau can manifest itself in the constant repetition of certain errors, speech becoming barely more fluent, or vocabulary remaining limited to familiar topics.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">A standstill can also become apparent in listening comprehension if authentic conversations remain equally difficult over a longer period of time.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">However, it is important not to judge development over just a few days. Language progress often only becomes apparent over several weeks.<\/span><\/p>\n<h2><b>How to overcome the language plateau<\/b><\/h2>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-16924 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/sla-basel.ch\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/sprachplateau-3.jpg\" alt=\"language plateau\" width=\"940\" height=\"626\" srcset=\"https:\/\/sla-basel.ch\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/sprachplateau-3.jpg 940w, https:\/\/sla-basel.ch\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/sprachplateau-3-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/sla-basel.ch\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/sprachplateau-3-768x511.jpg 768w, https:\/\/sla-basel.ch\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/sprachplateau-3-18x12.jpg 18w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 940px) 100vw, 940px\" \/><\/p>\n<h3><b>Modify study routine purposefully<\/b><\/h3>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">New tasks can help to revitalise the learning process.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Those who have mostly read up to now can speak more. Those who do a lot of grammar exercises can work more intensively with listening texts or discussions.<\/span><\/p>\n<h3><b>Choose more difficult content<\/b><\/h3>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Learning material should not be too easy.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Ideally, one already understands a lot, but regularly encounters new words, structures and situations.<\/span><\/p>\n<h3><b>Speak and write more actively<\/b><\/h3>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Active language production is particularly important.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Short texts, conversations, role-plays or summaries compel learners to retrieve existing knowledge independently.<\/span><\/p>\n<h2><b>Making small progress visible again<\/b><\/h2>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Concrete goals help to perceive development better.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">For example, you can compare your own voice recordings, regularly write short texts or observe how long you can speak freely about a certain topic.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">This also makes small progress visible.<\/span><\/p>\n<h2><b>When language tuition can help<\/b><\/h2>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">If for a long time you feel like you aren't getting anywhere, targeted <\/span><b>language tuition<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> provide new impetus.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Teachers can identify which skills are already well developed and where gaps still exist. Individual feedback, new exercises and more demanding conversational situations help to overcome the language plateau.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">A language plateau is therefore not the end of the learning process. Often it is rather a sign that the next learning phase requires different methods and new challenges.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Of course, it must be borne in mind that you need to find the right language course. The <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/sla-basel.ch\/en\/online-placement-test\/\"><b>Placement test<\/b><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> plays an essential role here. Once you know your language level, it is important to determine your focus. For some, for example, it is worth taking vocational language courses such as <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/sla-basel.ch\/en\/professional-language\/professional-language-german\/\"><b>German Professional Language<\/b><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> to visit, instead of one <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/sla-basel.ch\/en\/language-courses\/german-courses\/german-certificate-courses\/\"><b>German certificate course<\/b><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> to complete.<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Am Anfang geht es oft schnell: neue W\u00f6rter, erste Gespr\u00e4che, einfache Texte, verst\u00e4ndliche Alltagssituationen. Doch irgendwann kommt der Punkt, an&#8230;<\/p>","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":16923,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_exactmetrics_skip_tracking":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[60],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-16922","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-sla-basel"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v28.1 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Sprachplateau \u00fcberwinden: So geht es ab B1\/B2 weiter<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Warum Sprachfortschritte pl\u00f6tzlich langsamer werden, wie ein Sprachplateau entsteht und mit welchen Methoden man es gezielt \u00fcberwinden kann.\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/sla-basel.ch\/en\/the-language-plateau-why-suddenly-no-more-progress\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_GB\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Sprachplateau \u00fcberwinden: So geht es ab B1\/B2 weiter\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Warum Sprachfortschritte pl\u00f6tzlich langsamer werden, wie ein Sprachplateau entsteht und mit welchen Methoden man es gezielt \u00fcberwinden kann.\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/sla-basel.ch\/en\/the-language-plateau-why-suddenly-no-more-progress\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"SLA-Basel\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2026-09-15T08:32:20+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/sla-basel.ch\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/sprachplateau-1.jpg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"768\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"512\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/jpeg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"sla-basel\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"sla-basel\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Estimated reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"5 minutes\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\\\/\\\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/sla-basel.ch\\\/das-sprachplateau-warum-ploetzlich-keine-fortschritte-mehr\\\/#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/sla-basel.ch\\\/das-sprachplateau-warum-ploetzlich-keine-fortschritte-mehr\\\/\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"sla-basel\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/sla-basel.ch\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/53b676b12e898ed534e66ba24c37c3cb\"},\"headline\":\"Das Sprachplateau: Warum man pl\u00f6tzlich keine Fortschritte mehr merkt\",\"datePublished\":\"2026-09-15T08:32:20+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/sla-basel.ch\\\/das-sprachplateau-warum-ploetzlich-keine-fortschritte-mehr\\\/\"},\"wordCount\":788,\"commentCount\":0,\"publisher\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/sla-basel.ch\\\/#organization\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/sla-basel.ch\\\/das-sprachplateau-warum-ploetzlich-keine-fortschritte-mehr\\\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/sla-basel.ch\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2026\\\/09\\\/sprachplateau-1.jpg\",\"articleSection\":[\"SLA-Basel\"],\"inLanguage\":\"en-GB\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"CommentAction\",\"name\":\"Comment\",\"target\":[\"https:\\\/\\\/sla-basel.ch\\\/das-sprachplateau-warum-ploetzlich-keine-fortschritte-mehr\\\/#respond\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/sla-basel.ch\\\/das-sprachplateau-warum-ploetzlich-keine-fortschritte-mehr\\\/\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/sla-basel.ch\\\/das-sprachplateau-warum-ploetzlich-keine-fortschritte-mehr\\\/\",\"name\":\"Sprachplateau \u00fcberwinden: So geht es ab B1\\\/B2 weiter\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/sla-basel.ch\\\/#website\"},\"primaryImageOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/sla-basel.ch\\\/das-sprachplateau-warum-ploetzlich-keine-fortschritte-mehr\\\/#primaryimage\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/sla-basel.ch\\\/das-sprachplateau-warum-ploetzlich-keine-fortschritte-mehr\\\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/sla-basel.ch\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2026\\\/09\\\/sprachplateau-1.jpg\",\"datePublished\":\"2026-09-15T08:32:20+00:00\",\"description\":\"Warum Sprachfortschritte pl\u00f6tzlich langsamer werden, wie ein Sprachplateau entsteht und mit welchen Methoden man es gezielt \u00fcberwinden kann.\",\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/sla-basel.ch\\\/das-sprachplateau-warum-ploetzlich-keine-fortschritte-mehr\\\/#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-GB\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\\\/\\\/sla-basel.ch\\\/das-sprachplateau-warum-ploetzlich-keine-fortschritte-mehr\\\/\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-GB\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/sla-basel.ch\\\/das-sprachplateau-warum-ploetzlich-keine-fortschritte-mehr\\\/#primaryimage\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/sla-basel.ch\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2026\\\/09\\\/sprachplateau-1.jpg\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/sla-basel.ch\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2026\\\/09\\\/sprachplateau-1.jpg\",\"width\":768,\"height\":512,\"caption\":\"sprachplateau\"},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/sla-basel.ch\\\/das-sprachplateau-warum-ploetzlich-keine-fortschritte-mehr\\\/#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Startseite\",\"item\":\"https:\\\/\\\/sla-basel.ch\\\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"Das Sprachplateau: Warum man pl\u00f6tzlich keine Fortschritte mehr merkt\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/sla-basel.ch\\\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/sla-basel.ch\\\/\",\"name\":\"SLA-Basel\",\"description\":\"Wir sind SLA-BASEL Kontaktiere uns Deutsch Super-Intensivkurse oder Die Individuelle Sprachsch\u00fcle\",\"publisher\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/sla-basel.ch\\\/#organization\"},\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\\\/\\\/sla-basel.ch\\\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":{\"@type\":\"PropertyValueSpecification\",\"valueRequired\":true,\"valueName\":\"search_term_string\"}}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-GB\"},{\"@type\":\"Organization\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/sla-basel.ch\\\/#organization\",\"name\":\"SLA-Basel\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/sla-basel.ch\\\/\",\"logo\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-GB\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/sla-basel.ch\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/logo\\\/image\\\/\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/sla-basel.ch\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2024\\\/07\\\/cropped-SLA-Logo.png\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/sla-basel.ch\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2024\\\/07\\\/cropped-SLA-Logo.png\",\"width\":803,\"height\":224,\"caption\":\"SLA-Basel\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/sla-basel.ch\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/logo\\\/image\\\/\"}},{\"@type\":\"Person\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/sla-basel.ch\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/53b676b12e898ed534e66ba24c37c3cb\",\"name\":\"sla-basel\",\"image\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-GB\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/secure.gravatar.com\\\/avatar\\\/dc456f1d25135be141168fd7784765abe90031fea6bec8b1a7685f1bacc851c5?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/secure.gravatar.com\\\/avatar\\\/dc456f1d25135be141168fd7784765abe90031fea6bec8b1a7685f1bacc851c5?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/secure.gravatar.com\\\/avatar\\\/dc456f1d25135be141168fd7784765abe90031fea6bec8b1a7685f1bacc851c5?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"caption\":\"sla-basel\"},\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/sla-basel.ch\\\/en\\\/author\\\/esatsemiz\\\/\"}]}<\/script>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"Overcoming the language plateau: How to progress from B1\/B2 onwards","description":"Why language progress suddenly slows down, how a language plateau occurs, and what methods you can use to overcome it.","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"https:\/\/sla-basel.ch\/en\/the-language-plateau-why-suddenly-no-more-progress\/","og_locale":"en_GB","og_type":"article","og_title":"Sprachplateau \u00fcberwinden: So geht es ab B1\/B2 weiter","og_description":"Warum Sprachfortschritte pl\u00f6tzlich langsamer werden, wie ein Sprachplateau entsteht und mit welchen Methoden man es gezielt \u00fcberwinden kann.","og_url":"https:\/\/sla-basel.ch\/en\/the-language-plateau-why-suddenly-no-more-progress\/","og_site_name":"SLA-Basel","article_published_time":"2026-09-15T08:32:20+00:00","og_image":[{"width":768,"height":512,"url":"https:\/\/sla-basel.ch\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/sprachplateau-1.jpg","type":"image\/jpeg"}],"author":"sla-basel","twitter_card":"summary_large_image","twitter_misc":{"Written by":"sla-basel","Estimated reading time":"5 minutes"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"Article","@id":"https:\/\/sla-basel.ch\/das-sprachplateau-warum-ploetzlich-keine-fortschritte-mehr\/#article","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/sla-basel.ch\/das-sprachplateau-warum-ploetzlich-keine-fortschritte-mehr\/"},"author":{"name":"sla-basel","@id":"https:\/\/sla-basel.ch\/#\/schema\/person\/53b676b12e898ed534e66ba24c37c3cb"},"headline":"Das Sprachplateau: Warum man pl\u00f6tzlich keine Fortschritte mehr merkt","datePublished":"2026-09-15T08:32:20+00:00","mainEntityOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/sla-basel.ch\/das-sprachplateau-warum-ploetzlich-keine-fortschritte-mehr\/"},"wordCount":788,"commentCount":0,"publisher":{"@id":"https:\/\/sla-basel.ch\/#organization"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/sla-basel.ch\/das-sprachplateau-warum-ploetzlich-keine-fortschritte-mehr\/#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/sla-basel.ch\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/sprachplateau-1.jpg","articleSection":["SLA-Basel"],"inLanguage":"en-GB","potentialAction":[{"@type":"CommentAction","name":"Comment","target":["https:\/\/sla-basel.ch\/das-sprachplateau-warum-ploetzlich-keine-fortschritte-mehr\/#respond"]}]},{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/sla-basel.ch\/das-sprachplateau-warum-ploetzlich-keine-fortschritte-mehr\/","url":"https:\/\/sla-basel.ch\/das-sprachplateau-warum-ploetzlich-keine-fortschritte-mehr\/","name":"Overcoming the language plateau: How to progress from B1\/B2 onwards","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/sla-basel.ch\/#website"},"primaryImageOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/sla-basel.ch\/das-sprachplateau-warum-ploetzlich-keine-fortschritte-mehr\/#primaryimage"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/sla-basel.ch\/das-sprachplateau-warum-ploetzlich-keine-fortschritte-mehr\/#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/sla-basel.ch\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/sprachplateau-1.jpg","datePublished":"2026-09-15T08:32:20+00:00","description":"Why language progress suddenly slows down, how a language plateau occurs, and what methods you can use to overcome it.","breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/sla-basel.ch\/das-sprachplateau-warum-ploetzlich-keine-fortschritte-mehr\/#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"en-GB","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/sla-basel.ch\/das-sprachplateau-warum-ploetzlich-keine-fortschritte-mehr\/"]}]},{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-GB","@id":"https:\/\/sla-basel.ch\/das-sprachplateau-warum-ploetzlich-keine-fortschritte-mehr\/#primaryimage","url":"https:\/\/sla-basel.ch\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/sprachplateau-1.jpg","contentUrl":"https:\/\/sla-basel.ch\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/sprachplateau-1.jpg","width":768,"height":512,"caption":"sprachplateau"},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/sla-basel.ch\/das-sprachplateau-warum-ploetzlich-keine-fortschritte-mehr\/#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Startseite","item":"https:\/\/sla-basel.ch\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"Das Sprachplateau: Warum man pl\u00f6tzlich keine Fortschritte mehr merkt"}]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/sla-basel.ch\/#website","url":"https:\/\/sla-basel.ch\/","name":"SLA-Basel","description":"We are SLA-BASEL Contact us German Super-Intensive Courses or The Individual Language School","publisher":{"@id":"https:\/\/sla-basel.ch\/#organization"},"potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/sla-basel.ch\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":{"@type":"PropertyValueSpecification","valueRequired":true,"valueName":"search_term_string"}}],"inLanguage":"en-GB"},{"@type":"Organization","@id":"https:\/\/sla-basel.ch\/#organization","name":"SLA-Basel","url":"https:\/\/sla-basel.ch\/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-GB","@id":"https:\/\/sla-basel.ch\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/","url":"https:\/\/sla-basel.ch\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/cropped-SLA-Logo.png","contentUrl":"https:\/\/sla-basel.ch\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/cropped-SLA-Logo.png","width":803,"height":224,"caption":"SLA-Basel"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/sla-basel.ch\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/"}},{"@type":"Person","@id":"https:\/\/sla-basel.ch\/#\/schema\/person\/53b676b12e898ed534e66ba24c37c3cb","name":"SLA Basel","image":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-GB","@id":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/dc456f1d25135be141168fd7784765abe90031fea6bec8b1a7685f1bacc851c5?s=96&d=mm&r=g","url":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/dc456f1d25135be141168fd7784765abe90031fea6bec8b1a7685f1bacc851c5?s=96&d=mm&r=g","contentUrl":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/dc456f1d25135be141168fd7784765abe90031fea6bec8b1a7685f1bacc851c5?s=96&d=mm&r=g","caption":"sla-basel"},"url":"https:\/\/sla-basel.ch\/en\/author\/esatsemiz\/"}]}},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/sla-basel.ch\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/16922","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/sla-basel.ch\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/sla-basel.ch\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sla-basel.ch\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sla-basel.ch\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=16922"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/sla-basel.ch\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/16922\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":16927,"href":"https:\/\/sla-basel.ch\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/16922\/revisions\/16927"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sla-basel.ch\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/16923"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sla-basel.ch\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=16922"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sla-basel.ch\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=16922"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sla-basel.ch\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=16922"}],"curies":[{"name":"well played","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}