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You moved to Sweden expecting immersion to do the heavy lifting. Then you ordered a coffee in halting Swedish, the barista smiled and switched effortlessly to English, and that was the end of your practice for the day. This happens to almost every expat in Sweden, and it's the single biggest reason so many long-term residents still aren't fluent after years.Sweden has some of the highest English proficiency in the world, which is wonderful for getting things done and terrible for forcing yourself to learn Swedish. Nobody is going to make you struggle through a sentence — you have to...