More things that can be pushed to subconsciousness the better you get. You cannot constantly map your native tongue to a target language consciously and improve.
Look at any activity, chess, music, physical sports, at top levels most of it is subconscious effort.
Imagine having to constantly look at your keyboard, consciously searching for the letters to communicate your thoughts.
How would you expect to communicate well if your conscious process includes the menial search for the individual letters? How would you be a good chess player if you didn't have an intuitive feeling for most board positions but had to evaluate every move for a long time?
The things you learned well, were things that you successfully committed to your subconsciousness. Sometimes you plateau and think there's no room to improve, but by inspecting the conscious effort, you can find things that need to be practiced to make them subconscious.
Look at any activity, chess, music, physical sports, at top levels most of it is subconscious effort.
Imagine having to constantly look at your keyboard, consciously searching for the letters to communicate your thoughts.
How would you expect to communicate well if your conscious process includes the menial search for the individual letters? How would you be a good chess player if you didn't have an intuitive feeling for most board positions but had to evaluate every move for a long time?
The things you learned well, were things that you successfully committed to your subconsciousness. Sometimes you plateau and think there's no room to improve, but by inspecting the conscious effort, you can find things that need to be practiced to make them subconscious.