600 hours to master Spanish. 2200 hours to learn Japanese. Is this really true? Check out Steve’s response to the Foreign Service Institute’s estimates on how long it takes to learn a language and find out why he believes most of our learning occurs outside of the classroom.
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An opinion from someone who works with children and adults in ESL programs:
“He believes it takes ‘four to seven years to achieve full language proficiency’”.
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