Tue 28 Aug 2007
The difficulty of learning a new language depends on the intensity of instruction, previous language experience, and above all motivation. The National Virtual Translation has outlined various levels of proficiency and the length of time required to achieve a ‘level 3′ of proficiency for English speakers.
For example, to become proficient in Swedish takes approximately 600 hours, whereas Arabic 2,200. People often wonder what is the ‘most difficult’ language, anthropologists agree that there isn’t one. It’s how different a language is from your mother-tongue that determines that.
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August 28th, 2007 at 11:37
2,200 hours?! OMG I have about 2,170 more hours to go
August 28th, 2007 at 11:46
It helps to get the (audio only) Pimsleurs as well…then you can listen in the car and add time that way.
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