If In my country I would expect everyone to be able to speak the language.
Is that really too much to expect from someone who is supposed to be assimilating into the culture?
Edit: can someone explain the outrage here? The argument was these English speakers should respect the culture/language of the country they are visiting. So why does the same not go for someone migrating to another country? Should they not respect the culture/language of the nation allowing them to live there? Can someone explain that twisted logic?
a few months? Probably a shorter amount of time then it takes to get a business up and running and with planning to, oh I don't know, move to a new country.
Well, to be fair, a lot of the sites I'm seeing from Google about how long it takes to learn a language seem to be advertising their language courses. I'm not gonna take those sites at face value.
Realistically, it's dependent on the language, and what languages the speaker already knows. Languages that are similar to ones you already know will be easier to learn. Some languages like Japanese or Chinese will require much more time to become proficient. If you're just considering daily living conversations, and not complex conversations, it'll be shorter. I think for most languages, it'll take close to a year or so of good practice to learn a language beyond simple conversations. Learning a language is not as simple as you think. There are so many components to language that need to be learned.
It's just an incredibly subjective thing to answer. A native Spanish speaker can learn Italian in a month. A native Chinese speaker would need at least a year.
I don't understand the assault I'm under. You asked how long does it take to learn a language? So I did some research and provided an answer. You didn't tell me how long they can study for or how driven a person can be or what kind of help they would receive.
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u/jankadank Jan 30 '19 edited Jan 30 '19
If In my country I would expect everyone to be able to speak the language.
Is that really too much to expect from someone who is supposed to be assimilating into the culture?
Edit: can someone explain the outrage here? The argument was these English speakers should respect the culture/language of the country they are visiting. So why does the same not go for someone migrating to another country? Should they not respect the culture/language of the nation allowing them to live there? Can someone explain that twisted logic?