How many weeks of classes would it take to get a good grasp of Spanish?
That’s really a tough question and it depends on many factors such as your previous experience with other languages, your personality, your present age, your learning style and your knowledge of your first language. The best long-term studies have been done on school children various countries learning English in the U.S. It concluded that children generally became conversationally fluent within 3-5 years and academically fluent in 5-7 years. This may sound discouraging but one must understand that acquiring another language takes time and commitment. On the positive side, I.L.P.E teaches in one to two weeks what is taught in a full college semester and students usually retain much more of what they learn because they put it to practice within a natural context.
