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Originally Posted by anrakushi
you can become what most would consider fluent in 3 years easily. you may not have all the intricacies of the language down but as the dictionary defines fluent:
able to speak or write a particular foreign language easily and accurately
My ex girlfriend speaks english at a fluent level after living in Australia for two years despite having many friends who she could speak chinese with. she may not have mastered many business terms but then how many average native speakers have a technical grasp of their own language.
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You can become the dictionary definition of fluent in three years in a full-immersion program, but "Masters degree college class fluent" would require more than three years, even with full immersion. Of course if those classes were in English...