How long will it take...?
I was wondering, how long did it take some of the people here (native English speakers) to become reasonably fluent in Spanish? The reason I ask is because I am in a Spanish 2 course at my school, and I plan on setting goals to learn more and more spanish, but I've no idea how long this might take. (And by "fluent" I mean able to carry on a conversation in spanish with relative ease.)
¡Muchas gracias por tus respuestas!
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This seems to be one of the most popular questions asked here in the forum....and for good reason! After all, we all want to know if our efforts are going to start paying off and we want to know when we will start to see a return on our investment.
For myself, I literally knew no Spanish, with the exception of maybe saying "hola" or "adios". That was June of 2008 and our first of what would be several trips to Mexico and Latin America.
Now, it has been less than two years later, and I feel fairly confident in comprehending a good portion of what I read in Spanish. I can also express my needs and have some simple conversations in Spanish. Of course I am not ready to have a deep discussion, expressing my thoughts and feelings on every level. However, I am so thankful that I am communicating. I can survive and even have fun using Spanish now.
I am looking forward to growing by leaps and bounds in the next two years.
(Hey! "leaps and bounds"...now I have to see if that is in the Phrasebook. 
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