How long does it typically take to speak spanish with fluency?

Question

Hola! Me llamo Josh. Puedo leer a español un poco. "¿cuánto toma típicamente esta para hablar español con la fluidez?"

Answer 1

Faulkner, what you put into the langugae is what you're going to get out of it. If you really want to learn, you should immerse yourself into the language. Read, listen, skype, etc. and don't stop. When it gets hard, don't stop, when you want to quit, don't stop!!! Good luck and stay with it!!!

Answer 2

let me qualify myself as a beginner, about to enter my second semester of Spanish (community college) and I've been through 2 levels of Rosetta Stone Spanish. Moreover, I've studied books on Spanish verbs, pronouns and prepositions.

Jason hit the nail on the head with the word "immerse." My biggest obstacle is finding Spanish-speaking people with whom to practice.

Folks who can study in a Spanish-speaking country are usually pretty fluent after one year in that country--not a practical solution for most of us.

The next best thing is to join one or more Spanish conversation groups and/or try to meeting frequently with Spanish speakers who are trying to learn English--you can teach one-another. Also, spend time watching Spanish TV. By doing these things, I believe fluency can be achieved in 2 or 3 years.

Cheers,

Answer 3

I would say it depends. A genius of a guy mastered the world's hardest language (I think some arctic language in Greenland--not sure) in a week. A person I know mastered Spanish in a year. Students take 4 years in school, but even then, there are those who flunk Spanish.