How long does it take a monolingual English speaker to learn a foreign language? Taking all those factors in mind, here’s how long the FSI estimates the average monolingual English speaker will take ...

It takes an average of 8 or more years to become fluent in American Sign Language (ASL). The proficiency chart below (created by American Council on the Teaching of Foreign Languages) shows levels of ...

America’s State Department places the languages it teaches diplomats into four categories (see chart), with estimates of how long they take to learn them ranging from 24 to 88 weeks.

Immigrants are always being told by politicians to learn the language. But how long does it take to speak good English? There are plenty of people in the UK for whom even basic English is a ...