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May 29, 2023
How Long Does It Take to Learn Chinese? A Guide for Parents
If your child can speak English AND Chinese fluently, they can communicate with more than 1/3 of the world's population! Sounds cool, right? Of course, unless you and your family are native Chinese speakers, you may wonder how long it takes to learn Chinese for native English-speaking children. According to The School of Language Studies at the US Foreign Service Institute, it can take up to 2,200 class hours to learn a "super hard language" like Mandarin Chinese. However, this estimate is for adult learners who no longer have young learners' linguistic and cognitive advantages. So, here's the honest answer:…