I found this article a while ago, it may help:
http://lifehacker.com/5903288/i-learned-...-heres-how
The author learnt French in 5 months with about an hour a day. For english speakers, romance/germanic languages will take about 5 months, Russian about 10 months and Chinese about 20.
http://lifehacker.com/5903288/i-learned-...-heres-how
The author learnt French in 5 months with about an hour a day. For english speakers, romance/germanic languages will take about 5 months, Russian about 10 months and Chinese about 20.
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