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If you are thinking about studying Italian, you are probably wondering how long it is going to take you to achieve fluency. In this article, I will explain how you can achieve basic fluency in Italian in 3 months or less by following this plan.

The truth is that many students end up taking Italian language classes for many years and still cannot understand real Italian conversation. I also know many students who have achieved fluency in Italian or in other foreign languages in less than 3 months.

If you already know another romance language like Spanish or French, you will be able to master Italian very quickly because of the great number of similarities between the languages in terms of vocabulary and grammar. If you have studied another foreign language but not necessarily a romance one, you will still have a slight advantage. If you have never learned another foreign language before, it may take you a little bit more time.

In the end though, you should remember that it is possible to achieve fluency in Italian in 3 months as long as you have a plan of action and stay with it.

Let's go over some basic numbers so that you can see for yourself what is required to get to the basic fluency level in Italian.

For European languages, it is considered that the 1000 most commonly used words make up 85% of common speech and the 3000 most commonly used words make up 95% of common speech. So, to achieve basic fluency, you need to learn about 3000 words.

Also, many language experts estimate that for European languages like Spanish, French and Italian, about 200 hours of dedicated study time is needed to gain basic fluency.

If you study Italian for 3 months, that means you get 90 study days. Since our goal is to learn 3000 Italian words, that means 33 new Italian words per day. If you study Italian every day for 2 hours, you will get 180 hours of Italian study by the end of 3 months which basically meets the 200 hour mark.

You may believe that learning 33 new Italian words per day is too difficult. However, remember that you have 2 hours of active study each day which means you only have to learn 16 new words per hour. This translates to 1 word every 4 minutes.

Take into consideration the fact that many cognates exist between Italian and English like the English word "international" being "internazionale" in Italian and you will see that you will be able to pick up many Italian words in less than 5 seconds.

Of course, you'll probably have a little less time to study vocabulary since you will want to devote time to reviewing words that you learned on previous days and also look into practicing forming sentences and making sure your grammar is correct. All in all, you should have enough time to reach your basic fluency goal in Italian.

If you are able to study Italian actively for 2 hours per day and reach the goal of learning 3000 Italian words by the end of 3 months' time, you will have achieved basic Italian fluency. The important thing to remember here is that you need to stay committed each and every day to your Italian studies and take each step seriously. If you are able to stick with it each day and progress, then you will attain fluency in Italian.

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Robertson B. Kunz is the author of a language learning guide to help you get fluent in a foreign language faster. Visit his website to get more great information on fast language learning. Also, find more great information on getting fluent in Italian.

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