How Long Does? » Travel http://www.howlongdoes.net Find Answers to Your Questions Tue, 06 Sep 2011 16:31:25 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2 How long does it take for an English man to learn Chinese? http://www.howlongdoes.net/how-long-does-it-take-for-an-english-man-to-learn-chinese/ http://www.howlongdoes.net/how-long-does-it-take-for-an-english-man-to-learn-chinese/#comments Mon, 16 Nov 2009 03:28:05 +0000 Pete Mitchell http://www.howlongdoes.net/?p=119 That is one good question. The answer is it depends on many factors:

1- How much are you exposed to the language (Immersion)
The best way to learn Chinese is a total immersion i.e. to go to China and live there alone without any other friends or relatives. That way you will learn to speak in Chinese. Otherwise  you will be starve to death.

2- Your level of natural linguistic ability
How fast can you pick up a new language based on your past experience? For sure, Chinese is a difficult language for most English native speaker. Hence, it really depends on your natural ability to pick up new languages.

3- How often do you practice Chinese?
If you are practicing Chinese only 2 hours a week, that won’t help. Perhaps, you can tune in to Chinese radio or watch Chinese TV to enhance your learning experience.

In short, it may takes less than one year to more than 10 years to learn Chinese for a native English speaker.

]]> http://www.howlongdoes.net/how-long-does-it-take-for-an-english-man-to-learn-chinese/feed/ 0 How long does it take to get a passport? http://www.howlongdoes.net/how-long-does-it-take-to-get-a-passport/ http://www.howlongdoes.net/how-long-does-it-take-to-get-a-passport/#comments Thu, 26 Feb 2009 20:35:04 +0000 Pete Mitchell http://www.howlongdoes.net/?p=5 If you’re planning an international trip, you need a passport. If you don’t have a passport, you won’t be allowed to leave the United States of America. Imagine you’d have to cancel your international trip only because of a missing passport! You’d lose a lot of money.

How long does it take to get your passport? If you applied through the US Passport Agency, the delievery of your standard passport take up to 15 weeks! You should apply for your passport months in advance.

However, if you’re in a hurry, you can get your passport much faster by requesting the expedited service of the government. You should make an appointment at a Passport Agency to get an expeditet passport. The cost for an expeditet passport, in addition to the regular application fees, is $60 per application plus overnight delivery costs.

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