{"id":11183,"date":"2020-03-05T16:05:55","date_gmt":"2020-03-05T16:05:55","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/staging.kaleelah.com\/blog\/how-long-will-it-take-me-to-learn-arabic-language-skills\/"},"modified":"2020-03-05T16:05:55","modified_gmt":"2020-03-05T16:05:55","slug":"how-long-will-it-take-me-to-learn-arabic-language-skills","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/staging.kaleelah.com\/en\/blog\/how-long-will-it-take-me-to-learn-arabic-language-skills\/","title":{"rendered":"How Long Will It Take Me to Learn Arabic Language Skills?"},"content":{"rendered":"<\/p>\n

We live in a
\nworld of great technological advances that were created with the promise of
\nsaving us time, and recent studies have shown that modern technology does,
\nindeed, save the average person two weeks each year. If all that is true, which
\nresearch has shown it is, then why do we seem busier than ever these days? <\/p>\n

Time does seem to be one of the biggest factors when students decide to learn Arabic. Wouldn\u2019t we all love to have 25 hours in a day and 8 days in a week to have time to improve our Arabic language acquisition?  Like most people, however, both our work life and personal responsibilities seem to be at odds with that. This leads us to one of the most often asked questions we get. How long does it take to learn Arabic?. Unfortunately, there is no easy answer to that question. In an attempt to answer it, this article will explain why some people learn Arabic faster than others.<\/p>\n

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Different Strokes for Different Folks<\/h2>\n

Learning Arabic, like learning any language, is a complex process. It is different for each individual based on several different factors. Let’s take a look now at these different factors and how they impact how fast you learn Arabic:<\/p>\n

1. What Other Languages You\u2019ve Already Learned<\/h2>\n

Are you already bilingual? That can help save you time learning Arabic. As studies have shown, being fluent in one language aids fluency and skills in another. Since bilinguals adapt more naturally to different languages, they find it easier to learn a third language. Just by studying another language\u2019s grammar, memorizing its vocabulary, and listening to its different sounds, your mind already pretty much knows what lies ahead when learning Arabic. Knowing what to expect means that there aren’t as many surprises, and language learning becomes easier and faster.<\/p>\n

2. How Much Arabic You Already Know<\/h2>\n

Yeah, yeah. We know that you\u2019ve heard all of the rumors and you\u2019ve read all of the \u201cMost Difficult Languages to Learn\u201d lists about how hard Arabic is to learn. However, when you start to learn basic Arabic words, you just might find that you already know some of them as Arabic borrows some words from English and vice-versa.  <\/p>\n

Some of the words Arabic has borrowed from English are words <\/strong>like:<\/p>\n