Originally Posted by Austin
Originally Posted by Texas Summer
Hi amamama,
We were told when we enrolled our children in the program that it takes 4 to 10 years to because academically fluent in a second language.

Is this for non-GT kids starting from Zero?

The 4 to 10 years is for an average person starting with no experience in the second language. Conversational fluency is acquired more rapidly. Academic fluency (which includes reading and writing along with an academic vocabulary) takes longer because there is so much more to learn.