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Die Drei von der Brezel Bar: Liesl Baldock in der Mitte Source: B.Barkhausen

According to a new language difficulty ranking, it takes an English speaker about 750 hours of learning to be able to read and speak German in a reasonable way. Others – particularly - Arabic and some Asian languages require a much greater effort.


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According to a new language difficulty ranking, it takes an English speaker about 750 hours of learning to be able to read and speak German in a reasonable way. Others – particularly - Arabic and some Asian languages require a much greater effort.


Barbara Barkhausen has met a Sydney woman who she thinks speaks fluent German without a hint of an accent. How long did Liesl Baldock take to reach that level of language competency? Barbara reports:


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