<p>I plan on learning as many languages as i can to become more versatile for job options in the future. I'm a high school senior right now, going to be attending university of tennessee (or temple university, if i get off the waitlist) in the fall 2011.</p>
<p>I plan on becoming more fluent in spanish (my dad is fluent but i dont live with him, so i planned on going abroad to become fluent faster) and ive never taken an arabic class in my life, but i want to become fluent in that too.</p>
<p>To become fluent you need to study the language, not just live in the country where it’s spoken. If you’re A Level/IB standard (so reasonably proficient) you should aim to live in a Spanish speaking country for about two years to gain something approaching fluency. As for Arabic, you could live in the middle east for a decade and still not be anywhere near fluent.</p>
<p>Classic problem here. People aren’t saying what they mean by ‘fluent’.</p>
<p>Do you mean, can hold a conversation? Or do you mean, can hold a quick conversation on a wide range of topics with no trouble? Or, never has a problem with the language but has an accent (like Arnold Schwarzenegger)? Or do you mean, can pass for a native? </p>
<p>Here are the answers in order: you only need to take classes; maybe a month or two; several years; probably never happen.</p>