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Is your kid studying a second language at school? How much they learn will depend on where you live

By Mairin Hennebry-Leung, Lecturer in Languages and TESOL, University of Tasmania

Learning a language to speak adequately requires a minimum of around 870 hours. Some Australian states mandate around 1,000 hours through secondary school, but others require less than half that time.

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