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# How long will it take to improve my English? Will it help me become fluent?

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_Hey Lady!_ has been created and designed to help women build confidence and fluency in spoken English.

We strive to ensure that the time you spend engaging with our community is effective, so you are maximising your progress, even if you don't have a lot of time to do it.

How long it takes and how quickly you improve depends on a few different factors:

* your current level of English
* your experience speaking in English
* the languages you already speak
* how actively you study English
* how regularly you will practise
* your English goals (being 'fluent' can mean different things to different people!)

Research suggests that an intermediate English learner needs approximately 500 hours of conversation practice to achieve fluency. At _Hey Lady!_ we provide a range of tools and opportunities to practise, along with a community of motivated, inspiring women to cheer you on!