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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Does anyone have experience with a kid learning a language and then studying in it?  My kid loves language and would like to move somewhere, learn the language and then attend university there.  Does anyone have an estimate for how long it might take to get fluent enough for university?[/quote]Depends on both the kid and the language.[/quote]

Kid seems to pick up languages easily.  His current plan is to go to Norwegian folkehogskole.  He seems to think that in a year he'd be ready to go to Norwegian University of Science and Technology, which is ranked highly in his desired major.

That seems unrealistic to me, but maybe I am wrong?  [/quote]

Is he fluent (ie close to native speaker level) in any language?  I imagine that is what you would need at university level.  It's amazing if he can get to that level in one year but that would be pretty extraordinary.[/quote]

[b]He's pretty close to fluent i[/b]n a second language that neither parent speaks, and that he didn't study much at school.  He has studied another language for a couple years, and I am told speaks it well for the amount he has studied it but is far from fluent.  I think the only word he knows in Norwegian is folkehogskole.  [/quote]

How do you judge this, exactly? Especially when you're not a speaker of the language yourself. I am not being snarky. I have a DD who is a multi linguist and its been asked of me when I describe her abilities. [/quote]

There are assessment tests. For example, my DC is rated C2 in French and C1 in Spanish on the CEFR.

Description:
The Common European Framework of Reference for Languages (CEFR) is an international standard for describing language ability. It describes language ability on a six-point scale, from A1 for beginners, up to C2 for those who have mastered a language. This makes it easy for anyone involved in language teaching and testing, such as teachers or learners, to see the level of different qualifications.

https://www.coe.int/en/web/common-european-framework-reference-languages/level-descriptions[/quote]

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