VIDEO: Do I have to go abroad to learn a language well?
“The best way to learn languages is to go abroad to the country where the language is spoken and learn it there.”
OR IS IT?
Actually, this is a myth. Why is that? Because today, we have something people did not have 20-30 years ago: the internet. Thanks to this marvel of the modern world, we can imitate any country in the world in our own living room.
We can listen to podcasts, watch videos, read texts, talk to native speakers of the language… All of these things are available online for everyone… for free! We just need to know where to find them.
That’s how we can create the country of the language we’re learning in our own home.
LEARN FIRST, TRAVEL LATER
I speak 7 foreign languages fluently. And I learned them all in my native country of Slovakia without traveling abroad.
Traveling to the countries where the languages are spoken only came AFTER I knew the language on a certain level (usually a B1 level or higher).
I think it is more efficient if you go to a country when you already understand the language a little bit and you are not totally lost, because…
“…our brain can only process information it understands.”
If you are in a country where everything is completely different and unknown, your brain feels attacked by all these things. It won’t be able to process as much as you would expect.
However, if you go there when you already know something, it’s much easier to build upon that.
That’s why I always suggest that people travel to the country when they’re already on a lower intermediate level or above.
SO, WHAT SHOULD YOU DO?
If you think you need to travel to the country where they speak the language, you are mistaken. Don’t worry about it. All you need to do is create a good learning environment in your own place.
Just make sure that:
1. learning is fun for you,
2. you have a lot of contact with the language,
3. you are using effective methods,
4. you are learning systematically.
If you follow these 4 pillars you’re definitely going to succeed without traveling abroad.
How can you create such environment? Find out in my courses.
HAND ON HEART, WHAT’S THE LEVEL OF YOUR FOREIGN LANGUAGE?
If you’ve spent a lot of years/energy/money to learn a language and still can’t use it with confidence and ease in real life… you’re probably thinking that you simply don’t have “talent for languages''. There’s no other explanation, right?!
Well, there actually is a reason why you haven’t seen the desired results. Do you want to know what it is? Register for my FREE WEBINAR and find out:
- How to go from hating the process of learning to absolutely loving it!
- How ANYONE can successfully learn a language at home.
- Why “talent for languages” is NOT necessary to succeed.
- What the biggest mistakes are that people make when trying to learn a language.
