Anastasia Merkusheva
Professional Teacher
How travelling boosts your language experience. Part 1 Nowadays, you won't surprise anyone mentioning that you are a digital nomad. On the contrary, there are a few people settling down in the age of 25-35. Personally, I relocate every 1–3 months to another country. I've been doing it for almost 3 years; therefore, I have a few stories to tell about language improvement digital nomads experience. - You don't need C2 level of English to feel comfortable travelling/living abroad. A2-B1 might be quite enough. Although, the vocabulary will broaden regularly. Recently, I've learnt 2 new words: pegs & mould. The last one is unfortunate I had to use, as you can imagine. Also, you learn "local terms" for similar things. If you want to use your bank card to pay for a Zara t-shirt in Europe, you'd say: "By card." If it is in South Africa, it will be: "Swipe/tap". - Even though, I consider myself as a visual person, my listening skills are going far and beyond. I struggle with accents less and less, having travelled to different continents. Even if you watch 10 American series like "Friends" or "Big Bang Theory", you'll not be so fluent in understanding people as if you travel to new places regularly. to be continued
Apr 9, 2025 12:48 PM