How to Learn the Local Language

Overcoming (or slowly climbing) the hurdle of chatting with your neighbors, ordering a meal, and dealing with bureaucracy in the local language

I want to wrap up this month on language learning to talk about how to actually achieve this pretty much always difficult challenge.

While I know most people look at learning the language in terms of the logistical benefits like going to the doctor, dealing with immigration, and making your first dreaded phone call, there’s a lot of emotional wins here,…