Comments on: How to Deal with Language Barriers when Traveling

By: Sally @ thewinetraveller

Sally @ thewinetraveller — Sat, 15 Mar 2014 02:20:18 +0000

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By: Heather

Heather — Sun, 09 Mar 2014 16:14:36 +0000

I knew maybe five words of Chinese before I moved to Shanghai. During the two years I lived there, I learned enough Chinese to get me through my daily activities, like shopping and taking the taxi, but not enough to have a meaningful conversation with the locals. It was hard to practice because everyone wanted to talk to me in English. But they also appreciated that I made the effort to learn their language.

By: Rayen Haid

Rayen Haid — Thu, 27 Feb 2014 09:13:18 +0000

Thank you very much this helped a lot. I am currently in the process of finding a(n affordable) study abroad program i can get into weather it be a summer program or year/semester (hopefully this year). All i need to do is either find a way to come up with the money by summer(maybe try find a scholarship or something) or wait till next year. But I’m getting closer!

By: Christine Kaaloa

Christine Kaaloa — Fri, 21 Feb 2014 10:25:57 +0000

In reply to DomHyo. @DomHyo: ha ha... the overnight plane language class can help. Every little bit does, I believe. Yeah, the longer you intend to stay in a country it really enhances the quality of your lifestyle. Not understanding what folks are saying about you can really push many of us over as well as, just the standard things like filling out apps and dealing with important docs.

By: Christine Kaaloa

Christine Kaaloa — Fri, 21 Feb 2014 10:22:42 +0000

In reply to Agness. Thanks for sharing @Agness! Kudos to you for learning Chinese. I think that's gotta be one of the hardest Asian languages.

By: DomHyo

DomHyo — Fri, 21 Feb 2014 00:22:42 +0000

Great post. I think it’s very helpful to learn the new language, but you brought up some good points about not letting it hold you back from your dreams. I did learn Hangul on the plane before coming to Korea for the first time, and it did help though.

Since I’m gonna be here for awhile though, I figure it would benefit me to become somewhat fluent in the language.

By: Agness

Agness — Thu, 20 Feb 2014 00:58:43 +0000

Great post girl! I strongly believe that knowing the local language (at least a few words and some basic grammar) is incredibly useful when moving to a new country. I learnt some Chinese before coming here and thanks to that I could easily survive in any situation!