Lifestyle & Fitness: Dream Purchases

Why do you want to do this?

I have a knack for learning languages and I love travelling. I would like to challenge myself as I already speak 3 languages. I think that learning languages would help me get the most out of visiting other countries and cultures, and would make for a more in depth tourist experience than being handicapped by only speaking my native language and a token smattering of words from another language.

What three things will you need to make this happen?

Perseverance - learning a language will involve not just learning how to speak it, but how to read, write and listen in it as well. They are all inter-connected.

Access to language learning resources - online radio, videos, television, magazines, youtube, structured language courses, newspapers, books, films, short wave radio and native speakers will all help to immerse me in the languages.

People with whom to practise what I've learned.

What is the biggest barrier to your achieving this?

Indecision about which languages to settle on learning and locating native speakers who can help me.