Learning a new language while in a foreign country?

I've just moved to Brazil from the UK, and although I was learning Portuguese really fast before I got here, and I can get by on a few things with what I've learnt, it's hard to keep yourself motivated. It takes a lot of work to force yourself to get out there and interact, its so tempting to just stay at home on the internet where you can stick to your native language. Imagine being in a 24/7 Spanish class at school, only without the teacher! It's worse if you're with people who speak English, because you automatically try and stick to just them instead of branching out to natives. Now I understand why all the immigrants back home stick to their own nationals, I used to think it was a bit clique. Now that I'm trying hard to fight it myself, I realise it's nothing to do with that it's just so draining being unable to speak to ANYone.

It can be a bit complicated, depending on the country you would be traveling to.

Im mexican and when i first moved to France to study, i used english all the time, however the french are not known for being bilingual so it sort of forced me to learn french faster and correctly.

Now im in Norway and Ive been learning norwegian slower than when i learnt french because here everyone or almost everyone speaks english.

If you go to italy where not so many people is fluent in english, it will force you to learn faster, but it will be hard at the beginning.

Even multi-language nations have a typical language. The U.S. Immigration and Naturalization Act of 1751 set English because the countrywide language that all has to be taught with a purpose to receive citizenship. It does no longer imply that an immigrant has to quit talking their local language. It is tough to visit any nation in which English isn't spoken as a moment language besides in elements of a nation that's no longer uncovered to it if in any respect.

Well, you do the best you can.

Frankly, no matter HOW much you study, when you actually GET into a situation where you must know the target language to survive, you will find that what you hear is very different from what you were taught. It takes time for ANYONE to get used to the local vernacular/accent/dialect/colloquialisms.

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