Au Pair Language Hacks: Five tips to learn a language faster
Becoming an Au Pair is a fantastic way to learn a foreign language. Living with a Host Family abroad and fully immersing yourself in a new culture can significantly boost your language skills. However, everyone learns at their own pace, and mastering a foreign language can be a real challenge. Explore our five game-changing strategies designed to speed up your language-learning journey!
1. Practice before going abroad
For future Au Pairs looking to prepare well for their stay, here's a helpful tip: kickstart your language journey even before moving abroad. Don’t worry, you don't need to study many hours each day; a simple and enjoyable solution is to find an online friend to practise your communication skills with. This way, you'll become accustomed to speaking a foreign language even before meeting your Host Family, reducing stress and anxiety before your journey abroad. If you're unsure where to find a language practice partner, consider checking out our Language Exchange program.
2. Double subtitles
Learning can be enjoyable when you integrate it with something you love, and what's more enjoyable than watching series and movies? Whether it's comedy, drama, thriller, or horror, pick your favourite genre, select a good title originally filmed in the language you're learning, and use it as a practice tool! If you're not advanced enough yet to understand solely from listening, we recommend downloading a plug-in that displays double subtitles.
3. Read online in a foreign language
Improving your language skills through reading in a foreign language is a well-known fact. Have you attempted it in the past and faced challenges? We understand the struggle. Grasping a complex plot in a foreign language can be demanding and time-consuming, especially if you find yourself frequently checking unknown words in a dictionary. However, there's a way to make reading in a foreign language more manageable — start with short online texts!