8/10 ways to learn Spanish - Couchsurf
Some people are lucky. They get forced to learn a language at school (quite often English if they’re from a non-English speaking country) and before they know it they’re fluent and happily chatting to locals like they were born in the place. If, like me, you were never properly persuaded to learn a language at school it becomes a lot trickier. I learned Swedish and lived in Sweden for a while and I’m currently working my way through Spanish for Latin America, but its not easy. The following are some guidelines for people who want to pick up their first foreign language.
8. Couchsurf
A few years ago a American called Casey emailed every student in Reykjavik University looking for a place to stay for a week and thus Couchsurfing was born. If you want to meet interesting locals you have to join this site and get involved. CS makes it possible to not only travel to the world without staying in hotels but lots of places have regular meetings and hence the chance to make local friends and practice your new language.
