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Studying French, Spanish or Italian on a language holiday

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From time to time we've had the urge to learn French, Spanish or Italian. When travelling in Southern Europe, it would be nice to get to grips with the local language, instead of struggling with English, which doesn't always work as well as one might wish.

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Why learn another language?

The most important language for most people today is undoubtedly English. With English you can get by in most parts of the world, but there are still a lot of times when you feel that you would have benefited and enjoyed knowing the local language. We have travelled a lot in southern Europe, and every time we wish we were a little better at French, Spanish or Italian.

Even though we think languages are quite fun, learning a new language is a tough challenge. Of course, the best thing is to be in a country where you can both study and practise at the same time. One way to do this is to go on language trip and yes, there are language holidays to France, Spain and Italy (for both young people and adults)!

Gardasjön surfing
Studying Italian on a language trip while sunbathing and swimming?

French?

I (Helena) studied French at school, between Year 7 and Year 1 in secondary school, and can say things like "Je m'appelle Hélène est je suis 13 ans" (My name is Helena and I am 13 years old) and embouteillage (traffic jam). The latter was on a glossary and our teacher said we didn't need to learn that particular word, so which was it? single the word that stuck? Yeah, you get it...

I can't speak French, but the pronunciation is quite comfortable for me (I tend to blame my Scanian r's that I can pick up from childhood) and somewhat feels it's like French is there, waiting to wake up. The advantage of learning French is that the language is spoken not only in France, but also in much of Africa, as well as in parts of Belgium, Switzerland and Canada.

Språkresor till Cannes i Frankrike
Cannes is a beautiful city with mighty luxury yachts.

Spanish?

I also studied Spanish, between first and third year of secondary school. When I opted out of a language to get more art lessons, it was actually French that got the short end of the stick. French is so beautiful, but Spanish seemed a bit easier.

Unfortunately, I don't speak Spanish either, but my years of French and Spanish studies mean that I still understand a lot, not least when it comes to reading menus and signs and such things. Spanish is also a very good language to know if you want to travel to South America. We even started an evening course once, but then there were other things that came in between ...

Blomsterparad
There are language holidays to Madrid, Barcelona and Malaga in Spain.

Italian?

The third Romance language that is of course popular to learn is Italian. Italy has a romantic feel to it, and many people can imagine walking the streets of Rome or Venice while practising ordering ice cream in Italian... And remember, you don't have to be fluent in a language to benefit from it. Small, small language skills go a long way many times!

Italienska på språkresa

Do you speak French, Spanish or Italian? Which language would you most like to learn?

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