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Unpopular opinion about learning a second language: not everyone needs to. If you're immigrating - putting down roots, applying for citizenship, planning to stay indefinitely - yes, learn the language. That's part of integration. But if you're an expat on a 2-3 year timeline? Moving between countries every few years? Self-funding temporary stays? Stop beating yourself up for not being fluent. Learning a language to conversational fluency takes 600-2,200 hours depending on difficulty. That's a massive time investment for a place you're leaving in 2 years. And if you're a digital nomad rotating through countries, you'd be learning a new language every couple months. That's not realistic. Technology exists for this exact reason. Translation apps. Real-time translation earbuds. English as a global lingua franca in major cities. You can be respectful, kind, learn basic phrases, and navigate life without fluency. The moral judgment around learning a second language assumes everyone abroad is permanent. Most expats aren't. Immigrants should integrate. Expats should be functional and respectful. Those are different standards. Link in bio when you're ready to stop feeling guilty about not being fluent in a place you're leaving anyway. ๐Ÿ†˜๐Ÿ‡บ๐Ÿ‡ธ #TikTokCreatorSearchInsightsIncentive

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Here's an unpopular opinion. I think that expats who don't learn the language of the country that they're living in They're fine It doesn't bother me when expats don't learn that language because so much of the time expats are not going to live somewhere long term The majority of expats are actually employed by the American government They are just living there for a period of time two years three year contracts And then they move on to the next country and with all the technology these days with Google translate and time cattle ear buds The actual need to learn the language in order to operate on a daily basis in a country has gone down Significantly plus I hate to say it, but English is extremely widely spoken Even in the places that it's not that common you just end up going to the places where they speak English My family of four has lived on three different continents over the last five years and not all of us can speak the languages in each of the Countries that we have lived in people kind of took the lead on different countries my husband kind of took the lead in Dominican Republic My oldest daughter took the lead in Japan and my youngest daughter is taking the lead here in Portugal of Being the most vocal in the local language But we just don't all speak the languages of all these countries that we've lived in now I do agree that if you are an immigrant of the country that you should be learning the local language But an immigrant is different than an expat and expat is there temporarily an immigrant is going to be there indefinitely an immigrant should learn the language, but expats I just think it's fine if they don't

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