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//Because I am an EU citizen, I can work in 30+ countries remotely, outside of the United States, How does this work, given that European countries speak diffe

• david-gpu 5y ago
  Most educated Europeans speak at least English. Many speak three languages.
• skydhash 5y ago
  English
• disabled 5y ago
  First and foremost, I speak Croatian pretty well, which is a second language for me. I am working on French at the moment, and that is what I will be focused on for the next 1.5 years. After that, I will go on to learn German. But, a lot of people speak English in the European Union. I also use nifty and unique tools like this, which helps me learn languages in my sleep (I use it for engineering coursework too!): https://github.com/Frederik-D-Weber/cosleep https://github.com/Frederik-D-Weber/cosleep I also wrote a script that creates 10,000 Anki flashcards: with the English (10,000 most commonly used words in English) and the corresponding Foreign word, IPA pronunciation (English and Foreign word), Text-to-Speech audio (for both the English and Foreign word), and a GIF image corresponding to each flashcard. With respect to becoming conversational, this is the best tool: https://ai.glossika.com/ https://ai.glossika.com/ This is a good place to figure out good learning methods: https://forum.language-learners.org/ https://forum.language-learners.org/ I should point out that you never need to go abroad to learn a foreign language. You can just find the cheapest person on italki who is a native speaker of your target language, and have a session with them, where you only speak words in the target language. That is the best way to learn. But, this is the ultimate guide for learning a language. Basically, from there, it is a matter of finding inputs/outputs (materials to learn from) to work with in the foreign language: https://www.wgtn.ac.nz/lals/resources/paul-nations-resources/paul-nations-publications/publications/documents/foreign-language_1125.pdf https://www.wgtn.ac.nz/lals/resources/paul-nations-resources...
  • petra 5y ago
    Awesome learning resources, Thank you! Are you learning French/German for the sake of employability? Or you find that good English all that's required for most EU remote jobs?
    • disabled 5y ago
      Good English is all that is required for most EU remote jobs. I am learning French and German for assimilation reasons. I may move somewhere else, eventually. To keep this short, I have complex healthcare needs, and the countries that can provide me the healthcare I need speak primarily French or German.
      • petra 5y ago
        Good luck in getting the Healthcare you need.
      • techcode 5y ago
        Ah crap - and it's exactly those French and German speaking countries that generally don't speak great (or like at all) English. As the other commenter already said "Puno uspeha!"
        • disabled 5y ago
          Hvala :-)
  • 55555 5y ago
    > I also use nifty and unique tools like this, which helps me learn languages in my sleep (I use it for engineering coursework too!): https://github.com/Frederik-D-Weber/cosleep https://github.com/Frederik-D-Weber/cosleep o.O Does tbis work?
    • disabled 5y ago
      Yes. Look up Targeted Memory Reactivation on PUBMED: https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/?term=targeted+memory+reactivation https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/?term=targeted+memory+reacti... This is a form of closed-loop TMR, which is far more efficient.
• benhurmarcel 5y ago
  Speaking the local language isn't a legal requirement.