Travel Hacks for Language Learners (No Plane Ticket Needed)

You can't travel right now? Valid excuse. But you don't need a plane ticket to immerse yourself. You need these hacks.

1. The Google Maps Hack

Go to Google Maps. Drop the "Street View" man in a random street in Tokyo/Paris/Seoul. Look at the signs. Read the billboards. Walk down the street. It's virtual immersion.

2. Radio Garden

Download "Radio Garden". It lets you listen to live radio from any city on Earth. Listen to the local DJs in Buenos Aires while you wash dishes. It's real-time slang.

3. Change Your Phone Language

This is the oldest trick, but do it. You look at your phone 80 times a day. If it's in Spanish, that's 80 Spanish lessons. You will learn words like "Settings", "Storage", "Network" without trying.