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Become fluent in a foreign language, earn a living

  • 14-01-2022 06:33PM
    #1
    Thespoofer
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,114 ✭✭✭


    Ok looking for peoples opinions on this. Almost at the 50 year mark, worked construction most of my life and cant/dont want to go all the way to 67 in this industry.

    What second language would be the most beneficial to earn a living from ? As I see it, i can learn while i work, not alot of outlay in the beginning, basically just need determination to succeed.



Comments

  • #2
    Jim2007
    Moderators, Business & Finance Moderators Posts: 11,081 Mod ✭✭✭✭Jim2007


    You can’t make a living by just learning a language…. Once you are fluent you’ll need to do something with it:

    • Teach, offer grinds….
    • Translate
    • Interpret
    • Life and work in a country

    Generally speaking fluency would be around a B2/C1 level and that would require about four hours schooling and work a day over say about two years, so not exactly an effortless exercise. And of course you’d still need to add skills to do the actual job.



  • #3
    Esel
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 24,465 ✭✭✭✭Esel
    Not Your Ornery Onager


    TEFL ?

    Not your ornery onager



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