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Become fluent in a foreign language, earn a living

Thespoofer · 2022-01-14 18:33:21

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,…

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14-01-2022 7:33pm

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Thespoofer

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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.

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#2 23-01-2022 3:22am
Jim2007

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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.

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#3 23-01-2022 6:19am
Esel

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TEFL ?

Not your ornery onager

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