Someone asked me recently: Is it better to be fluent in one language or to be learning many languages at a conversational level? This is a debate that’s been going on for generations of language learners. There are a few approaches a language learner can take and today we’ll dive deeper into some of them. 1. You can learn many languages conversationally. I personally enjoy learning some basic phrases in the language of the country I’m going to visit before getting there. It’s always a fun challenge and it gives me motivation to actually study this language since I’ll then have the opportunity to practice it with real people. I feel extremely proud of myself when locals understand what I say to them in their native language. For example, I did this in Zagreb when I ordered a cup of coffee in Croatian and had a lovely interaction with the owner of the cafe. It made my travel experience so much more meaningful and special. Plus, you never know when even some basic phras...