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Each one is a situation you'd meet on an ordinary trip. For each, ask yourself whether you could do it in the language of the place you're going, out loud, without your phone in your hand. Understanding the reply counts.
Ten things that actually happen on a trip. Not vocabulary, not grammar, just the moments where someone speaks to you and waits for an answer. See how many you could handle today.
Free. No email needed.Translation apps are really good these days. Just point your phone at a menu and you'll know exactly what you're ordering.
What they can't do is keep you in the exchange. The waiter asks a follow-up, the pharmacist says something kind, the receptionist offers you an alternative, and by the time you've typed it in, the moment has moved on. You get the information. You miss the conversation.
The gap between the two is smaller than most people think. It's a few dozen phrases and the confidence to use them, which is roughly what a first level of any language is for.
So here's the quiz. Ten real situations. Answer honestly, there's no final score to fear!
Each one is a situation you'd meet on an ordinary trip. For each, ask yourself whether you could do it in the language of the place you're going, out loud, without your phone in your hand. Understanding the reply counts.
Pick the one you'd want for your next trip. If it isn't here, tell us which it is.
Every one of the ten moments in this quiz is something we've developed our beginners' course to help you do. Not eventually, but from your very first lessons.
How to start an exchange with a stranger so they answer you in the language rather than switching to English.
Politely, in a way that sounds like a person rather than a phrasebook. You'll do this constantly when you travel.
Numbers, times, prices, platforms and directions, at the speed people actually say them.
Saying you didn't follow that, asking for it again more slowly, and keeping the conversation alive.
Allergies, preferences, what you need and what you'd rather avoid. The things that matter.
Where you're from, why you're here, and asking something back. Where trips turn into memories.