Are you waiting for your plane to land before you start learning? Don't! Photo by Liliana.

One of the biggest language learning myths is that you need to live in the country to learn the language.

Or slightly differently: if you were living in the country it would be a lot easier because there you'd learn automatically, without effort.

But this isn't true! Not only can you learn very well in your home country, but the advantages of learning abroad are greatly exaggerated.

While this is a topic that has already been covered many times by other bloggers, I want to share my experience from learning Polish both in Poland and at home.

Read more to learn about my experience!