When you’re learning a new language, one of the best ways to do it is by attending online language events. Of course, there are more ways to do it – you can attend language conferences from your city, you can enroll in some online courses, you can learn from books and audiobooks, and you can even improve your language by listening to music and watching movies in that language.
Honestly, the sky is the limit when it comes to learning a foreign language – all you have to do is to have a strong will and desire to master that language.
But let’s get back to probably one of the best ways to do it – online language events.
You see, at online events or conferences, you can practice both your writing and speaking skills, you can meet people from all around the world, it’s easier to interact online than face to face – especially if you’re shy or introverted, and you can attend from any corner of the world.
But these, are just a few benefits of attending an online language conference. There are far more benefits than most of us could leverage considering that these days most of us live so busy lives.
That’s why in today’s post, we’re presenting you with our top 6 benefits of attending an online language conference.
1. You can attend from anywhere in the World
The best part of attending an online language conference is that you don’t have to travel the world, from city to city, just to attend one conference. You can attend it from the comfort of your own home and basically from any part of the world as long as you have a good internet connection.
Therefore, you can be on your holidays, on a yacht, or an exotic island and nothing will stop you to attend to that language conference. That’s the magic of the internet today – you can do most of the things from the comfort of your own home. Today I can do everything from home, not only cleaning up, write my dissertation, and watch TV.
As well, you’ll no longer have to worry about forgetting your toothbrush or about you flying fear since all you need is a laptop and you’re there.
If you’re worried about the time zone, well, you shouldn’t since the organizers already took this aspect into consideration and the streaming hour will be reasonable for most time zones.
2. You can Always Catch Up
Another great benefit is that you can’t be late, I mean you can, but it doesn’t really matter since you don’t bother anyone and you don’t really miss anything since everything is recorded and you can watch later.
Therefore, if you’re too busy, too tired, or have to be somewhere important at that time, you can always watch at the conference later and you won’t miss a thing. The same goes if there are two amazing language conferences at the same time, you can still attend to both of them.
3. You can Always Chat and Ask Questions
Yes, meeting other people and connecting face to face is really great, but most of the magic at offline conferences happen only before and after the conference, and only if you find someone to match your vibe.
Online language conferences are different, you get to chat all the time – before, during, after, and some conferences have even Facebook groups where you can share your concerns or misunderstandings even if you miss the live conference.
4. You can Make New Friends
These days, we are more than used to make friends online – kids are basically born with technology in their hands. Therefore, no matter if the conference is offline or online, you can make a friend or two quite easy since you have at least one common subject to talk about.
Moreover, I believe that is actually easier to interact with others online – face to face is harder and it can turn awkward easier. Not to mention that at online conferences you can literary connect with people from the other side of the globe, which can rarely happen at offline conferences.
5. You Save a Lot of Money
Like it or not, we’re living in a world where almost everything is about money – directly or indirectly. Like my mother likes to say “nothing is for free in this world” – we can only have the illusion that some things come for free but one way or another we’re paying for everything.
But we’re here to talk about the benefits of attending an online conference not about how the world works. For this reason, one great benefit, I’d say, is the fact that online conferences are way cheaper than offline ones.
Think about it – no hotel conference room to pay for, no need for an organization team, and so on. All you’ll have to pay for at online conferences is the information that you gain.
In other words, you’ll save a lot of money attending to online language conferences and if you keep a lookout, there are even free conferences every now and then – but they may be with limited attendance.
6. There’s no Dress Code
My personal favorite benefit of attending an online language event there’s no dress code – meaning that you don’t have to spend hours worrying about what to wear and preparing to participate at the conference.
As far as I’m concerned you can attend in your pajamas and even in your undies if is hot outside – nobody will ever know. Only the person who holds the conference has to look good and make a great impression since he’s the only one that’s going to appear on the camera.
Therefore, you can be extremely comfortable – stay in bad, rock your pajamas, and even have a snack – while you’re broadening your knowledge.
Conclusion
There are plenty of benefits to convince you that attending an online language conference is a really great way to improve your language skills. But you should keep in mind that if you want to get really good, one way will never be enough.
As well, remember that every day we learn something new, so our whole life is a learning process because there’s always something you don’t know – just be open to new information and focus on broadening your knowledge.
If you consider that online language conferences have the benefits you were looking for then you should waste no more time and search for online language conferences to attend.
Andrie Steliou
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