Learning a language.
The very best way to learn a language is immersion — exactly what you get when you migrate. The challenge, as an adult learner, is reassuring your analysing, pattern-matching brain that it’s safe to dive in.
Different people need different levels and types of academic support through this process — but that’s fine, because there are dozens of options.
Depending on your learning style, you might want gamified apps on your phone, like Duolingo, Babbel, Lingvist or Beelinguapp. If you’re a socially motivated learner you might benefit from one-on-one or group classes online (or in person) from sites like Preply, Lingoda and italki, or services that facilitate social interaction like HelloTalk and Busuu.
You can learn by reading — foreign-language books and newspapers, or within apps like Beelinguapp. Audio-visual learners might enjoy recorded lessons on YouTube or Busuu, watching TV with the subtitles on, FluentU, or simply listening to the radio.
Then there are translation tools, with which you may want to become closely acquainted: Google Translate, DeepL, ModernMT, Amazon Translate, Microsoft Translator and ChatGPT.
Whatever your preferred method, you might find it helpful to keep a notebook of the new words and phrases you have learned.