Subs vs. dubs: the best way to watch Netflix in Spanish

Why I learn: bridging language barriers

How a rigorous schedule and total immersion helped this medical interpreter learn languages and improve lives.

By Eric Rangel

In the fold of the motherland

Growing up here with immigrant parents, I felt less American than my hotdog-and-baseball peers. It wasn’t until I went to Russia that I recognized how American I truly was.

By Steph Koyfman

Remembering how to paint in Spanish

Lost in Spain; found a little bit again in Colombia: why learning a language really is like…

How I learned Teeline shorthand

I’ve wanted to be a writer since I was little, but no one told me it would require relearning the…

I went to Ireland to find out I’m American

Growing up in the United States, I always felt compelled to say I’m Irish. After a few days there, I saw that the land of my great grandparents isn’t really my homeland.

I almost fell for an elaborate scam in Thailand

But it didn’t change my positive view of this incredible country.

By Emily Flemming

Adventures in (German) babysitting

To these two sisters, language learning was a game every bit as exhilarating as clambering over…

What hitchhiking in Ireland taught me about selflessness

Foreign language anxiety: the universal equalizer