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A publication for expats, former expats, and soon to be expats and their adventures around the world.
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Alfie Jane
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Nov 23, 2022
When You Don’t Use DuoLingo To Practice Chinese
There’s a good reason I haven’t tried again
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Slow train
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Jun 17, 2022
Is This Your Circus? Are These Your Monkeys?
The idiomatic idiosyncrasies of other languages
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Hannes Grauweihler
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Jun 9, 2022
Learning A New Language At Age 35 — The Right Time Is Always Now
Have you ever heard that young…
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Sabreen Swan
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Apr 11, 2022
7 Sad & Tragic Truths About Learning A Language As An Adult
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Gladys Carmina
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Nov 30, 2021
7 Unique Words in Spanish You Need to Understand Mexican Culture
But you will not find them in the…
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Whitney Hogue
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Nov 29, 2021
The Monolingual American — 听不懂
How I lived in China without speaking the language twice.
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Emma K
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Oct 10, 2021
My Experience as an American Student Attending French University
I only called my professor a…
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Mihika Jindal Gaharwar
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Sep 20, 2021
My Tryst with French: Story of a Reluctant Language Learner
I had always imagined that French is…
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Alfie Jane
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Sep 6, 2021
Why I Never Minded Silly Chosen Names In English Class
It’s fun to see what the kids come up with!
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Alfie Jane
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Aug 16, 2021
Can Your Musical Background Help Improve Your Chinese?
Some of the best speakers I met have a musical…
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