The following excerpt is written by high school student and linguistics enthusiast Xavier. He has a deep interest in language learning and discusses why it is so important to him…
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Tag Archives: Travel
Preventing History from Repeating Itself
I lived in Panama for 18 years. I was born there and left in 1973. When living in Panama most people were bilingual – English and Spanish. So I really…
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Settling into Firenze
It’s hard to believe that two weeks have passed since I moved into Palazzo Capponi in Florence, or Firenze, to begin my master’s program. I’m officially in the full swing…
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Improving My French Conversation Skills
Two years ago I visited France to meet a wonderful guy I had been chatting with online. Although I had taken French in College, my conversation skills were non-existent in…
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Why Not to Use a Phrase Book
Let me share a couple of anecdotes about what can happen when you take language-learning shortcuts by only memorizing phrases—and not really immersing yourself in the language. Gallia omnis divisa…
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Prepping for Florence
When my Rosetta Stone box arrived in the mail, my upcoming trip to Italy suddenly became very real. At the end of August, I’ll be packing up my life and…
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Rosetta Stone and Meaningful Travel
My time in Central America is nearly complete, and I feel the pangs of urgency and hint of sadness I always experience as the end of a trip draws near.…
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Spanish to Arabic… What Next?
My husband and I work in resort real estate. Most of our projects have been in California. We were hoping to be reassigned to Central or South America. I knew…
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On Rosetta Stone and Impromptu Emigration
Do you ever wake up and feel like leaving the country? After rattling around northern Nicaragua for a few weeks, I had an unprecedented bout of early-morning initiative. I decided…
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Going Beyond the Guidebook
My guidebook and I are on the outs. So far, in my current location of Estelí, Nicaragua, it has provided me with bad directions to a hostel, two restaurants, a…
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