7 Things I Learned Having Roommates From 3 Different Cultures
When I was fourteen years old, I started my freshman year at an international boarding school. I arrived at my dorm room, hands full with all of my...
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Don’t Go Chasing Waterfalls in Costa Rica
It's my last day in Costa Rica, and I'm sitting in a smoothie bar watching a ceiling fan whirl lazily above my head. My two friends, Maggie and...
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Learn How to Relax With These 7 Wellness Habits From Around the World
What do you think of when you hear the word “wellness?” In the U.S., words like smoothies, yoga, and jogging usually come to mind. Most people know that...
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Verlan: The Truth Behind the French’s Backwards Slang
If you’ve studied French from a textbook you most likely won’t learn the words chelou, reup, ripou, or reuch. This is because they’re all in the form of...
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Learn by Listening to Today’s Top 25 Foreign Language Songs
Something I found pretty crazy when I traveled around the world was that no matter if I was in Vietnam or Greece or Peru, I would always hear...
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Free Foreign Language Trivia Questions for Your Virtual Happy Hours
Ever since I moved across the Atlantic Ocean a year and a half ago, I had to start making the conscious effort to stay in touch with family...
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Make Coping Easier with These Quarantine Tips from Around the World
For the past few weeks, it feels like the COVID-19 crisis has completely consumed our lives. And in a way, it has. Seemingly overnight, our daily routines, our...
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Music Recommendations From Around World
When I was in elementary school I went to a Spanish immersion school. And when I was in first grade, an obsession rippled through our school. The obsession...
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Can You Say These Foreign Tongue Twisters Five Times Fast?
In German, “tongue twister” is translated as Zungenbrecher, or “tongue crusher,” whereas the Italians translate it as scioglilingua, or “tongue melter.” In French its virelangue, or “tongue turner,”...
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10 Movies in 10 Different Languages You Need to See
I tutor a French middle schooler, and he speaks almost perfect English. We’ll talk for 30 minutes and he’ll make one, two or sometimes zero mistakes. I also...
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