Immerse yourself in words. Image by Flickr user Jason Eppink. Before coming to Africa, most of my language-learning had been in a classroom. When I studied French on my own…
Bars Abroad
The room is dim and smoky, and a waitress weaves through the packed tables with bottles and glasses balanced precariously on a tray. Music is playing – it could be…
Lessons in Immersion: The Importance of the Market
Julia Child had the right idea. When she and her husband, Paul Child, moved to Paris in the 1950s she had never been to France and did not speak the…