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LANGUAGES: Unfortunately, the nature of South Africa’s past, and the diversity of its population has prevented linguistic assimilation to a large degree. Even people like myself, who have spent their entire lives in the country, still don’t understand all the languages spoken around them. More »
Indigenous Languages of South America: Where to Learn Them and Why You Should
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LANGUAGES: Beyond the practical benefits of increased understanding or deeper cultural travel, these languages pose a fascinating study of the human capacity for language and provide a unique mental exercise for those already comfortable with European languages. More »
7 Practical Tips for Moving Overseas with a Pet
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LIVING ABROAD: It can take months of preparation and careful planning to move abroad with a pet. More »
Authenticity And The Banana Pancake Trail In India
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CULTURE: What and where is this pure, pious embodiment of Indianness that we are searching for? More »
4 Strategies to Make the Most of Language School Classes
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LANGUAGES: It can take time, effort and some experimentation to figure out the best way to progress with language learning in the classroom. More »
Photo Essay: Studying Abroad in Florence
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STUDY ABROAD: Scenes you may encounter if you study abroad in Florence, Italy. More »
How I Learned Bahasa Indonesia
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LANGUAGES: Things went fine for a while, but pre-planned conversations can only go so far. Indonesians have no qualms bursting out in laughter when a foreigner makes a mistake in Bahasa. More »
Love and Expat Marriage: Finding Identity as a Trailing Spouse
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LIVING ABROAD: I hadn’t considered the difficulty of adjusting to a new country as an “accessory” without my own purpose for living there. More »
Photo Essay: Dominican Snapshots
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CULTURE: Snapshots of the Dominican Republic. More »
Peru's Incan Celebration of Inti Raymi: Cultural Preservation or Capitalistic Exploitation?
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CULTURE: It is an evocation of a long-dead past, but a past that defines the Peruvian national identity to an almost unimaginable extent. More »
Weird Habits Developed After Living Abroad
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LIVING ABROAD: The habits and instincts that linger long after you've returned from abroad. More »
A Kashmiri Wedding, Part 2
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CULTURE: Even if Sayma was the intermediary between me and this world, I still wanted to try to absorb it on its own terms. More »
A Kashmiri Wedding, Part 1
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CULTURE: It is not a place I would have ventured as a young woman traveling alone, but Sayma had invited me to attend her brother’s wedding, where I would be the guest of her entire extended family. More »
Giving Birth Abroad: Setting up Your Child with a Second Citizenship
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LIVING ABROAD: A number of countries, mostly in North, South and Central America, offer birthright citizenship, meaning that any baby born on that country’s soil automatically has a right to citizenship More »
Tales From The Frontier Of Expat Life: Learning Hip-Hop In South Korea
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LIVING ABROAD: It sounds a bit obsessive, slaving over the dance moves to saccharine pop songs that I didn't even like. But to me, it became a mission. Bouncy hip-hop dancing would be my "in" to Korean culture. More »
Photo Essay: Studying Abroad in Buenos Aires
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STUDY ABROAD: Matador presents photographic evidence for why Buenos Aires is such an attractive place to study abroad. More »
Limiting Students' Internet Access Abroad
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TEACHING: Do teachers and program administrators have the right to limit the amount of time students spend on the Internet? Knowing what their students are missing by spending so much time online, do they have an obligation to do so? More »
What Ikebana Taught Me About Japanese Culture
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CULTURE: Mary Richardson finds integrating into Japanese culture surprisingly easy - until her Ikebana show. More »
Visit to a Chinese Spa: Massaged with Flames
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TRAVEL ABROAD: The good times were warm, deep massage strokes that loosen muscles I didn’t even know I had. As for the other times, well, I didn’t exactly cry out, but my squirming did allude to a breakdown in our agreement. More »
Life in a Failed State: A Response to Foreign Policy's "Postcards from Hell"
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LIVING ABROAD: I had no idea I spent three years living in hell. More »
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