Listen "International bubbles and the rest of the country – why speaking only English is likely making you socially isolated (part 1)"
Episode Synopsis
The target of this lengthy piece is mainly people
like me. I hate the word “expat”, we’re just lucky emigrants abroad, who
can afford to get a job in English. If this is not the case, but you
can read it and you’re living somewhere where you don’t speak the local
language, but you’re dependent on your family/husband/wife/friends…
that’s still something that can interest you.
Here, we try to reach two objectives:
reflecting a bit about languages and people in general
being less frustrated once we have to get in touch with the inhabitants of the countries we’re living in.
Continue
like me. I hate the word “expat”, we’re just lucky emigrants abroad, who
can afford to get a job in English. If this is not the case, but you
can read it and you’re living somewhere where you don’t speak the local
language, but you’re dependent on your family/husband/wife/friends…
that’s still something that can interest you.
Here, we try to reach two objectives:
reflecting a bit about languages and people in general
being less frustrated once we have to get in touch with the inhabitants of the countries we’re living in.
Continue
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