Expat language learning

Expat language learning

Whatever your attitude to language learning, intercultural specialists all agree that learning the language of your new country of residence is a crucial step to understanding your adopted culture. After expat language training, doors will open for you—you’ll be able to deal with your own administration—and you’ll feel happier and more at ease in your new environment. Your French might not be perfect, but it will go a...

Languages - Essential Articles

07/07/2009 Expat Voices: Learning Dutch--part 2 (video)

Leah talks with Jennifer Niejadlik, Richard Morris and Graham Jackson about learning Dutch. Recorded in the Wintergarden at NH Grand hotel Krasnapolsky, Amsterdam. Produced in collaboration with Expatnl.com.

01/07/2009 Thoughts on language and the 'Great Belgian Divide'

"Gradually, foreign sounds find nesting places in your vocabulary and once entrenched, it becomes hard to remember what it was like before they were there."

17/02/2009 Practical French: Chez le coiffeur

Even fluent French speakers sometimes have to ask: Comment dit-on…? Our practical French teacher gives you some vocabulary for getting life's ordinary tasks done. Today's lesson fills in the blanks on getting your hair done.

28/01/2009 Germans reopen debate over language purity

CDU politicians approved a resolution -- despite Merkel's reservations -- calling on the German parliament to enshrine the German language in the constitution.