Some language departments at FSI arrange two-week immersion trips for their students. French does not. But we hope to take one anyway. Continue reading
Some trivia: the average college-educated adult knows about 20,000 words. This is a scary statistic for those trying to learn another language. Continue reading
What organization, founded in 1635, is made up of members called “Immortels” and forces new inductees to eulogize their late predecessors before joining? No, not the Freemasons. Read on to learn more. Continue reading
Week 5: French officially takes over our lives. Continue reading
Abbey goes on a boat ride. Continue reading
Week three French update: Andy and I are moved to the same class.
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After four years of Spanish in high school and then three semesters in college — just one semester away from fulfilling my language requirement — I quit. I started all over again with Zulu. Why? Well, a lot of reasons, … Continue reading
Andy’s observations from the first week of French class. Continue reading
I finished public diplomacy training. I haven’t started French. So what am I doing now? Continue reading
As Andy mentioned in his last post, we’re scheduled to stick around Arlington until March of 2011. There are a few others in my A-100 class who will be in training that long, but they’re all studying super hard languages … Continue reading