When a taxi driver asks where I am from, my response is always the same: “¿Qué, no te parece que soy Ecuatoriana?” Of course I’m not Ecuadorian. I’m clearly North American- from the United States, specifically- and there’s not much I can do to mask this from my taxistas. To any Ecuadoria[...]
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September 11th, 2009 - 4:58 pm § in In the Field, Tips & Resources
Help! I’ve Reached the Foreign Language Flatlands!
I’ve often thought that one of these days, after I’ve mastered Spanish, I’ll take on Italian, or Portuguese, or perhaps even Kaqchiquel. Yet after a total of 18 years of study (12 years of formal Spanish classes followed by six years of immersion in a Spanish-speaking country), I still make pl[...]
