Aug 27, 2018Dilemma: Learn the Local Language?I always argue in favor of learning the local language if you’re going to live somewhere new—especially if you’re going to be there for...
Apr 10, 2018Q&A: Questionable language skillsHi Christel, I work as a diplomat in a country where the main language is not English. Before I started this job, I studied the local...
Dec 12, 2017How to speak 8 different languages Here’s my take on learning foreign languages: it’s hard, but it’s doable. After I returned from my first embassy experience in Nigeria –...