Drink Beer/Speak Spanish
Foreign language conversation meetups are big in Seattle. But they might be as much about meeting new friends as learning a new language.
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07 Feb
Immigrants travel across Washington to lobby Olympia
Immigrant activists left as early as 4 am to travel to Olympia in support of education and policy reform. Our youth reporters got up pretty early as well to cover the action.
06 Feb
Rethinking study abroad, diverse youth travel to China and Middle East
Study abroad is a defining experience for many high school and college students. But often the students who have access to those programs are white and upper/middle class. One Seattle program hopes to change that.
16 Jan
Basketball Diplomacy: Love for the Sonics lives on in China
Once people discover that I speak some basic Chinese, the typical conversation I have here in Juijiang goes something like this: A few standard queries regarding my nationality, occupation, marital status, salary, and maybe my opinions on Chinese food. And then it happens. “Which city are you from?” “I am from Seattle.” I say, bracing [...]
14 Feb
Five tips for learning to speak English like an American
When I moved to Seattle from the tribal areas of northwest Pakistan to study journalism through the State Department’s Northwest Community College Initiative, the biggest surprise was the language barrier. I had studied English for fifteen years, but suddenly I knew I was in trouble. The slangs just were flying over my head and everybody [...]
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