Monthly Archives: September 2008
Helping people apply what they know…
Many moons ago I was an English teacher in rural Japan. It was an amazing experience for many reasons, not the least of which was the intensive exposure to the Japanese language (fellow ‘gaijin’ were tough to come by!)
Whenever I meet someone who had a similar immersive language learning experience, our conversation inevitably unearths a common challenge – our ability to understand vastly outpaced our ability to speak!
