Something many foreign language learners may be able to relate to is the nail-biting anxiety that follows after engaging in conversation in a foreign...
It’s hard to remember when my inability to understand and speak Japanese really affected me. However, I do remember the dreadful promise I made to myself after my grandmother passed away and I saw my mother crying: “I have to learn Japanese, or else I will be a disappointment to my family.” I was 10 years old when I told myself this.
Editor’s Note: An earlier version of this article did not contain the source to the authoritative retelling of Martha Nasch’s story of imprisonment and...
As a Vietnamese-American, one of the most frustrating moments is eating at a Vietnamese restaurant with family and realizing how little of the language...
Longstanding precedents established in the Associated Students of UCI (ASUCI) Constitution and By-Laws were brought into question during last week’s Legislative Council meetings.
According...