Please Send Good Travel Vibes

Australia may be the third country in which I stay for longer than intended. My return back to the U.S. is currently estimated about 24-hours later than planned. If you have good vibes or extra energy to send, please send it my way. Cheers,...

Melbourne, Australia: Research Summary

The research end of my trip to Melbourne also worked out well. I observed 5 courses, as was standard for the other schools, and I met some amazing students and instructors along the way. – Like in Kuala Lumpur, a large population of the students at the school in...

Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia: Research Summary

I will write my Kuala Lumpur and Melbourne research summaries in a much more condensed fashion, as I am already in the last half of writing for my final paper. – Kuala Lumpur’s center, EMS Languages, offered a diverse selection of courses for me to...

Excitements in Melbourne, Australia

I packed in more than a dozen activities during my time in Melbourne this week. Because I only had a 10-day trip, I did not see as much of the city as I saw of, for example, Kuala Lumpur. However, Melbourne was my favorite city on this trip. I came here with no...

Hiroshima, Japan: Research Summary

Though I did not travel to Japan as per my original itinerary, I am grateful to the director of Ark Foreign Language Academy, who agreed to an interview. Below, I detail my reflections. (Note: Some bullets pertain not to the interview in particular, but to general...

Melbourne, Australia: The Good and the New

It is the end of my first (and only) week in Melbourne, Australia! Like I did for Peru and Spain, I thought it would be nice to reflect on some of what I learned and experienced throughout the week. Australians drive on the left side of the road. I knew that...