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How to Leave a Country Forever in One Thousand Excruciating Steps
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How to Leave a Country Forever in One Thousand Excruciating Steps

ByDana Hooshmand September 16, 2018May 11, 2019

There are just a few simple steps to follow to leave a country forever, and if you do, you’ll be guaranteed to only still forget a whole lot of things and maybe cry.

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Overcoming Fear Speaking Languages
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Overcoming Fear Speaking Languages

ByDana Hooshmand September 9, 2018November 13, 2020

How fear makes us self-sabotage in achieving our goals of achieving difficult things, especially in language learning.

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Becoming a Hyperpolyglot
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Becoming a Hyperpolyglot

ByDana Hooshmand September 4, 2018February 29, 2020

The story of the casual polyglot woman who spoke fourteen languages and changed my life.

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