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When Living Abroad Doesn't Transform Your Inner Language

I've been living in France for ten years but still think in English and I wonder if I'm missing something essential about this place.

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More people experience this than they realize.

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True cultural integration may require surrendering the linguistic foundation of one's original identity.

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“Where Are You with Multilingualism and its gifts?”

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