In the game of competition, don't pick the wrong opponent!
In a society that prides itself on performance, isn't competition the reflection of a race against both oneself and others? What kind of performance are we talking about? Is it the one that pulls us upwards and makes us explore the best of ourselves, or is it the one that bends us under the yoke of systems of thought, driving us to exhaustion and sometimes forsaking our own aspirations along the way?
Expats' media teat
Tourists are just passing through, but nomads come back regularly and develop links, punctuated by seasons or contracts. Now that they can keep their contacts wherever they are, they are less afraid to move away; their media teat will always be able to reassure them.
Teachers' positive attitudes
Teaching is great when the elements align for learners to achieve their goals. We can increase the odds of that happening....
Spaces for learning to learn together
Places, their colors, shapes, lights and roughness, grate on our bodies and senses and play a role in shaping us.
Language stays or the benefits of immersion
The point of an immersion is to foster the learner's linguistic context as much as possible, but there is no need to be sitting in classrooms full time...