{"id":57,"date":"2008-04-24T09:17:53","date_gmt":"2008-04-24T13:17:53","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/spanish\/?p=57"},"modified":"2008-04-24T09:17:53","modified_gmt":"2008-04-24T13:17:53","slug":"common-challenges","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/spanish\/common-challenges\/","title":{"rendered":"Common Challenges"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>I just found and read a <a href=\"http:\/\/southamericanadventures.wordpress.com\/2008\/04\/23\/dehydrated-vegetables-rock-so-squeeze-the-orange\/\">really terrific post on South American Adventures<\/a> that speaks to some common challenges that language students encounter when studying abroad.<\/p>\n<p>There is no doubt that most students struggle with the tendency to spend their time with their cohort, as opposed to really committing to reaching out and making friends with native speakers. Cultural divides, as well as our own human tendencies to cling to the familiar, cripple our ability to make the kind of progress we expect to make while living in a foreign country.<\/p>\n<p>Check the post out <a href=\"http:\/\/southamericanadventures.wordpress.com\/2008\/04\/23\/dehydrated-vegetables-rock-so-squeeze-the-orange\/\">here<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I just found and read a really terrific post on South American Adventures that speaks to some common challenges that language students encounter when studying abroad. 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