Скачать или смотреть The American Expat advantage in France. Making friends & Fitting in.

In this video, we speak about American expats fitting in France or more generally Europe. I argue that they have a unique advantage when fitting in and socializing due to the rarity factor. Because of America's reputation as a powerhouse monolingual nation, the compliment is magnified tenfold. In other words, Europeans do not expects Americans to know another language and when they do....what a compliment it sends!

00:00 Hear it from an American in France
01:00 First obstacle: Going out
02:40 Second obstacle: French social class system
04:50 Your best way into French society
06:11 The American secret weapon
07:30 Avoid being labelled a tourist
09:45 Hear it from an American in France

This phenomenon is not easily accessible to other nations who generally live and work in Europe anyway. But Americans? Quite rare indeed.

Make sure you learn French properly before going to France. Friends will likely be magnetized to you. But fail to do this and expect to spend some very lonely years....

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