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					  <title><![CDATA[When Gringos Attack]]></title>
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					  <description><![CDATA[I thought I would write another article about a subject that&#039;s been near and dear to my heart since the wife and I moved to Central Mexico We are here in the Colonial City of Guanajuato, where we&#039;ve lived for more than five years and counting]]></description>
					  <author>no@spam.com (Douglas Bower)</author>
					  <pubDate>Wed, 02 Jul 2008 05:17:29 EDT</pubDate>
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					  <title><![CDATA[The First Step In Your Expatriation Adventure]]></title>
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					  <description><![CDATA[The very first thing you should consider once you&#039;ve made your mind up as to where you are going to live overseas might surprise you The many letters we receive from potential expats always begin with the theme of cost of living]]></description>
					  <author>no@spam.com (Douglas Bower)</author>
					  <pubDate>Sun, 11 May 2008 19:57:34 EDT</pubDate>
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					  <title><![CDATA[Why You Have To Listen First And Speak Later In Second Language Learning]]></title>
					  <link>http://www.usais.org/articles/33796/1/Why-You-Have-To-Listen-First-And-Speak-Later-In-Second-Language-Learning/Page1.html</link>
					  <description><![CDATA[If you&#039;ve been following my articles on Second Language Acquisition, you know I&#039;ve made a big deal about seeking to comprehend the language you&#039;ve chosen to learn before trying to speak or produce in the language I&#039;ve used the imagery of a horse-drawn cart to illustrate the question of which comes first: learning grammar or listening-speaking]]></description>
					  <author>no@spam.com (Douglas Bower)</author>
					  <pubDate>Mon, 28 Apr 2008 15:51:16 EDT</pubDate>
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					  <title><![CDATA[You Can Learn A Second Language No Matter What]]></title>
					  <link>http://www.usais.org/articles/32543/1/You-Can-Learn-A-Second-Language-No-Matter-What/Page1.html</link>
					  <description><![CDATA[The other day I typed in &quot;Language Schools&quot; into Google and came up with a whopping 95 million hits After popping my eyes back into my head, I wondered just how many public schools, junior colleges, and universities are offering second language learning opportunities in the United States]]></description>
					  <author>no@spam.com (Douglas Bower)</author>
					  <pubDate>Tue, 22 Apr 2008 12:47:24 EDT</pubDate>
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					  <title><![CDATA[What Is Total Immersion In Learning A Second Language?]]></title>
					  <link>http://www.usais.org/articles/31878/1/What-Is-Total-Immersion-In-Learning-A-Second-Language/Page1.html</link>
					  <description><![CDATA[IntroductionIn the 1990&#039;s when I was contemplating learning Spanish, I was told repeatedly by well-meaning friends that if I really wanted to learn Spanish I would have to live in a country in which Spanish was the dominate spoken tongue If you Google &quot;Spanish Immersion,&quot; you will get 1,790,000 hits]]></description>
					  <author>no@spam.com (Douglas Bower)</author>
					  <pubDate>Thu, 17 Apr 2008 22:05:45 EDT</pubDate>
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					  <title><![CDATA[How To Become Mexicanized]]></title>
					  <link>http://www.usais.org/articles/30446/1/How-To-Become-Mexicanized/Page1.html</link>
					  <description><![CDATA[Is it fair, no, not fair but ethical, to demand of immigrants to America that which we, as Americans, would not demand of ourselves when and if we were to immigrate to another country Are we being &quot;Double Minded Gringos&quot; to demand certain things, if you will-requirements, of Mexicans for example, when they attempt to move to our country that we wouldn&#039;t dare demand of ourselves]]></description>
					  <author>no@spam.com (Douglas Bower)</author>
					  <pubDate>Thu, 10 Apr 2008 02:51:55 EDT</pubDate>
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					  <title><![CDATA[When Does Tolerance Stop Becoming A Virtue?]]></title>
					  <link>http://www.usais.org/articles/22077/1/When-Does-Tolerance-Stop-Becoming-A-Virtue/Page1.html</link>
					  <description><![CDATA[When does &quot;Tolerance&quot; or &quot;Live and Let Live&quot; stop becoming a virtue Is it even a virtue]]></description>
					  <author>no@spam.com (Douglas Bower)</author>
					  <pubDate>Mon, 11 Feb 2008 05:04:37 EST</pubDate>
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					  <title><![CDATA[Spanishing In Guanajuato]]></title>
					  <link>http://www.usais.org/articles/21906/1/Spanishing-In-Guanajuato/Page1.html</link>
					  <description><![CDATA[I&#039;ve been in Spanish classes for the past two weeks It&#039;s been great]]></description>
					  <author>no@spam.com (Douglas Bower)</author>
					  <pubDate>Sun, 10 Feb 2008 05:27:57 EST</pubDate>
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					  <title><![CDATA[Not Knowing Spanish And Living In Mexico? A Dangerous Mix]]></title>
					  <link>http://www.usais.org/articles/21686/1/Not-Knowing-Spanish-And-Living-In-Mexico-A-Dangerous-Mix/Page1.html</link>
					  <description><![CDATA[If you happen to have an interest in expatriation and are targeting Mexico as a possibility, here is some of the banter you most certainly will read on the forums: &quot;To Learn Spanish or Not To Learn Spanish, That is the Question&quot;I fall, of course, on the &quot;You&#039;ve got to learn Spanish&quot; side of the fence]]></description>
					  <author>no@spam.com (Douglas Bower)</author>
					  <pubDate>Fri, 08 Feb 2008 13:22:40 EST</pubDate>
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					  <title><![CDATA[Heading Back To Spanish Class--Again!]]></title>
					  <link>http://www.usais.org/articles/21685/1/Heading-Back-To-Spanish-Class--Again/Page1.html</link>
					  <description><![CDATA[I am 19 days away from starting my Spanish classes-again When the wife and I first moved to Mexico, we enrolled in Spanish classes]]></description>
					  <author>no@spam.com (Douglas Bower)</author>
					  <pubDate>Fri, 08 Feb 2008 13:16:07 EST</pubDate>
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