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Posts tagged Writing about language learning

Peter Hessler, "River Town"

Rivertown is Peter Hessler's memoir of living and teaching in rural Sichuan province as a Peace Corps volunteer in the 1990s. It is one of the most widely read accounts in the English-speaking world of living in China as a foreigner.

Hessler - River TownAustin WoernerAugust 5, 2018EAP101, EAP101 Fall 2019, Peter Hessler, Literary journalism, Creative Nonfiction, Memoir, Writing about language learning

Yiyun Li, "Listening is Believing"

A short personal essay in which author Yiyun Li describes her childhood in 1980s Beijing and the origins of her desire to study English.

Li - Listening is...Austin WoernerJune 1, 2018EAP101, EAP101 Fall 2019, Creative Nonfiction, Yiyun Li, Memoir, Writing about language learning