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SOMETHING UNIQUE: This book will go beyond the soft-soaping and beyond the song and dance other “expatriation” guides resort to in their prose. Most books on the market dealing with expatriating issues do not mention the difficulties one will encounter when moving to Mexico. Because of my ability in the language, I am able to ferret out the nuances, good and bad, sadly missing in all of the current Mexico expatriation guides.
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This book is meant NOT to be a "definitive" guide but a collection of essays and stories, with how-to guide features, on working in Mexico as a ESL teacher and other venues. I hope that you will get a feel for what life as an ESL teacher is like here from reading this book. There are plenty other sources you can access online and in bookstores on “how-to teach ESL” and I suggest you check these out. This book is not necessarily a “how-to guide” but a warning, a harbinger of what you are facing should you decide that coming to Mexico to try this out is for you.
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What to expect when moving to central Mexico offers a first-hand account from an American expat who explains what to expect and offers survival tips.
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ABOUT THE BOOK AND ITS NEED: I feel there is no publication available anywhere that covers the material I do. I provide a unique, first-hand account showing how to expatriate to Central Mexico. There is a need for the information I give in this book. Long-time expats in other areas of Mexico are now considering moving to central Mexico since they are being priced out of the housing markets in towns such as San Miguel de Allende and Puerto Vallarta. Also, the cost of living in the traditional American expat enclaves has increased, making it difficult for the expat to maintain his or her current lifestyle. Potential expats are rapidly learning about central Mexico and are moving here but are clueless as to what they face. I get numerous e-mails asking me about the “American Sectors” here in Guanajuato…nothing like that exists. Professionals in America who want to retire here express utter shock that Spanish is the dominant language.
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This is a how-to book on how to learn Spanish or any foreign language. Starting with grammar-first courses will not give you a high degree of spoken fluency in the target language. That's why you need to know the difference between language acquisition and language learning. You want to acquire a language if your goal is to be able to speak it.
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