When a while ago I read this article about the 14 year old Annika Verplancke combining ballet and hip-hop in one performance, it hit me. Her performance is a great representation of what all Third Culture Kids do every day: they try to combine all the values, beliefs, customs, traditions, languages in the best possible […]
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International Life Assessment for the Accompanying Partner
As Accompanying Partners we manage to organize an international move within a few weeks, adjust easily in the new place and make everything work quite quickly. But at some point we can get into a sort of survival mode. We know there is something missing. We can’t really name it but we start feeling […]
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What made you become an Accompanying Partner?
The way we experience our life as Accompanying Partners pretty much depends on the reason why and the moment we took the decision to live abroad. If we move because of our partners’ job we have other expectations than if we do so because of our own job and if we add a family […]
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4 tips to learn a new language for adults
When adults learn a new language they often opt for conventional language classes, i.e. learn the grammar and follow a textbook. If they need to attain a certain level quickly (cfr. A1-C2 of the Common European Framework of Reference for Languages or CEFRL), they follow intensive courses where they immerse into the language for […]
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Smiling and Cultural Identity
Our cultural identity helps us to create a sense of belonging, security, satisfaction and makes us feel connected. We all exist on different levels: we may identify with our nation, an ethnic group, a geographic region, social status, faith in a religious belief or ideology etc. Although we all have different types of identities – we […]
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