Why Not Speak Their Language When You Travel?

When you go to Europe, don't be shy: Try speak the language of your destination. It can be fun!


Preparing for my first German book tour, I took an on-line grammar test from a language school. Big mistake. I was never good at test-taking and I bombed, despite having studied some basic German for more than a year. I told this to a friend who teaches German and he said, "Forgot it. Nobody's going to test you over there. The key thing is, can you communicate? If you make mistakes, so what? Don'...