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The Politics of Badminton

Becky May 9, 2017 3 Comments

Let me tell you a sad little story that happened to me. My first competition was actually a series of three competitions. Yet I only participated in one. Why? Because of politics. You see, the first one was an individual…
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Badminton, Personal Experience

arch-nemesis, community, competition, meeting, speaking

Badminton Training in China -or- Training for a Sport in Your Non-Native Language

Becky September 12, 2016 0 Comments

This past summer I spent a month of my time, and two months of my salary taking an intensive Chinese course. Why? Because of badminton of course! In my new group no one speaks more than a few words of…
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Badminton, Personal Experience

american, chinese, different culture, english, Language, learning in china, speaking, undertsanding