Media Resources for Belgium
If someone from Iceland, Ghana, or Oman were to visit you in the States, wouldn’t you want them to understand some things about your culture before they arrived?
From popular culture, movies, YouTube videos, articles, blog posts, and travel guides, we can derive culture, cultural context and clues. We encourage you to do this as you prepare to visit someone else’s home country! Here’s a list of resources that may help you understand your host culture and ease the transition between home and host countries:
Recommended Books and Guides:
- Lonely Planet – A look at what makes Belgium such a great place to be!
- Diversity Abroad
- Frommer’s
- Travel and Leisure
- CIA Factbook
- Tripadvisor #CISabroadtip: check out their smartphone app too!
- Wikitravel Belgium
- Visit Belgium
- Vayama Belgium
- A Tall Man in a Low Land by Harry Pearson
- Neither Here nor There by Bill Bryson
Recommended Videos and Movies:
More video Resources:
Travel Tips: Why you need a U.S. Passport Card
Language Resources:
Google translate
Word Lens
Mango Languages
iTranslate
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Living Language
busuu
Duolingo
Memrise