Week 1: A Concise Chinese-English Dictionary for Lovers

This week's book: A Concise Chinese-English Dictionary for Lovers by Xiaolu Guo. 

Zhuang's life is forever changed after she spends a year abroad in England. She falls in love, travels around Europe, expands her cultural horizons, and learns what true loneliness means. Narrated as journal entries, we watch her struggle to navigate and make sense of a foreign language, as well as a foreign lover. 

Interview with Xiaolu Guo: https://podcasts.apple.com/jo/podcast/world-book-club/id263658343?i=1000633622386

My research paper on Confronting Persistent Errors in the ESOL Classroom:

https://www.ingentaconnect.com/content/natecla/esol/2024/00000035/00000001/art00007