Page 35 of The Secret to Belonging

Hønedal, NorwayLatitude: 60.1682° N

Longitude: 10.2564° E

velkommen til språk sommerskolen!

says a guy wearing a happy-face name tag

he points to the name on his chest

and switches to English

i’m Karl-Peter, your group leader, and i’m excited

to welcome you to language summer school!

over the next two weeks you’ll be introduced to basic

Norwegian and get ready to meet your host families!

this guy is very enthusiastic

he even looks like an exclamation point

Karl-Peter passes out more happy-face name tags

he interviews everyone and learns you are

eleven Americans

five Australians

four Canadians

three Dutch

two Germans

one Chilean

twenty-six students who speak seven languages

(in addition to English)

no one speaks Norwegian

yet

Karl-Peter divides you into small groups

and you practice

introducing yourselves

Jeg heter Karl-Peter

explaining you’re exchange students

Jeg er en utvekslingselev