Peace Corps. — iv, 98 p.
This manual is competency based and contains useful expressions related to all training components such as technique, health, safety and security. This will build up your ability to communicate in local language and will bring you closer to the community with which you will work.
This capacity will also enable you to know your community better. You will participate effectively and with increased personal satisfaction in the type of cultural and technical exchange that Peace Corps has been advocating for since its creation.
Some suggestions for succeeding in this learning process are being receptive and taking risks. Use the new language, analyze it and be methodic. Search for new words with friends, host families, and counterparts.
The Lama alphabet.
Greetings.
Introduce oneself and someone else.
Present one's family.
Buying essential items.
Talk about food habits of the host country.
Invite someone, accept or decline an invitation.
Talk about daily activities.
Ask for and give direction and time.
Talk about transportation.
Talk about one's state of health.
Express one's sympathy in a happy or sad event.
Ask for help in an emergency case.
Talk about her/his work.
Useful expressions.
English-Lama Glossary.