"Her avoidance of learning the language has prevented her from fully integrating with other Parisians," Babbel Live French Teacher Malcolm Massey told Business Insider.
"So many things are going wrong here," Massey said of Emily's first encounter with Sylvie and Julien at the marketing agency Savoir. "Emily's unprepared to interact in French on the most basic level. She greets in English, doesn't even ask if he speaks English, and pulls out a translator app."
"Emily's unprepared to interact in French on the most basic level. She greets in English, doesn't even ask if he speaks English, and pulls out a translator app," Massey said.
It will not come as a surprise that Emily may have fared better in the city had she graduated beyond beginner French lessons and taken more time to practice.
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