Lindsay Szper and her pals believe the best way to learn language is through friendship. Modo di Bere agrees! Lindsay is a language teacher and a language learner by vocation. She’s studying language pedagogy at The New School and working on a masters in Oral History at Columbia. In this deep, funny, sweet and smart interview, Lindsay tells Rose Thomas about the community-based language school she started with her friends. She also shares stories about her remarkably multilingual grandparents, the playground "exam" for the language Lindsay invented as a child, and tons of incredibly encouraging advice for acquiring--no, developing!--new language skills. Stay tuned for the second part of the interview!<br><br>To find out more about Culture Without Borders and to learn about their events in the New York City Area, you can get in touch with Lindsay at [email protected].<br><br> This is the book Lindsay mentioned: <a href="https://global.oup.com/academic/product/rethinking-oral-history-and-tradition-9780190681685?cc=us&lang=en&">Rethinking Oral History and Tradition</a> by Nepia Mahuika<br>Here is a <a href="https://youtu.be/pX6UZNQXL_w">YouTube video</a> featuring the language scholar Dianne Larson Freeman, and <a href="https://englishforbeachpurposes.files.wordpress.com/2013/12/larsenfreeman_2006-the-emergence-of-complexity-fluency-and-accuracy-in-the-oral-and-written-production-of-five-chinese-learners-of-english.pdf">a paper that she wrote</a> about language learning<br>One of the friends Lindsay mentions, Reina, advises studying language through media about a topic that is fun for you. Reina is a small business owner in New York City, check out <a href="https://reinascleaningservicesllc.com/">Reina's Cleaning Services LLC.</a><br><br>If you love the show and want it to continue, please support Modo di Bere on Patreon! <a href="https://www.patreon.com/MododiBere"> www.patreon.com/MododiBere</a><br>Follow Modo di Bere on Instagram, TikTok and YouTube, and find out more about the project at <a href="https://www.mododibere.com">www.mododibere.com</a>.<br>Puoi ascoltare questa intervista in italiano! Cerca <a href="https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/modo-di-bere-italiano/id1675575364 ">Modo di Bere Italiano</a> ovunque ascolti i podcast.<br>Music composed by Ersilia Prosperi for the band Ou: <a href="https://oumusic.bandcamp.com"> www.oumusic.bandcamp.com</a><br> Audio recorded and edited by Rose Thomas Bannister with assistance from Steve Silverstein. <br> [email protected]