Monday: Learning the Language

We're back, with our longest show to date, with three features on learning other languages.

Speaking in tongues (11:22)
We look at people coming together to hone another language. Brad Iverson-Long talks with some German speakers at a Greek restaurant. Amina Al-Sadi explains why her French class is so engaging. And we end the show with a snapshot of an Arabic spelling bee.

For the Arabic spelling bee, the contestants wrote out their answers on a blackboard. (In most English spelling bees, like in the movie Spellbound, contestants recite their answers.) Here's what it looked like:

Here is a listing of all the language groups that meet at The Continental. I recommend the German group, and the lamb burger.
The Arabic spelling bee was part of the Arab Festival, which we did a show on 11 days ago.

Today's show features the song Circles by HC-7, found on CCMixter.