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Ep. 65: Multilingual Parent, Poet & Teacher - Interview with Suzy

Nov 25, 202359 min
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Episode description

Suzy is an Armenian-American EFL (English as a foreign language) instructor, multilingual poet and mom raising two young multilingual children. She grew up bilingually and much of her poetry focuses on the immigrant experience, especially for children of immigrants like herself. She shares with us her journey learning her various languages, how she met her French husband, and how they are raising their two children to be trilingual in Armenian, French and English. Suzy and Heather, who both teach English to foreigners in the U.S., agree that their experiences living abroad in France help them better relate to their students and to their struggles learning English while living and working in the U.S. They also discuss how important it is to learn about the culture as well as the language and grammar if we want to become proficient speakers. Suzy grew up in L.A. which has many dual-language programs and she is happy her son will be attending one and gaining exposure to a fourth language through school.


To follow Suzy and her work:

Instagram

Linktree


Other resources mentioned during the episode:

Poetry Unbound

Armenian YouTube Channel

Armenian workbooks

French YouTube Channel

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