Blog Archives

Gio Silva

Having a professional and academic background in journalism and communication, I have always been interested in learning about other cultures, other ways of seeing the world. What better city than DC for that, and what better organization than GLN? Let's learn from each other!...
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Alexandra Endara

My experiences have thought me that one of the best ways to learn is interacting with others and learn from and with them. This is one of the main reasons I enjoyed teaching with GLN. I love been a mediator between my culture & language...
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Emmi Tewkbury-Volpe

Emmi was an early adopter of GLN. Back in 2006 when GLN was still a student organization at The George Washington University and Emmi was a college freshman homesick for her hometown of Naples, she taught her very first Italian course. Seven years later, she became...
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Johan Ferreira

Newly transplanted to DC this past Fall, John Ferreira immediately contacted GLN about teaching his native language, Afrikaans. Coming from a country that has 11 official languages, Johan thinks you can best understand someone’s perspective by speaking their language. For Johan, teaching his mother tongue...
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Anne-Marie Niandou

What I love in teaching my language with the GLN is helping my students fulfill their different language learning goals. I love to see my students acquire enough language skills to communicate with their loved ones, get that promotion at work, improve their grades or...
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