#65 Alice Cimino on Learning With Downton Abbey
Alice Cimino spent her formative years in places that are not her parents' homeland, speaking French and Italian at home, and learning Spanish and English as a teenager. Alice writes articles for Fluent in 3 Months and currently lives in London, working a
Language & Travel Hacking · Fluent in 3 Months
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Alice Cimino, a 19 year old third culture kid, chats with Benny Lewis about growing up bilingual, being homeschooled, learning languages as a teenager, and much more.
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Some of the topics brought up during the interview are:
- Growing up in Guadeloupe and integrating Italian into her life
- Moving as a teenager to the Dominican Republic with no Spanish
- Homeschooling and the associated strengths and pitfalls
- Learning English by reading Harry Potter
- Improving her British accent with Downton Abbey and Love Island
- Writing articles and learning to be creative in her non-native language
- Why learning language number five isn’t as easy as it sounds
Podcast theme: “A New Beginning” by Shannon Kennedy
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