14 min

The Language Learner Neighbors

    • Personal Journals

We meet Gin Thawng. The 66-year old is a refugee from Burma living in a Nashville apartment with his ailing wife, a baby grandson, his daughter-in-law and son. A graduate of an innovative ESL program-on-wheels, Thawng shows us something about the power that language has and how human connection is bigger than just words.

 

Editing by: Emily Siner and Mack Linebaugh
Photo by: Brad Butcher
Production Assistance by: Bailey Robbins
​Music by: Podington Bear and Dan Burns
Sponsors: Yazoo Brewing Company and Magnolia Record Club
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We meet Gin Thawng. The 66-year old is a refugee from Burma living in a Nashville apartment with his ailing wife, a baby grandson, his daughter-in-law and son. A graduate of an innovative ESL program-on-wheels, Thawng shows us something about the power that language has and how human connection is bigger than just words.

 

Editing by: Emily Siner and Mack Linebaugh
Photo by: Brad Butcher
Production Assistance by: Bailey Robbins
​Music by: Podington Bear and Dan Burns
Sponsors: Yazoo Brewing Company and Magnolia Record Club
Leave a rating or review in iTunes
Neighbors is a member of The Heard
Neighbors is from Nashville Public Radio

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