Brittany Luce

Yes.

One of the leads of the show Heated Rivalry because he had to take essentially a crash course in Russian for his character to speak in the accent convincingly and deliver that very powerful monologue.

I mean, that is a very concrete language goal.

That is a very good language goal.

Okay, so Emily, what's your language goal and what methods are working for you as you're learning?

Short term, I'm going to London with my auntie Linda.

And if I could speak Mandarin to her there, she would be so surprised.

And I think it would just delight her if I showed up able to have brief conversations or say a few more things and we could talk because she has been poking me to study it for a long time.

And then long term, I want to be able to speak to my dad when he's much older.

He's told me that he thinks his brain is going to revert back to his first language.

And I want to be able to talk to him in those final moments when he maybe needs the comfort of his of his mother tongue.

That is so beautiful.

Wait, what methods of learning, though, are you using to to be able to achieve those?

Yeah, so I had originally signed up for classes over Zoom and they could be kind of chaotic.

I don't think I made a ton of progress.

So I'm really looking for in-person opportunities like conversation meetups or conferences.

Mahjong Game Nights.

Mahjong is a very popular game across the Asian diaspora.

It's also played in America.

There's an American version.