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Learning Foreign Languages In The Dark

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The stock phrases for learning other languages can grow old quickly. 

There are only so many times you can ask someone if they play tennis in Spanish or German or Italian. 

A Southern Oregon University instructor of German hit on a new idea: a Foreign Language Film Festival

Eight films, five languages, no charge for the first festival, May 1-3. 

The founder, Christiane Pyle, joins us.  

 

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Geoffrey Riley is a graduate of the University of Missouri School of Journalism and has hosted the Jefferson Exchange on JPR since 2009. He's been a broadcaster in the Rogue Valley for more than 35 years, working in both television and radio.