Language Musings and Gelato

2191 Pan American Rd W,San Diego CA 92101

10 September, 2022

Description

Does language reveal culture; does it shape our thinking? Is the essence of a country revealed through linguistic quirks and habits? These are some of the questions that Italian teacher and writer Simonetta Carr explores in her humoristic presentation. As an Italian instructor around the world for several decades, Simonetta finds lightness and revelations in the grammatical differences between Italian and English. This in-person lecture, kindly hosted in Balboa Park's Hall of Nations, will make both native Italians and students of Italian laugh at the peculiarities one needs to learn (or unlearn!) while going from one language to another. Single servings of delicious Italian Californian gelato by GelatoLove will conclude the lecture on a sweet and refreshing note. SPEAKER'S BIO: A native of Reggio Emilia, Simonetta Carr has spent her youth in Milan. For most of her life, she has lived in different countries of the world, where she has continued to teach Italian and work as a freelance writer for newspapers and magazines. She has been living in San Diego for 24 years, raising a family (eight kids, now all grown), working as a part-time teacher and translator, and writing children's books. Among her books' titles: Michelangelo for Kids, Cleopatra for Kids, J. R. R. Tolkien for Kids, Ancient Romans and Their Neighbors, Augustine of Hippo, Julia Gonzaga, and Anselm.