The Moth

English Lessons

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An eight-year-old immigrant learns English to win a girl’s heart.

Tags Childhood Teenagehood Love Language Dating Coming of age Nostalgic Romantic Bittersweet Sad

Storyteller

Ivan Kuraev

Featured on

All Together Now​:​Fridays with The Moth​— Dante Jackson & Ivan Kuraev

Recorded Date

September 26, 2011

“There were only so many times I could ask her out to take tea with me.”

Photo by Jason Falchook
Ivan Kuraev

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