
Free event!
Neighborhood group member Terry Hsieh wrote the description for this event:
2025 Throwback: your hobo linguist friend Terry is back in town!Hello Tempe Neighborhood potluckers, Terry is back in town. He'd like to invite everyone to join a chitchat event to talk about our 2025. Terry's Topics include, but not limited to:
• Hosting Polyglot Conference 2025
• Trip to the northernmost human settlement on Svalbard
• North Mariana Islands
• AI and language learning
See you soon!
best,
Terry Hsieh
About the Event Host:
Terry Chih-Hsiang Hsieh is a Taiwanese polyglot and an activist for the indigenous languages of Taiwan and the world. He has authored and co-authored four books on language acquisition and teaching methodology. Currently, he serves as the CEO of Polyglot.tw and as an advisor at the Indigenous Language Research and Development Foundation.
A self-described “linguistic digital nomad,” Terry has traveled to more than 100 countries and territories to study languages. He speaks over 50 languages at varying levels of proficiency.
What to Bring: You do not need to bring anything. This is a free event. The venue hosts are providing finger food and light refreshments. For this particular event, the hosts are asking that guests not bring any food or drink. Kumiko is making home-made snacks.