{"id":1345,"date":"2022-01-30T21:52:16","date_gmt":"2022-01-30T21:52:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.languagetesting.com\/blog\/?p=1345"},"modified":"2023-10-30T12:49:38","modified_gmt":"2023-10-30T12:49:38","slug":"meet-a-language-superhero-alan-linus-lee-a-modern-day-renaissance-man","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.languagetesting.com\/blog\/meet-a-language-superhero-alan-linus-lee-a-modern-day-renaissance-man\/","title":{"rendered":"<small>Meet a Language Superhero: Alan Linus Lee&#8211;A Modern-Day Renaissance Man<\/small>"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-1346 alignleft\" src=\"https:\/\/www.languagetesting.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/6_LTI_Super_Power_Mag_Alan_Linus_Lee_Final-FC-232x300.jpg\" alt=\"Language Superhero magazine cover: Alan Lee\" width=\"257\" height=\"332\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.languagetesting.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/6_LTI_Super_Power_Mag_Alan_Linus_Lee_Final-FC-232x300.jpg 232w, https:\/\/www.languagetesting.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/6_LTI_Super_Power_Mag_Alan_Linus_Lee_Final-FC-768x994.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.languagetesting.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/6_LTI_Super_Power_Mag_Alan_Linus_Lee_Final-FC-791x1024.jpg 791w, https:\/\/www.languagetesting.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/6_LTI_Super_Power_Mag_Alan_Linus_Lee_Final-FC.jpg 1000w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 257px) 100vw, 257px\" \/>\u00a0Alan Lee is a modern-day renaissance man. He speaks several languages, has obtained multiple degrees and certificates, and traveled the world both for work and study. He has a great perspective on navigating multilingual and multicultural spaces and the impact of travel on language proficiency. He talked to LTI about his experiences learning languages and taking the ACTFL assessments in order to obtain a language proficiency certificate. He&#8217;s a fascinating man, and his story is worth the read.<\/p>\n<p>Read his story:\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.languagetesting.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/Language-Superpower-Magazine-Alan_Lee.pdf\">Language-Superpower-Magazine-Alan_Lee<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">Watch the video to hear directly from Alan about his journey.<\/p>\n<p><iframe title=\"Language Superhero: Alan Lee\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/-kPR8S61BYQ?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>\u00a0Alan Lee is a modern-day renaissance man. He speaks several languages, has obtained multiple degrees and certificates, and traveled the world both for work and study. He has a great perspective on navigating multilingual and multicultural spaces and the impact of travel on language proficiency. He talked to LTI about his experiences learning languages and [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":25,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[162],"tags":[251,249,27,31,155],"class_list":["post-1345","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-bilingual-professionals","tag-actfl-proficiency-certificate","tag-language-is-your-superpower","tag-language-proficiency","tag-multilingual-employees","tag-multilingualism"],"acf":[],"aioseo_notices":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.languagetesting.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1345","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.languagetesting.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.languagetesting.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.languagetesting.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/25"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.languagetesting.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1345"}],"version-history":[{"count":6,"href":"https:\/\/www.languagetesting.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1345\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2839,"href":"https:\/\/www.languagetesting.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1345\/revisions\/2839"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.languagetesting.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1345"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.languagetesting.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1345"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.languagetesting.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1345"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}