Speaking Practice: When Was The Last Time We Just Talked?

Esther Barker lives on her own in a retirement community in Chicago. She knows her neighbours and the staff, but they may not always find time for a lifetime of stories.

In Brazil, young people are hungry for the big wide world. They dream of moving to America, speaking to Americans like Esther, but they don't have the chance to travel abroad.

And then the Brazilian language school CNA works out a way of bringing the two of them together online, and the idea resonates with so many people that o...