#55 Elfin Waters on Falling in Lust with Languages

Native Italian speaker and teacher Elfin Waters shares with Benny and Shannon about falling in love with languages as an escape, using Instagram as a language learning resource, and building Italian language content for language learners.

Featured Resources

• Women in Language
• All About Italian

Mentioned in this Episode

• Women in Language
• All About Italian
• All About Italian Retreats
• All About Italian Instagram
• Con Parole Noste - Italian Conversations

Episode Overview

Some of the topics brought up during the interview are:

• Growing up in a family that prioritizes language learning
• Shifting from language learner to language teacher
• Getting in touch with the country with the language
• Using Instagram as a learning tool
• The power of compounding lots of small tasks
• Slow learning and having fun with creativity
• Finding joy in language learning
• What language retreats are and finding the right one
• Learning specific Italian dialects
• Using food for language learning

Podcast theme: “A New Beginning” by Shannon Kennedy

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