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