In this episode, we chat with Katie Harris, the founder of Joy of Languages, about finding the joy in languages, feeling calm while recording yourself speaking another language, and tips for journaling in another language.
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In this episode, we chat with Katie Harris, the founder of Joy of Languages, host of Easy Languages Italian and the creator of the #languagediarychallenge. Katie is also a previous student in the Fluent in 3 Months Challenge.
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Episode Overview
Some of the topics brought up during the interview are:
- Moving to Italy, living in Italy and avoiding the English bubble
- Finding joy when learning languages and motivating yourself with cocktails!
- Doing something you love in another language vs doing something you love while learning another language
- How to feel calm before a video conversation
- Katie’s experience with the Fluent in 3 Months Challenge
- What to do when the novelty wears off in language learning
- The importance of language learning communities
- Journaling in a foreign language on Instagram
- Katie’s experience as a host of Easy Languages and overcoming the nerves around approaching strangers in another language
- Watching hours of French reality TV
- Learning multiple languages
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