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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Featured Resources

• italki
• Fluent in 3 Months Challenge

Mentioned in this Episode

• italki
• Fluent in 3 Months Challenge
• Joy of Languages
• Five Minute Italian Podcast
• Easy Languages
• Katie’s Instagram
• Katie’s YouTube
• Jessica’s Facebook

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

Podcast theme: “A New Beginning” by Shannon Kennedy

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