S1 E6: "I can do something not everyone can do!"

About this episode

Claire discusses her journey to bilingualism and the role of creativity in language learning.

"My personality is what it is...the language just becomes a means of communication" Claire, a Spanish and Italian-speaking American now based in Italy (and who teaches Italian kids 👉 @claire_teaches_kids) had the life goal of becoming bilingual... She didn't want to sound like an American 😅 and could even convince people that she was Spanish! 😆 Don't miss her definition of creativity or her thoughts on what motivates people to use English in their businesses and projects. Janelle is the fo...

People in this episode

Host: Janelle French

Guest: Claire

Topics covered

• bilingualism
• language learning
• creativity
• motivation
• teaching

Keywords

• bilingual
• Spanish
• Italian
• creativity
• language
• motivation
• teaching

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: claire_teaches_kids

Places: Italy

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