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Imparare le lingue = cucinare?
Hai mai notato che nessuno dice: "Ho preso lezioni di cucina per anni e ancora non so cucinare"?
Due parole sulle tavole di conversazione
Qualche giorno fa, un amico mi ha detto che ha smesso di partecipare ai tavoli di conversazione perché non stava più facendo progressi e il livello non era abbastanza impegnativo.
Strumenti linguistici
I wanted to give some updates, mainly about something that took me several full days of work...
Read moreOdoo Experience 2024
Qualche giorno fa sono andata alla conferenza annuale di una delle aziende tecnologiche più importanti in Belgio.
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Perché imparare la lingua locale
Ieri sera, abbiamo letteralmente avuto una cascata nell'appartamento a causa di un tubo rotto nell'appartamento sopra.
Read moreOvercoming Imposter Syndrome
Are you a non-native language teacher struggling with self-doubt?
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Un glossario di francese giuridico?
A few months ago, for reasons I can't quite recall, I attended an event at the Académie de Belgique (Belgian Academy).
Read moreAI for Language Learning
Learning a new language as a busy freelancer can feel daunting, but with the right strategies and tools, it doesn’t have to be.
Watch nowOn Money and Meaningful Jobs
Some days ago I had my usual Dutch class and we spoke about meaningful jobs. Since my teacher knows my story, she asked me to speak to introduce the topic.
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50 Shades of "Imperfect"
I got the idea for this article from overhearing my Finnish flatmate's somewhat hopeless plea to her Italian colleague for...
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Three "glorious moments"
Some days ago, a conversation with a great fan-student made me think about what I call the “glorious moments” of my life
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How fast can life change?
This episode includes a chat - once again about my story - but what I find more interesting is the host.
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Listen to me on La Fabrique à Polyglottes!
Some weeks ago I had the chance to be invited by Coralie from La Fabrique à Polyglottes to be her guest on her podcast and talk about the opportunities of using ChatGPT to learn languages - still too underrated.
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Languages make me feel at home
I'm back in Brussels after spending a month in Italy to visit my parents and as soon as I was on the plane...
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I thought I had “event-anxiety”
As an Italian, I have a huge issue: hating groups. Growing up in such a group-based culture, it means to be doomed to loneliness.
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I'm on YT with Bahador Alast!
Some days ago I had the honour to join Bahador Alast’s channel and have a chat with some other non-native Persian speakers.
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How long does it take to speak a language?
Instagram message request, 9.50 am: "Do you give private classes? I know very little Italian, I have now realised that I should have started earlier, but now I feel I'm lagging.
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Feeling part of a community
On November 11, I went to Oostende for the podcast festival of the Flemish newspaper De Standaard.
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Language, respect, and integration
Since I arrived in Brussels, I’ve rarely had one single day where some foreigner or non-Brussels Belgian didn’t spit on the city.
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Uzbekistan:
A Tajik phrasebook
This article was originally published on Medium on April 27, 2020.
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My "Great Resignation"
I don’t clearly remember how I felt when all the flights got canceled. It’s like a blank space—trauma does that. Talking with others, I’ve realized I’m not alone.
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Language teaching and psychotherapy
That's a metaphor that I dared tell someone when almost two years ago I received an email where a potential student said he was "assessing" different teachers and comparing the conditions etc
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Anxiety and my work journey
I've always suffered from anxiety, since my childhood. One could say that fighting against anxiety is the background "noise" behind anything I've done in my life.
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About being "a Maggi"
Having a "bipartisan" foreign surname in a deeply divided country.
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Back to Russian - part 3
My time in Moscow wasn't just an internship — it was a deep dive into language, culture, freedom, and a good dose of chaos. Here's a raw reflection on how speaking Russian saved my sanity and shaped my future.
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Here we go, Brussels
When I came back from Moscow, slipping into my old routine felt almost impossible. What I missed most was my freedom.
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My experience with the "employee life"
I genuinely enjoyed my internship, especially the first six months. But already by the end of 2018, I was flirting with the idea of starting my own business.
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How Covid (positively) changed my life
Before the pandemic, life looked good on paper: I had a stable job, a decent salary, great colleagues, and I was living in Brussels. But I wasn’t thriving.
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Back to Russian - part 2
How everyday encounters in Moscow - from taxi rides to market chats - turned into unforgettable language and cultural experiences during my three-month stay in Russia.
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Back to Russian - part 1
Fast forward to 2017. Somehow, I found myself… Back in Moscow, just like in 2004.
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Persian: fight and revenge
In my last post, I talked about how Hungarian and online communities introduced me to a new way of connecting with people. That experience was powerful—but it was only the beginning.
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Hungarian and online communities
Hungarian was another one of my great language love stories. It was the first one that made me show up online—and made me realize the internet’s potential to connect, to learn, and to create something meaningful.
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My first language experience
In this blog post, I share how a childhood trip to Russia unexpectedly sparked my passion for languages.
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How I started teaching Italian
Teach Italian in Italy? That idea didn’t cross my mind when I was a teenager. But looking back, the seeds of my teaching journey were planted much earlier than I ever realized.
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The language journey goes on
From Tagalog, I began an ideal journey through the main Asian language families, working my way westward—like a linguistic adventure from the Philippines to Europe.
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Tagalog and the second phase of my journey
In the last article, I talked about discovering the Cyrillic alphabet and how I fell in love with Russian, even if it was far too complicated for me to learn back then with the limited resources I had.
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