41: A Teacher’s English Blog Shares the World with Italian Teens - Maria Grazia Spila

Discover Your Talent–Do What You Love

Don Hutcheson

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5 • 618 Ratings

🗓️ 29 June 2015

⏱️ 29 minutes

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Living and working in Subiaco, a small town near Rome, Italy, Maria Grazia Spila has taught English to Italian teenagers for more than 20 years and “loves everything British.” Her favorite hobby is blogging in English, which has changed her life in recent years, opening doors around the world. Using social media, especially Facebook, she formed new friendships and opportunities for collaboration. This led to more travel, while also exposing her students to a wider view of the world. Her passions include classic literature, books, costume movies, period drama series, art and traveling.

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0:00.0	Hello world, welcome to discover your talent, do what you love.
0:14.2	I'm creator and host, Don Hutchison.
0:17.2	Every day I interview someone from around the world who has discovered her talents to do work she loves to create a life of success, satisfaction, and freedom.
0:27.6	Today I'm delighted to bring you our featured guest, Maria Grazie Spila. Maria, welcome to the show.
0:34.6	Thank you, Dan. Hello, everybody. Are you using your talents and doing work that you love Maria?
0:41.3	Yeah, I think so. I'm one of the lucky ones.
0:45.3	Good. We want to hear more.
0:47.3	Maria Grazie Spila is an English teacher to Italian teenage students, or has been, for more than 20 years. She lives and works
0:56.2	in a small town near Rome called Subiaco. She loves classic literature, reading books, costume
1:03.9	movies, period drama series, art, traveling, and everything British. Her favorite hobby is blogging, which has really changed her life in the last few years.
1:15.7	So, Maria, that's the executive summary of your very interesting life.
1:19.8	Take us to what you're doing now and what has your passion.
1:22.7	Okay, lots of things because I can't do without.
1:26.4	I'm always, always doing too many things.
1:30.1	Yeah.
1:31.0	Yeah, as for work, I'm teaching Shakespeare this period and Victorian literature,
1:38.4	but I'm also planning a week in England with my students.
1:42.9	We are going to England for a week before the end of the school year.
1:47.3	Do you do that kind of trip every year with them?
1:50.0	Yeah, last year we went to Dublin and we stayed there for a week.
1:55.2	And this year we are going to England, Bristol or Brighton.
1:58.7	These are the destinations.
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