Indiana University's Sarah Eiden on Living And Learning Italian

The Study Abroadcast

When you take all of your classes in a different language, it's pretty safe to say you're going to come out professionally fluent. That's exactly what happened for Sarah Eiden in this terrific interview I did from her time in Bologna, Italy.

“I’m definitely more open minded and patient with people who have a different world view than I do” — Sarah Eiden

"She was unstoppable. Not because she did not have failures or doubts, bit because she continued on despite them.”
— Beau Taplin

SHOW NOTES

• Why Sarah chose Italy 🇮🇹 [1:34] (it went back to 2nd grade!)
• How she chose Bologna, specifically 🧐 [3:54]
  
  • All her classes were in Italian
• Scholarships and grants @ IU 💸 [5:45]
  
  • “They’re giving money away!”
• A day in the life in Bologna 👩‍🏫 [7:41]
• Seeing the rest of Italy, like a true Italian + Spain and Austria 🧳 [11:30]
• Getting caught in a protest 👊 [12:09]
• Learning how to make pasta from the masters of pasta making 🍝 [16:30]
• Coming out ‘professionally proficient’ 🗣 [19:39]
• How studying abroad made Sarah more comfortable 😇 [21:04]
• Why Sarah decided to go to Indiana University 🎓 [25:46]
• Duolingo, Memrise, and Cram 📱