Episode 260: EwK260 Maria Virgínia Barros on how a love of writing can improve your language skills

You first met Maria in episode 244 of the podcast about the conversation club.I first met her at our networking for language professionals events and through her interview on the Language Worker podcast.Maria also shared more of her story at one of our conversation club meetings and I thought it would be interesting to share this story with you as well.We talked about:* Maria’s interest in writing and how it has continued throughout the different stages of her career* Maria’s blog in Portuguese* Tips for how writing can help you to improve your language skills – either in your first language or an additional one* How writing by hand and typing in other languages with additional characters are good ways* How writing or journalling can help us to be present and get to know ourselves better.We also discussed Maria’s upcoming course for those who want to learn more about subtitling. You can find the details here: https://www.translastars.com/course/master-subtitlingWho is Maria?>Maria Virgínia Barros is a passionate wordsmith with a background in export and international communication. After completing her degree in contemporary languages and literature from the University of Porto, she deepened her skills through a postgraduate program in specialised translation at Porto Executive Academy.Today, Maria Virgínia dedicates herself exclusively to translation and subtitling projects for various companies and television networks.Her love for language extends beyond professional work. Maria Virgínia continues to write poetry and has maintained a personal blog, Sítio da Saudade, for nearly two decades. She believes that poetry and translation share a fundamental connection: the pursuit of the perfect word.Find out more on the show notes page: https://englishwithkirsty.com/podcast/episode260/Connect with us on LinkedIn:Kirsty - https://www.linkedin.com/in/kirsty-wolf-a8478235/Maria - https://www.linkedin.com/in/mariavirginiabarros-language-consultant/