Rene

Looking for a way to improve my Italian by communicating with others (and without being taking serious) I was pointed to http://impariamo.com/ by 43things member melissamuldoon. This seems a very nice community that allows you to write and chat with Italians and is focussed on people that try to learn Italian. So mistakes are allowed ;)

I didn’t know that such website existed before and it looks like a great addition to the tools that are available to people like myself. Grazie mille Melissa e ci vederci là !

Today, I finished the 10 cd’s of the Michel Thomas Foundation series and the Review series. In one word: excellent!

The Michel Thomas (MT) method does a good job explaining you the concepts of a language, without falling into explaining the grammar only. This is also the main selling point comparing MT to other methods like Pimsleur or other on-the-go courses.

While some find Michel’s English accent a bit annoying at times, it has never bothered me much. For now, the most important thing is that I’ll get a good understanding of the structure of the language.

The Italian language has so many (irregular) conjugations; much more than in English or Dutch. Luckily, I found a site today that will help me practice these:

http://www.verbixte.tk

Iniziare a praticare adesso!