learn italian

Not a vast amount of progress this week. Too many other issues got in the way. That said, I have done fairly well with my revision of past notes, and I hope to move forward in the upcoming week. http://iononsonomarco.wordpress.com/ 3 days ago

I can’t believe I havent gotten rid of this goal. Of course, I love the Italian language, and Italy, but just with everything else I have to do. However, I am now in a Renaissance class where everyone, but me, speak Italian fluently! And I quite love the class. So we’ll see. 4 days ago

So, I think I did pretty well in my courses today and I really enjoyed them all. But I have to say that I felt like a bit of a scared bunny in the headlights during the politics class though…I barely understand politics in English let alone in Italian! haha 5 days ago

So the new semester of university begins tomorrow and I will be taking all my subjects in Italian. I’m sure that my comprehension will not be very good to start with but I think that by throwing myself in at the deep end I will make much faster progress with the language. Having to pass 4 subjects that count towards my degree is a pretty big incentive to learn the language. Looking forward to the challenge…. 6 days ago

OK, I admit it. I have made limited progress in this area. Health issues and some inertia got in the way. On the plus side, last night I listened in to a full-speed Italian chat that was taking place in the pub: I understood a surprising amount.

So, this Thing needs a little more effort on my part. 1 week ago

I passed my exam, and with a high score, too!

Looking forward to going back to the classroom next Tuesday. 1 week ago

I’ve been taking Italian classes in a private school since early October. I didn’t start at the first level because I already knew some Italian before, but at the A2 level and on Saturday 21st I took the test, for which the results should be online sometime this week. I think I did well, or at least, well enough.
I am lucky that our ‘maestra’ is a very approachable and chatty person who makes learning fun and I’ve already gained a lot more confidence in actually speaking the language.

Now, I’ve had a love-hate relationship with Italian all my life (which is closely connected with my father who speaks it fluently but refused to teach me), and I’ve always, always hated being tested in any way.
So these were 2, no, 3 big leaps out of my comfort zone (there are other people in my class, obviously, and I struggle with social anxiety) and I am very proud of myself for stepping out and deciding to be brave and invest time and money into bettering myself. 2 weeks ago

I have enrolled on the BBC steps online Italian language course :) I get weekly reminders giving me parts to work through! I can now order at a cafe (“Un Cappuccino, per favore!”) And point out landmarks (“È il teatro romano”). Brilliant! 2 weeks ago

Italian is a wonderful language, as I am sure most of us would agree.

I have enough French at my command for a fair conversation. A smattering of half-forgotten Russian lies somewhere at the back of my brain.

My aim this year is to gain a good, functional understanding of Italian. 3 weeks ago

I learnt the basics at uni and I am using the internet to learn more.
I would like to spend some time in Italy to learn more 3 weeks ago