Your night table is about to collapse under its own weight. You keep stacking Italian book on top of Italian book because you are going to read them. One day. They won’t be furniture. One day. I suppose this is how you see it: reading a book in Italian (from the first page to the last) […]
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When you start learning a language you have high expectations, more than you would care to admit. A new language opens up a new world and you would just dive into it, head first. I have always had extremely high expectations every time I have learned a new language and I can honestly say that,
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A couple of months ago I happened to find an old diary that I wrote when I was in high school. Reading it was quite the experience: my life was all there, a punctual analysis of major and minor events that I wanted to fix on paper to… I don’t really know why I had
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This is not my usual blog post, it’s an action plan. Totally doable, so before even reading, download this PDF. Why an action plan? Because we procrastinate, of course! So this time you have no excuses, I have outlined your action plan and you only need to fill it in with your personal goals. While
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Listen to this blog post (18 min) Omg! I have spent months studying the language and now that I’m in Italy I can’t understand a single word, how is that even possible? I’ll have to nod, pretending I agree with everything when in reality I have no idea what they are talking about! Don’t bother
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There are uncountable different methods, approaches, techniques when it comes to language learning. It seems all teachers have their proven method to bring you to the next level, or to skyrocket your fluency in one month, or to teach you basic Italian in just three days. I don’t believe in next levels, fluency boosters, and
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How many apps, sites, courses you know of that promise to have you go from zero to fluency? Because fluency is the main goal of every language learner, no? But what is fluency? It’s a fluid concept – yes, I know there are probably synonyms that could fit better, but I really wanted to use
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Listen to this blog post: Social relationships work because there is a mutual knowledge of certain elements like status and age, that require different degrees of politeness. The way we express politeness and formality in Italian is clearly marked by the use of tu and lei. Being able to discern when it is appropriate to
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So, you have decided to learn a language, Italian to be more specific. That is a challenging task if you work 40+ hours a week, are a mother of three always trying to keep up with your family needs, are already taking another course, work shifts and one week is never like the one before,
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