{"id":10941,"date":"2014-08-27T07:01:59","date_gmt":"2014-08-26T22:01:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dante-learning.com\/eng\/?p=10941"},"modified":"2014-08-28T03:19:00","modified_gmt":"2014-08-27T18:19:00","slug":"5-consigli-learning-italian-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dante-learning.com\/eng\/5-consigli-learning-italian-2\/","title":{"rendered":"5 “consigli” for learning Italian"},"content":{"rendered":"

Learning Italian\u00a0requires hard work and some\u00a0necessary\u00a0mistakes. Follow 5\u00a0simple tips, or “consigli” as we call them in Italian, for keeping yourself motivated and ready to learn more.<\/span><\/h1>\n

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I’ve been teaching Italian for quite a long time, beginners to advanced students connected online from all over the world. Some beginners\u00a0give up and stop studying after some time, while others improve rapidly and overcome initial challenges. Some advanced learners get stuck in front of complicate grammatical structures whilst others don’t care much and enjoy a long and happy relationship with the Italian language. How can\u00a0you\u00a0manage\u00a0your expectations and\u00a0learn Italian with the right attitude?<\/p>\n

1. You won’t\u00a0speak perfectly and that’s ok<\/span><\/h2>\n

You can live with that, I know\u00a0how it feels.\u00a0I am not a native English speaker, I’ve been studying it for a long time, every day a couple of hours, and I still make tons of mistakes. That’s fine, because the number of errors I make decreases year by year and I’m happy with that. Some of my students speak good Italian but are overconcerned with perfection. If you focus on the accent, you lose fluency. If you focus on grammar you don’t sound natural. The biggest mistake you could make is to stop speaking after a mistake. Fix the main ones and move on. Nobody is perfect.<\/p>\n

2. Find a native Italian friend on\u00a0Skype\u00a0<\/span><\/h2>\n

If you are lucky, you have some Italian friends living close to you, willing to speak with you and help you to learn the language. Unfortunately, chances are that you live in a place where Italians are just a few and there are no occasions\u00a0to practice. The good news is that plenty of Italians want to learn English and are eager\u00a0to speak\u00a0online. With Skype, people can “meet” easily and exchanging\u00a0a foreign language is now possible for free. A Skype friend is not a professional teacher, so you will still need the help and guidance of a native teacher, but a “regular dose” of spoken Italian will help you tremendously.<\/p>\n

3. Learn\u00a0Italian following your interests<\/span><\/h2>\n

Let’s face it. Some Italian language lessons are boring or\u00a0difficult to digest. Some teachers find it easier to follow a textbook and give you homework instead of asking what your interests are. Studying Italian as a foreign language is not like studying English. People usually\u00a0study it\u00a0for passion, not because it’s necessary. Do you like Italian arts, opera, lifestyle, cars, football, men,\u00a0women, food?\u00a0Don’t be shy. Once you learned the basics, ask your teacher to fix some lessons for you based on your\u00a0interests. Learning Italian will be more fun and engaging. If your teacher says no, just change teacher!<\/p>\n

4. Come\u00a0to Italy for a language course if you have a chance<\/span><\/h2>\n

I’m sure you want to\u00a0enjoy “la dolce vita” in Italia, after a year of hard work in your country. Please, consider seriously the idea\u00a0of joining an Italian language course in one of our beautiful cities. School is great at any age! There are many places where you can\u00a0spend\u00a0a holiday while studying Italian, with foreign students having your same passion. If you are a beginner, perhaps an intensive course at school will help you to digest the basics pretty rapidly. If you are an intermediate\/advanced learner,\u00a0home-stay will\u00a0help you\u00a0to learn daily spoken Italian from your host family. Remember though,\u00a0don’t hang out too much with other foreign students. You will speak English and defeat the purpose.<\/p>\n

5. Read, read and read again!<\/span><\/h2>\n

Listening to a song or\u00a0watching a movie in Italian, possibly every day, are all great and entertaining exercises. Youtube\u00a0will help you to get used to Italian sounds and learn quickly. However, my best students are the ones who read regularly newspapers, magazines or simple Italian books. Listening and watching are passive exercises but reading will force you to process and remember much better what you study. Leggere \u00e8 la cosa migliore!<\/em><\/p>\n

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Whatever your reason for studying Italian is, please remember that you are the only one responsible for your success or failure. Follow your passion, cultivate your motivation and don\u2019t give up, non mollare!<\/em><\/p>\n

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Learning Italian\u00a0requires hard work and some\u00a0necessary\u00a0mistakes. Follow 5\u00a0simple tips, or “consigli” as we call them in Italian, for keeping yourself motivated and ready to learn more. \u00a0 I’ve been teaching Italian for quite a long time, beginners to advanced students connected online from all over the world. Some beginners\u00a0give up and stop studying after some … Read more \u226b<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":10020,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_bbp_topic_count":0,"_bbp_reply_count":0,"_bbp_total_topic_count":0,"_bbp_total_reply_count":0,"_bbp_voice_count":0,"_bbp_anonymous_reply_count":0,"_bbp_topic_count_hidden":0,"_bbp_reply_count_hidden":0,"_bbp_forum_subforum_count":0,"pmpro_default_level":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[7],"tags":[137,811,61],"class_list":["post-10941","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-lingua","tag-learning-italian-2","tag-skype","tag-study-italian-online","no-featured-image-padding","pmpro-has-access"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/dante-learning.com\/eng\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10941","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/dante-learning.com\/eng\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/dante-learning.com\/eng\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dante-learning.com\/eng\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/10020"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dante-learning.com\/eng\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=10941"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/dante-learning.com\/eng\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10941\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/dante-learning.com\/eng\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=10941"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dante-learning.com\/eng\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=10941"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dante-learning.com\/eng\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=10941"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}