Regarding my study of the #Italian language, I can report that I am making measurable progress.
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Regarding my study of the #Italian language, I can report that I am making measurable progress. I can understand the gist of most sentences, and only occasionally have to look up specific words.
The big challenge remains speaking Italian. I am attending evening classes, which helps - but most of my self-practice is based on written texts, and not spoken words. And, to be honest, I am not particularly extroverted anyway, so speaking something when I am uncertain of my words is always going to be difficult.
Oh well. I got over this hurdle with English, and hopefully this will be true with Italian as well.
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Regarding my study of the #Italian language, I can report that I am making measurable progress. I can understand the gist of most sentences, and only occasionally have to look up specific words.
The big challenge remains speaking Italian. I am attending evening classes, which helps - but most of my self-practice is based on written texts, and not spoken words. And, to be honest, I am not particularly extroverted anyway, so speaking something when I am uncertain of my words is always going to be difficult.
Oh well. I got over this hurdle with English, and hopefully this will be true with Italian as well.
@juergen_hubert you know what they say: being in the country, heading to a local pub and having a few drinks with the locals helps loosening the tongue.
Also try watching movies in the desired language (dubbed American ones work best, clearest pronunciation) and with subtitles in the target language. That always helped me a lot. -
Regarding my study of the #Italian language, I can report that I am making measurable progress. I can understand the gist of most sentences, and only occasionally have to look up specific words.
The big challenge remains speaking Italian. I am attending evening classes, which helps - but most of my self-practice is based on written texts, and not spoken words. And, to be honest, I am not particularly extroverted anyway, so speaking something when I am uncertain of my words is always going to be difficult.
Oh well. I got over this hurdle with English, and hopefully this will be true with Italian as well.
If you like we can exchange some vocals on Signal (I created a group for foreigners Italian students but at the moment it's quite... let's say... empty
).Recording a vocal could help if you still don't feel at ease speaking "live".
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@juergen_hubert you know what they say: being in the country, heading to a local pub and having a few drinks with the locals helps loosening the tongue.
Also try watching movies in the desired language (dubbed American ones work best, clearest pronunciation) and with subtitles in the target language. That always helped me a lot.Socializing with the locals is tricky at the moment, since I have basically committed myself to bringing my father along on these trips as long he is still able to do so - and he speaks no language other than German.
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If you like we can exchange some vocals on Signal (I created a group for foreigners Italian students but at the moment it's quite... let's say... empty
).Recording a vocal could help if you still don't feel at ease speaking "live".
Thanks! Right now I have too much on my plate (due to work and other reasons), but I'd be happy to join in the new year!
