I took 4 years of Italian in high school, so I have a basis of the language. I would like to become fluent, and unfortunately cannot travel to Italy to immerse myself in the language. Anyone have any suggestions on any other resource I can use to really learn the language?
2007-01-01 04:28:15 · 6 answers · asked by Blah 6 in Society & Culture ➔ Languages
Rosetta Stone is an amazing program. We are probably going to get it this year for our homeschool Spanish. It's expensive, but a very good program. It's available thru many libraries, and Rosetta Stone has a free demo on their website, as well as they will send you a free demo that has a cross section of all the languages they offer. Amazing what a half hour with a language that uses a completely different form of writing can teach you when it's an immersion program. I played with Japanese and Russian on the demo for a while. Really surprised me how much I was able to pick up in a short time.
www.timberdoodle.com has the best deals on Rosetta Stone that I have seen.
2007-01-01 05:16:01 · answer #1 · answered by ntm 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I highly recommend a children's course that I found (Unless you don't think you would enjoy watching a cartoon for children). It's called "Muzzy in Gandoland" It's an Immersion course for several different languages. It comes in English, Spanish, Italian, German, French, Esperanto, and Mandarin.
Do what children do, watch it over and over, until you've memorized the script, then watch it a few more times, and say the lines along with the characters on the screen.
Good Luck.
2007-01-01 04:52:21 · answer #2 · answered by rbwtexan 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I see you're in Vegas. Take a class at UNLV. (You can take a placement exam.) The classes are not expensive, and it is the only thing that really is getting me to learn Italian!
Also the book "The Big Green Book of Italian Verbs" has been an enormous help to me. That and "Italian Verb Drills" (workbook).
Buona fortuna!
2007-01-02 06:43:37 · answer #3 · answered by F 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Just practice, find an Italian to speak with; it's the best way to learn a language;) if you have any question about Italian, don't hesitate to contact me: I'm Italian and I'd be glad to help you.
2007-01-01 04:42:32 · answer #4 · answered by Love_my_Cornish_Knight❤️ 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
My husband has the Level 1 Spanish (Latin America) and he thinks it is a great program. If you have a microphone you can talk to the program and it compares it to a native speaker, letting you know where programs are etc. If you watch the Amazon site, you can find it marked down considerably at times (his was 160 - much lower than the normal 200). Good luck.
2007-01-01 04:32:25 · answer #5 · answered by Nevada Lady 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
My daughter who is married to a Greek (they live in states) is teaching a class for small children using the Rosetta Stone to learn Greek. She is wanting me to buy it also...says its wonderful program and so much easier to use. She is fluent in Greek as are their 2 kids now.
2007-01-01 15:31:12 · answer #6 · answered by Gypsygrl 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋