Any advice on where/how to learn Italian? I really want to learn, and I want to be able to speak and understand it pretty well. I also speak some french (though I understand much more than I can say).
Thanks for any ideas!
2007-11-15 15:52:59 · 7 answers · asked by Anonymous in Society & Culture ➔ Languages
I've suggested BBC courses to many people here with your same wish. It's free and as far as I know it's really useful.
This is the home page from where you can choose what fits better your case
http://www.bbc.co.uk/languages/italian/
In addition to this, when you've mastered it enough, you may go to the Italian section of Y/A (or to any other Italian forum) and start reading and answering questions. My English was already pretty good when I've joined Y/A USA but I've improved it really a lot by reading and answering.
Read Italian books, watch Italian movies , speak with Italians if you've the opportunity, date an Italian boy if you're single, come to Italy, etc. Anything you can do will help you grasping our beautiful language. And don't be ashamed or worry if you're not perfectly speaking. We are very tolerant with no native speaker since we are perfectly aware of the fact that Italian has tons of rules and exceptions and to speak it same as a native is for a foreigner almost impossible.
If you're already speaking French this could be of help since we have many things in common (though we have also many things that are completely different...!!)
Good luck (buona fortuna)
2007-11-15 19:27:25 · answer #1 · answered by martox45 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Victoria, you should go to a nice big bookstore like a Barnes and Noble and look in the foreign languages sections they probably have DVDs and stuff with immersion courses to learn fast.
I am home for vacation for Thanksgiving. Thank you and good day.
2007-11-18 13:46:00 · answer #2 · answered by Lori 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
My suggestion, go to a book store where they offer tutorial tapes on different languages. You can listen to them while you are doing your winter exercises inside. Another suggestion, although the expense may be great, visit Italy first hand. I was fortunate enough to have German friends who spoke German and just being around them, I picked up so much. I think being around it for an extended period of time will help you comprehend it better. All the best.
2007-11-16 02:44:29 · answer #3 · answered by hbuckmeister 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
check out the forum on this site:
www.wordreference.com
u can find answers to almost all questions u might have, it sure helped me alot (been studying italian since april)
gd luck
2007-11-16 06:04:21 · answer #4 · answered by Khaled Z 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Hey there I'm an Italian fluent speaker.I love the langauge,people and culture.
LEARNING A NEW LANGUAGE IS NEVER A WASTE OF TIME.Don't listen to them.
Learn italian if you love it and you are ready to dedicate some of your time to the Italian language.
The best way to learn Italian quickly imo is by using online programs as, if you use a good one, they are highly interactive, here's the program i used to learn Italian very quickly that i highly recommend http://www.rocketlanguages.com/italian/p...
Goodluck :)
2014-07-23 08:49:05 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Here the best decision http://www.learning-languages-online.com/
2014-07-04 12:17:26 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
you can take italian @ school, they teach it!!!!!!!!!!!!
hope this helps!!!!!!!!!!
2007-11-16 10:50:10 · answer #7 · answered by Pearls 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋