We live in a globalized world, where travelling has become easier, quick, and relatively cheap. Nowadays, people do not travel only for leisure but also to study in a different school system. So, if in the past the trend was to study, for example, Italian architecture mainly on books, nowadays the tendency is to do …
Learning
New Year’s resolutions: Learn Italian from scratch
New Year has come, and with it come also new resolutions. If one of your resolutions for this year is to learn Italian from scratch, today I’ll give you some resources you can use to reach your goal. But first, here are some important things you should keep in mind when you start learning a …
How to overcome shyness in language class
We are all different. In a language class, you can find yourself surrounded by extrovert people, who start talking from the very first lesson – even if they have never learnt that language before – and by people like you and me, who prefer to stay silent and listen.We are the ones that are usually …
How to train your memory
Who has never had problems memorizing new words or numbers? I remember how I struggled when I had to learn 60 or more new German words in a few days when I was in high school. To memorize them, I sat with my course book trying to find some Italian words that had a sort …
What’s your learning style?
Each one of us has a preference for a learning style. For example, you may process and remember information better if you listen to them, while a friend of yours has to read them to get the same results. Researchers have come up with different models of learning styles. One of the most common is …
