How do I start thinking in Italian? This is one of the questions Italian learners sooner or later will ask themselves. Indeed, if you’re or have been a language learner, you have surely noticed that thinking directly in another language can be pretty difficult, especially in the beginning. The most natural and common practice, in …
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Why making mistakes is good
Many people are worried about making mistakes. This is just as true in general as it is when it comes to learning Italian, or any other language. After all, while growing up we are often told that making mistakes is bad. For example, in school it often seems everything depends on how well we score …
How to fight foreign language anxiety
In today’s article I’d like to talk about a very common issue: foreign language anxiety. What is it? Foreign language anxiety is the feeling of unease, nervousness, and apprehension that we may encounter when using or learning a second language, generally because of both fear and lack of confidence. If you too are experiencing this …
How to express opinions in informal Italian
Expressing opinions is one of the first things we learn when we’re children. At first, we express opinions with gestures or facial expressions. Then, we learn to say I like it or I don’t like it, and while growing up we learn to build more complex opinions. But how to express opinions in informal Italian? …
Learn to speak Italian with Italian songs
Tastes differ, sure, but everyone loves songs. We start listening to them when we’re children and we keep doing that while we’re growing up, passing from a certain musical genre to another. For us songs can be a way to relax, to make a proposal, to boost our energy, and so on. But how many …
