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| clmns01 Diglot Newbie Austria Joined 3682 days ago 22 posts - 23 votes Speaks: German*, English Studies: Portuguese, Italian | Message 1 of 11 21 October 2014 at 12:03pm | IP Logged | ||
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In this thread, I will write about my Italian studies. I am learning this language because of my interest in Italian
opera, and my goal is to be able to understand operatic lyrics while listening along. These will be the materials I will use for the next 6 weeks: Duolingo, getting at least 50 exp. every day. Instant Italian by Teach Yourself. I found this useful in my early Portuguese studies. Pimsleur I. Definitely going to finnish Pimsleur I before december, by doing 4-5 lessons a week. I will also use Anki for the vocabulary in Instant Italian. While studying Italian, I will also listen and read along to easy Portuguese audio books. I am currently a high A2 in Portuguese and have the opportunity to speak it a lot. I hope it won't hurt, to study a so close related language like Italian already, with my Portuguese not being that good yet. I'd appreciate your opinions and advice on this matter. 1 person has voted this message useful | |||
| rdearman Senior Member United Kingdom rdearman.orgRegistered users can see my Skype Name Joined 5229 days ago 881 posts - 1812 votes  Speaks: English* Studies: Italian, French, Mandarin | Message 2 of 11 21 October 2014 at 1:11pm | IP Logged | ||
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Seems like a good plan, so I can't offer advice only encouragement! Good luck and keep us posted.
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| clmns01 Diglot Newbie Austria Joined 3682 days ago 22 posts - 23 votes Speaks: German*, English Studies: Portuguese, Italian | Message 3 of 11 23 October 2014 at 2:34pm | IP Logged | ||
Thank you! So far I really love studying Italian. I already understand a lot because of its similarity to Portuguese. Today I found this book: 
It seems a lot better than the Instant Italian by Teach yourself, so starting next week I'm going to include it in my material list. I want to finish it before the end of the year, so I will work 3 hours each week with it. So far I'm at lesson 5 in Pimsleur, and I got 400 XP's in duolingo so far this week. Here is my duolingo profile btw.: https://www.duolingo.com/clmns I am also using Instant Italian every day but at this point everything is extremely easy, so I really just glance over the pages. I hope it gets more challenging with time. Edited by clmns01 on 23 October 2014 at 10:26pm 1 person has voted this message useful | |||
| clmns01 Diglot Newbie Austria Joined 3682 days ago 22 posts - 23 votes Speaks: German*, English Studies: Portuguese, Italian | Message 4 of 11 24 October 2014 at 3:56pm | IP Logged | ||
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Buon giorno!
So today morning I did some duolingo lessons. It's getting pretty dull. In the beginning I used to get over 200 XP's a day and now it is a pain just to get the promised 50. I just found this website: http://onlineitalianclub.com/ and they have a Italian level test which I tried out. I expected to do really bad but I could answer a good share of questions correctly. The results estimate me as a Low- Intermediate, which is of course ridiculous since I only study since 1 week. For the rest of the day I will do another Pimsleur and maybe a few duolingo lessons. Arrividerci! Edited by clmns01 on 24 October 2014 at 3:58pm 1 person has voted this message useful | |||
| clmns01 Diglot Newbie Austria Joined 3682 days ago 22 posts - 23 votes Speaks: German*, English Studies: Portuguese, Italian | Message 5 of 11 26 October 2014 at 11:55am | IP Logged | ||
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My first week of studying Italian is over!
This week I got 589 XP in Duolingo, I will try to beat this next week. I did 5 lessons of Pimsleur and will probably do another one today. Im starting to get a good feel for the language, yesterday I was in La Traviata and I could understand a few more words or phrases that would usually go unnoticed. I know this Thread is an Italian journal but I will once in a while write here what I am doing for my Portuguese. Everyday I'm reading and listening to one of those audiobooks about the kings of Portugal: http://cvc.instituto-camoes.pt/aprender-portugues/a-ler/era- uma-vez-um-rei.html They are very easy and comprehensive. Even I don't understand all the words I feel like I understand 100% of the story anyway. I also use a Memrise course for advanced Portuguese words which was exactly what I needed. I spent so much time with this language without putting a lot of work in learning vocabulary which put me in an awkward position in which I feel more or less comfortable using the language but always having blank spots in my speech because so many words are missing. É todo para esta semana, até logo! 1 person has voted this message useful | |||
| clmns01 Diglot Newbie Austria Joined 3682 days ago 22 posts - 23 votes Speaks: German*, English Studies: Portuguese, Italian | Message 6 of 11 27 October 2014 at 5:22pm | IP Logged | ||
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Buonasera!
Today this came in the mail! 
This is exactly what I was looking for. A textbook that isn't just going to teach me how to book a hotel room, but has topics that are relevant for me! But for now I will stick with the material I said I'd use until the end of november. In december I will start working with this book then. Edited by clmns01 on 27 October 2014 at 5:22pm 1 person has voted this message useful | |||
| clmns01 Diglot Newbie Austria Joined 3682 days ago 22 posts - 23 votes Speaks: German*, English Studies: Portuguese, Italian | Message 7 of 11 30 October 2014 at 1:38pm | IP Logged | ||
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Hi, heres a small update.
This week I'm a bit behind on my Pimsleur game. I have to do at least 4 this week. Duolingo is going good, getting at least 50 XP's a day, today aroung 70. so far I did 2 lessons of 30 Stunden Italienisch für Anfänger. It is very big on grammar, which I'm not too big of a fan of especially in this stage of language learning. I'm gonna stick with it for now though. Now I'm gonna review my Anki. Until soon. 1 person has voted this message useful | |||
| clmns01 Diglot Newbie Austria Joined 3682 days ago 22 posts - 23 votes Speaks: German*, English Studies: Portuguese, Italian | Message 8 of 11 01 November 2014 at 7:27pm | IP Logged | ||
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Ok, I finally did my first Pimsleur of this week. I won't be able to catch up though. Hopefully I can do 1-2 more until
the week is done. Now onto some Duolingo. Edited by clmns01 on 01 November 2014 at 7:28pm 1 person has voted this message useful |
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