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| Meltdown Newbie United States Joined 5898 days ago 11 posts - 11 votes Speaks: English* Studies: Italian | Message 1 of 9 11 August 2008 at 2:01am | IP Logged | ||
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I've just got all the materials I need to begin Italian. I have Michel Thomas Italian, Pimsleur Italian, Assimil Italian with Ease and Schaum's outline of Italian Grammar. I am going to start studying actively every day from today for a duration of at least an hour. This is my first foreign language and I'm a bit nervous, but excited none the less. I'll be posting a bit about what I've done in Italian each day. I hope to look back on this post in 6 months and realize how far I've come. Edited by Meltdown on 11 August 2008 at 2:05am 1 person has voted this message useful | |||
| Meltdown Newbie United States Joined 5898 days ago 11 posts - 11 votes Speaks: English* Studies: Italian | Message 2 of 9 12 August 2008 at 1:22am | IP Logged | ||
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The first day of studying went moderately well. I did 30 minutes of Michel Thomas and a Pimsleur lesson which adds up to a total of an hour so far. I'm considering buying Mastering Italian Vocabulary, but I haven't decided where to work it into my routine. Speaking of routines, I think I'll hold Assimil off until I finish the Pimsleur MT combination. I may also drop Pimsleur and just do MT at the moment and then pair Pimsleur and Assimil. It's all in the air at the moment, I guess I'm just testing the waters. As for the grammar book, I'll begin it today. I find studying rather enjoyable (at this point, at least). In fact, I found it so enjoyable that I had to force myself to stop in order to avoid cramming too much into me at once. I'm sure later on there will be days that I'm absolutely disgusted with Italian, but I'm ready for it.
That's it for now. I hope to have a very constructive first 30 days of study. 1 person has voted this message useful | |||
| Nocturne Diglot Groupie Italy Joined 6091 days ago 67 posts - 70 votes  Speaks: Italian*, EnglishB2 Studies: Korean, Swedish | Message 3 of 9 12 August 2008 at 5:45am | IP Logged | ||
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I'm currently beginning Russian, and finding that doing MT first gives you a nice basic knowledge of the language's structure that will definitely help you with less grammar-explicit materials such as Assimil and Pimsleur. Beyond that, good luck with your Italian studies! Don't worry about it being your first foreign language, I'm sure you'll do great.
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| Felipe Triglot Senior Member United States Joined 5973 days ago 451 posts - 501 votes Speaks: English*, Spanish, Portuguese Studies: Italian, Dutch, Catalan | Message 4 of 9 12 August 2008 at 9:23am | IP Logged | ||
I am studying Italian as well. It's a beautiful language. Be consistent, do something toward your goal every day, especially on those days that you don't feel like it and you will look back in 6 months with a sense of accomplishment. Good luck! 1 person has voted this message useful | |||
| neonqwerty Bilingual Diglot Senior Member United States Joined 6106 days ago 229 posts - 239 votes Speaks: French*, English* Studies: Spanish | Message 5 of 9 12 August 2008 at 3:12pm | IP Logged | ||
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I second what Felipe said! Anyone can study on the days where you're excited about it; it's the studying you do on the "blah" days that really help.
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| ExtraLean Triglot Senior Member France languagelearners.myf Joined 5937 days ago 897 posts - 880 votes Speaks: English*, French, Spanish Studies: German | Message 6 of 9 12 August 2008 at 3:51pm | IP Logged | ||
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I would like to thank you for rekindling my desire to study Italian. Time to get off my backside and do some work on it. It isn't something I wish to lose. Ciao.
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| Meltdown Newbie United States Joined 5898 days ago 11 posts - 11 votes Speaks: English* Studies: Italian | Message 7 of 9 12 August 2008 at 7:00pm | IP Logged | ||
I find Italian very beautiful. Italian culture is just amazing and I can't wait to be able to experience that first hand. Good luck with your studies. 1 person has voted this message useful | |||
| Meltdown Newbie United States Joined 5898 days ago 11 posts - 11 votes Speaks: English* Studies: Italian | Message 8 of 9 13 August 2008 at 8:51pm | IP Logged | ||
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Well, that's another hour of Italian down. I did 30 minutes of Michel Thomas, Pimsleur I lesson 2, and about 15 minutes of chapter 1 of my grammar book (nouns). I did find today to be a bit more sluggish than yesterday, especially with Michael Thomas. Some more verbs were introduced and the sentences gradually became longer and longer. I'm sure I sounded quite funny attempting to string all of it out. I really am tempted to begin Assimil as well, but I feel it would be better to hold off until I make it through Pimsleur/MT. I am enjoying studying Italian and I know that I will achieve my goal very easily if I keep pace. I've gotten access to a few movies. Two Roberto Benigni films: La vita è bella and Il Mostro. I also have La dolce vita. I think I'll hold off on watching them until I can understand more of Italian and won't have to use subtitles as a crutch. I really am eager to watch them and I'm not sure if I can hold off the temptation for long.
That's it for today, let's hope tomorrow will be as productive. Edited by Meltdown on 13 August 2008 at 8:52pm 1 person has voted this message useful |
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