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| Dario8015 Diglot Newbie United Kingdom Joined 6003 days ago 37 posts - 43 votes Speaks: English*, Italian Studies: Russian, Swedish | Message 9 of 10 05 May 2009 at 8:41pm | IP Logged |
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If you want a good reference grammar, I think 'A Reference Grammar of Modern Italian' is excellent - it goes into a lot of detail on grammar points and is very comprehensive.
http://www.amazon.co.uk/Reference-Grammar-Modern-Italian-Pub lication/dp/0340913398/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=124154 8605&sr=8-1 1 person has voted this message useful | |
| Chris G77 Newbie United States Joined 6006 days ago 28 posts - 37 votes Speaks: English* Studies: Italian | Message 10 of 10 13 May 2009 at 4:50pm | IP Logged |
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my opinion is that you should start with specific topics where you might already understand context. For example, I follow motogp passionately. When I began reading and watching for news in Italian I would read and watch the interviews and news about motoGP races. SInce I had seen the race and knew the big stories already, the news and interviews i was reading/watching/listening to made sense in terms of context. It's like when you listen into someone else's conversation...often since you werent in on it in the beginning you cant really figure out what the people are talking about. Understanding context is HUGE for me. This helps build vocabulary enough to where you can then branch out further and furtehr. Good luck!
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