I T A L I A N
- Meeting with Annie (my Italian mentor) twice a week, about 30 min each
- Using a variety of resources (youtube videos, podcasts, etc.)
- Using Lingua to practice my reading and comprehension
- Writing down new vocabulary words, then reviewing them
- Writing poetry in Italian (some art, need to do more!)
Overview of my work with Annie:
- Pronunciations, conversational basics
- Vocab (school + daily life)
- Noun endings (mas vs. fem)
- Noun endings (mas vs. fem) + Going from singular to plural
- Indefinite articles + numbers + months
- Adjectives (and how they modify) + days of the week
- Parts of speech + verb ‘essere’ [to be]
- Numbers + dates (+ new vocab)
- Tongue twister + practicing parts of speech
Speaking
- Most of my Italian speaking happens during my meetings with Annie
- (Will record this for the last exhibition)
- Each meeting, there is a different agenda with new vocab words or things to practice
- We will also review the short homework assignment from the previous class
Writing + Grammar + Sentence Structure
- Writing poetry in Italian: Poesie Italiane
- HW assignments are typically short written sentences
Listening
- Italian podcasts
- Babbel Italian podcast
- Slow News Italian
- Italian You-Tube Videos
- Sophie’s World
- Learn Italian with Lucrezia
- Easy Italian
- Just About Cami
Reading + learning new vocabulary
- Using Lingua to help improve my comprehension skills
- Reading Italian poetry
- Reading Italian short stories
BIG TAKEAWAYS!
- Consistency is key
- It is important to review the basics frequently
- Make it fun as often as possible!
- Speaking is really important when learning a language
- (even if I’m just saying words out loud to myself)