If you have started to learn a new language, you know that learning it is a long process that involves a lot of challenges. Today, I’d like to talk about five of these language learning challenges. 1. Inability to speak One of the first language learning challenges you will probably experience is the inability to …
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Appena or non appena? – What does appena means?
Appena is an Italian word that can have different meanings. Students are usually confused on how to use it, where to place it in a sentence and whether to use “non” or not? In this article I’ll try to answer these three questions. Appena Appena can be used to indicate that something almost doesn’t happen …
7 Ways to Inspire a Love of the Italian Language in Your Children
Today’s article is a guest post by Tomedes written by Ofer Tirosh. Tomedes translation company shares practical tips and insights into how to inspire a love of Italian in the next generation. Children learn in myriad ways, absorbing information through their experiences and their senses. Young children love to learn through play and often don’t …
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Three effective habits language learners have
Sooner or later language learners develop some effective habits that help them improve their language skills. Successful language learners have usually two or more effective habits in common. I talked about some of them a few weeks ago in Three habits successful language learners have. Today I’d like to add three more effective habits language …
Three habits successful language learners have
If you’re thinking that you’re not making any progress when learning Italian because you’re not good at languages, stop now because I can assure you that that’s just an excuse. The truth is that your success depends only on you. If you really want to improve your language skills, you can do it. Everyone can. …
What’s your learning style?
According to the educational theorist Neil Fleming, everyone of us has a preference for a specific learning style. Learning to use learning techniques related to our specific learning style would allow us to learn faster and better. Fleming created the VARK model. The VARK model divides learners into four groups, according to their “preferred” learning …
How to start thinking in Italian
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 …
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? …
