Hello and welcome! 🙂
This is Part I of a 5-part series on ideas and ways to amp up your speed of learning. (Aumentare la tua velocità di apprendimento)
I challenged my students to come up with entertaining and enriching ways to bring more Italian language and culture into their everyday lives in between classes.
The result is a 50-item list of fun and intriguing ways to immerse yourself more in the lovely Italian language. The good news: They have nothing to do with old-school textbook-style learning!
“50 Ways to Accelerate Your Learning Curve”
Here, the first 10.
Try a few, enjoy ~ for that is the true spirit in which to learn a new language!
- Rent and watch Italian movies.
- Hang out in little Italy.
- Find Italians to speak with on Skype.
- Join/go to Italian language MeetUp groups, clubs.
- Pretend to be Italian while alone in the car, unable to speak English.
- Increase vocabulary by learning new words for everyday household items. Paste Italian words around the house, on sticky notes.
- Read books set in and about Italy, including: La Bella Lingua by Dianne Hales, Under the Tuscan Sun by Frances Mayes, Living in a Foreign Language by Michael Tucker, 1000 Days in Venice by Marlena de Blasi, Too Much Tuscan Sun by Dario Castagno
- Cook Italian dishes.
- Check out blogs/websites dedicated to things Italian, including:
- Listen to and sing along with Italian music CDs.
