A break from the articles on improving your listening in Italian to remind you that the offer on online Italian lessons ends in about 24 hours. Lot’s of people are using this as a chance to try a way of learning that may be new to them (one-to-one, over the Internet, with a pro Italian […]
Archives for January 2014
‘Improve your listening’, Day 2, The man with the plan
On “Day 1” I described how I evaluated my level in French using various techniques, and so defined what my target would be, in terms of improving my ability to understand the spoken language. Yes, I know this site is not about French. But I already understand spoken Italian pretty well, so I’m walking you […]
‘Improve your listening’, day 1 – Start here
Yesterday morning I hadn’t studied French for nearly 30 years. By yesterday afternoon I was on my way to a better understanding of the language, and already noticing an improvement. Seems incredible, really. I even surprised myself. Guess I must be a great teacher! (Only joking.) In fact, there’s no amazing secret or method, and […]