Italian speaking practice and grammar tutoring
A lot of students do. Since this form is not very common in other languages, many students are not familiar with it and find it tricky to use. Many of them simply avoid it and always choose the informal Tu.
However, finding the right book can be a problem. Sometimes teachers recommend classics but those books can often be quite difficult. And even some contemporary novels can be a struggle if you are not a fluent reader yet.
One of these words, for example, is mica. I talked about it in my latest YouTube live stream and, since I have often been asked for tips on how to use mica in Italian, I thought writing a post about it to summarize its use would be useful.
If you read Un’estate al lago last summer, you might be waiting to know if Sabrina will meet Mark again. If you don’t know what I am talking about, let me just tell you that a new book to practice Italian over the summer is out today.
I am very fussy about movies and do not like people chatting, eating, or, even worse, using their phones when they are in a cinema. In an ideal world, everybody should shut up and simply watch the movie. I know this is impossible, that’s why I stopped going to the cinema!
It’s not my favorite genre but I perfectly understand the passion for this type of novel. Also, crime novels obviously are a perfect read for language students because they are heavily focused on action, have a lot of dialogues, and are generally way easier to understand than other books.
Knowing when to use the imperfetto or the passato prossimo when speaking about the past can be quite difficult for Italian students. Over the years, I noticed that even advanced students struggle with this grammar topic, which seems quite simple at first but has many nuances that can be difficult to comprehend.
Summer is over and you had a lot of fun but you somehow left your Italian practice fall by the wayside. You would like to start practicing Italian again but you don’t know exactly how. Probably you just need someone – or something – to hold you accountable and get you back in the swing of things.
For some reason, saying that I have written a book feels a bit too pretentious. It’s not a novel or a non-fiction book, so I can’t say I am an author. Let’s just say that I wrote an Italian practice book and this makes me feel super happy!
But if you are new here, let me tell you that it is a fun way to speak Italian daily for a month and therefore practice the language in a fun and engaging way.
