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#italianwritingchallenge: A Monthly Challenge to Practice Your Writing Skills in a Fun Way

01/30/2020

This is a challenge to be used as an Italian writing practice and a way to practice your skills in a fun way
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Who is up for a challenge? 

This week’s blog post is a bit different from the others but, after the success of #tiregalounaparola, I have decided to incorporate more creative projects into this blog.

I love this kind of projects because they are a way to put your language skills into practice while having fun at the same time and I think this is the best way to learn a language and make it part of your life.

As I said for #tiregalounaparola, learning a language does not only mean studying it but mainly using it, making it a tool in your hands that you can use for your communication purposes.

I had been thinking about organizing a challenge for a while but I was struggling to find a theme. Many challenges focus on different aspects of language learning and are really fun but I wanted something more focused to help participants work hard and improve a specific language skill.

After brainstorming ideas, I decided to focus on writing for a few reasons: 1) writing assignments are great to memorize words and structures and make them stick into your mind, 2) students do not focus a lot on writing when they study on their own and 3) it’s a excuse to buy a nice notebook, which is always fun!

But now let me tell you how this Italian writing practice challenge works.

The challenge will begin on February 1st and end on the 29th, so there will be 29 prompts to help you practice your Italian writing skills on a daily basis.

I will be publishing the daily prompt on Instagram, as I always do with creative projects, but I am also writing all of them here. It will ruin the surprise a little but will be definitely helpful for you to plan in advance and make better use of the (little) time you have.

Even if you already know the prompt of the day, I highly recommend you to follow the project on Instagram because I will be there daily to share ideas and tips to help you with the daily assignment. Needless to say, all prompts are in Italian!

So, here are the prompts for your February #italianwritingchallenge:

  1. Scrivi un breve testo descrivendo il tuo aspetto fisico e il tuo carattere. Conosci tutte le parole che ti servono? Cercale sul dizionario!
  2. Manda una cartolina ad un amico scrivendo in italiano. Fallo veramente!!!
  3. Che cosa hai fatto questo weekend? Scrivilo come se stessi scrivendo un diario.
  4. Qual è il tuo hobby preferito? Scrivi un breve testo raccontando perché ti piace. Usa parole che non conosci!
  5. Traduci in italiano la tua ricetta preferita.
  6. Hai una insegnante di italiano? Scrivile una mail in italiano dicendole qualcosa di bello.
  7. Che programmi hai per il weekend? Fai una lista delle cose che vuoi fare.
  8. Scegli un episodio di un podcast in italiano. Di cosa parla? Raccontalo in un breve testo.
  9. Qual è la tua giornata dei sogni? Raccontala in un breve testo.
  10. Scrivi un breve testo parlando del tuo lavoro. Cerca sul dizionario le parole che ti servono e non conosci.
  11. Cosa ti piace e cosa non ti piace del paese in cui vivi? Fai un elenco!
  12. Qual è il tuo più grande desiderio? Raccontalo in un breve testo.
  13. Qual è il tuo attore preferito? Immagina di fargli un’intervista e scrivi le domande che faresti.
  14. Devi andare a fare la spesa oggi? Scrivi la lista in italiano!
  15. Qual è la tua parola italiana preferita? Scrivi un breve testo raccontando qual è e perché l’hai scelta.
  16. Hai già prenotato le vacanze? Scrivi dove andrai oppure dove ti piacerebbe andare. Ovviamente, scrivi anche perché!
  17. Pensa a dieci parole che usi sempre nella tua lingua e di cui non sai la traduzione italiana. Cercale e usale per scrivere una frase ciascuna.
  18. Di che cosa sei grato oggi? Scrivi almeno tre cose.
  19. Qual è il tuo libro preferito? Raccontalo in un breve testo.
  20. Qual è l’argomento di grammatica italiana più difficile per te? Ripassalo e scrivi dieci frasi legate a questo argomento.
  21. Hai una bucket list? Elenca i tuoi dieci desideri più grandi.
  22. Guarda un video su YouTube in italiano. Che video è? Di cosa parla? Raccontalo in un breve testo.
  23. Cosa ti piace e cosa non ti piace dell’Italia? Fai un elenco!
  24. Apri un sito italiano e cerca un articolo. Quali parole non conosci? Cercale sul dizionario e usale per scrivere alcune frasi.
  25. Qual è il tuo film preferito? Raccontalo in un breve testo.
  26. Scrivimi un’email a italianwritingchallenge@gmail.com raccontandomi perché studi la lingua italiana.
  27. Che cosa compreresti se vincessi alla lotteria? Scrivilo e, mi raccomando, esagera pure!
  28. Com’eri da bambino/a? Raccontalo in un breve testo.
  29. Cos’hai imparato grazie a questa challenge? Scrivilo!
[To make things easier for you, I have created a pdf file of the challenge instructions, so that you can download and keep it].

Well, I hope you will find this challenge interesting and useful. One month is long, I know – even if February is a bit shorter 🙂 – but I have added something special to this challenge to avoid you losing focus.

I have created a special email address so that you can send me your daily assignments. The address is italianwritingchallenge@gmail.com: the people who send me all their daily tasks at this address will receive a nice surprise.

I won’t tell you what it is now to keep you curious and motivated, so that you will work on your challenge steadily and with motivation, let me just tell you that it will be a gift!

What do you think of this Italian writing practice? Are you ready to start? See you on February 1st!

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Comments

  1. Linda says

    01/30/2020 at 5:32 PM

    Is there a charge?

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    • cinzia says

      01/30/2020 at 5:36 PM

      Absolutely no charge. You just have to work hard! 🙂

      Reply
  2. Kirsten says

    01/30/2020 at 8:14 PM

    Sounds great.

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    • cinzia says

      01/30/2020 at 9:24 PM

      Sono contenta!!!

      Reply
  3. Stacy says

    01/30/2020 at 8:25 PM

    I absolutely LOVE what you’ve put together! Terrific prompts that will be fun to “try” to answer 😀 Grazie in anticipo per averlo fatto!

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    • cinzia says

      01/30/2020 at 9:25 PM

      Ma grazie, sono felicissima!!!

      Reply
  4. Brigid says

    01/31/2020 at 6:03 AM

    Great idea. I will try and accept the challenge here in Nuova Zelanda ??

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    • cinzia says

      01/31/2020 at 8:43 AM

      Great! I can’t wait!

      Reply
  5. Andrea Lucarotti says

    01/31/2020 at 2:32 PM

    Io sono eccitato! Spero di poterlo fare….

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    • cinzia says

      02/01/2020 at 9:44 AM

      Dai, dai!

      Reply
  6. Diane Selkregg says

    02/01/2020 at 5:04 PM

    Non sono sul Instagram. Ma faro questo esercizio! Grazie Cinzia! Ho ricevuto la mia parola da #tiregalounaparola venerdì! Ero molto emozionante! Era eccitante! (Io sto scrivendo queste frasi senza google translate, così forse ci sono errori! Ma sto provando!) Grazie di nuovo!!! Ciao!

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    • cinzia says

      02/02/2020 at 8:01 PM

      Sono felicissima!!! Che bello!

      Reply
  7. Ann says

    02/01/2020 at 5:30 PM

    Grazie mille Cinzia! I will definetly work on the challenge…

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    • cinzia says

      02/02/2020 at 8:01 PM

      Great!!!

      Reply
  8. Mark says

    02/02/2020 at 2:02 PM

    Sono triste che ho letto questo mail oggi invece di ieri, ma forse posso scrivere due volte oggi per ricuperare.

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    • cinzia says

      02/02/2020 at 8:00 PM

      Ma certo!!!

      Reply

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