EB Language Learning Club

[squaretaper LIT AF PE]

@JayKay PE Depending on the offerings at your local community college, they sometimes have "conversational" [foreign language] classes where they focus on oral lessons and not so much on linguistic theory/grammar/orthography/etc.

I want to take "conversational" Italian but no time at the mo'. Mebbe next semester. It exists though, so I appreciate that.

 

[squaretaper LIT AF PE]

French learners, this YouTube channel is really helpful and captures spoken French accurately.

 

[squaretaper LIT AF PE]

@txjennah PE I finally started watching Learn Italian with Lucrezia on YT! This is great! I think I need a primer on reading/pronunciation though. I sometimes mess up the c's, g's, and sc's since...no one is teaching me.

 

[txjennah PE]

@txjennah PE I finally started watching Learn Italian with Lucrezia on YT! This is great! I think I need a primer on reading/pronunciation though. I sometimes mess up the c's, g's, and sc's since...no one is teaching me.

I love Lucrezia! She speaks slowly enough for me to understand her and I enjoy her vlogs.  (If you want to hear someone speak Italian at a completely opposite rate, check out the Breaking Italy podcast on Youtube. Omg).

Dang I still mess up on those and I grew up with the language!  My teacher is constantly correcting me!  So no worries, haha. 

 

[squaretaper LIT AF PE]

My teacher is constantly correcting me

Are you still taking a class? If so, where???

Question for you: do Italians actually say "così così"? Like, in French textbooks (to this day) they still teach students "comme ci comme ça" but literally no real French person actually says this and one would sound ridiculously old-school if they did.

 

[txjennah PE]

Are you still taking a class? If so, where???

Question for you: do Italians actually say "così così"? Like, in French textbooks (to this day) they still teach students "comme ci comme ça" but literally no real French person actually says this and one would sound ridiculously old-school if they did.

Yes, I've been taking lessons through italki all year.  

I've definitely heard "cosi cosi" being used.

 

[txjennah PE]

Yes, I've been taking lessons through italki all year.  

I've definitely heard "cosi cosi" being used.

Used così-così today in my lesson

Also am amused how English words like "Ok" and "marketing" have found their way into the Italian vernacular. Am curious to hear what other English words have been adopted by other languages.

 

[Dean Agnostic]

English is such a difficult language to learn es muy dificil porque hay tantas palabras que tienen diferentes significados.

 

[Dean Agnostic]

Even a Professional English Teacher with Masters Degree in English Literature get it wrong.

Please be nice.