Nobody can survive professionally knowing nothing more than their mother tongue, what merit is there in speaking a language that you would speak anyway? There is no investment of time, money and hard work. While millions of people already speak more than one language, why would one company need to hire you when the other’s resume says they speak one or two more languages than you? The truth is that we are living in different times, we need to do business all over the world, that is why companies thrive, to have employees who can help the company to communicate with all the important countries of the world.
There is no secret, no computer chip that allows you to automatically communicate in a certain language, like everything else in life, it takes effort, perseverance and time, but it doesn’t have to be a strenuous effort, it can be fun. process as you get motivated when words start to come out of your mouth spontaneously, or when you start to read articles in that language, or start to understand songs and movies. And before you know it you are in the market for the big multinational companies. Here are some tips that will help you:
1 – To begin with, you may need to attend an Italian school, it can be dangerous to study on your own; you need someone to get you on your way by correcting your pronunciation and teaching you all the basic grammar and creating some short dialogues so you can start interacting with someone. Interaction is the key.
2 – Find some websites on the Internet that offer free tutorials followed by activities, these can be found on any search engine, just do searches like: “Italian language online lessons and activities”, or “study Italian in line” , or any search you can think of.
3 – Get some songs or buy some CDs from artists from countries that speak Italian, after a while you will be singing, which is useful to acquire the correct pronunciation and will also help you memorize some structures and sentences. After that, you can get the letters on the Internet and study them, with a dictionary look up any words you don’t know.
4 – Watch movies in Italian. It is acceptable to use subtitles as long as they are also in Italian. You can keep rewinding some parts of the movie and repeating what the actor says, until you pronounce those sentences correctly.
5 – Read Internet articles. Remember to take a dictionary, this is a great tool to stay updated on what is going on in the world and learn a lot of new words, at this point you should have an Italian to Italian dictionary, it is not considered good to be translating. the language unless you are really starting to study it.
6 – Join an Italian community online, or add Italians to your msn or whatever you use and communicate with them, this can be very helpful once you are interacting with people who have Italian as their mother tongue.
7 – Go to Italy. Nothing more can be a satisfying experience in a language learning process than being completely immersed in the language and culture. This may not be the cheapest step, but it is where you will make the most progress and establish yourself as an Italian speaker. You should contact an Italian school, you can choose to have the language classes in the morning and in the afternoon you can visit cafes, read the newspaper, meet and talk to very interesting people (Italians are famous for being very sociable) , and you will surely have a lot to do on weekends and at night.
Florence is an ideal destination, it has been chosen many times as the best place in the world to visit, it is a rewarding experience not only on a professional level because you will receive a certificate but also on a personal level for all the wonderful historical places you will visit. Actually the trip is not as expensive as you think, but if it requires some planning, when you start the steps that I have suggested (which should be today), you can already check some plane tickets, school prices, you can contact the Accademia Europea di Firenze and we can help you find a good place to stay, once you have set a budget you can start saving some money each month. Please feel free to give us a call, we are real people and would love to help make your stay here as pleasant as possible.
Once these steps are completed, you’ll be in the game for a healthy career and ready to start another language in the future if you wish.
