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Posted on Saturday, May 18, 2013 at 11:34AM
Saturday, May 18, 2013 at 11:34AM 
New decorating.
Fall 2012 and Spring 2013 have finally passed with their ups and downs, and summer is in full swing! That means staying in bed all day (on my days off), not leaving my apartment until the sun is setting or already down, reading mountains of books, marathoning my favorite tv shows, and drinking sangria like it is my job. With this foreign concept of "free time," I also have slots to practice and buff up on my Italian.
During fall semester and especially spring, I became more frustrated each day as I woke up and discovered that I had displaced my Italian command. Forgetting my practiced and learned language skills that I learned from native speakers was like being consistently hit over my head with a stupefying stick; very, very annoying. Being in college full time while working thirty hours a week made it extremely difficult to find patience, energy, or time to expand on my skill or even put to practice what I already knew.
HOWEVER, that is behind me now and I am pleased to report that each day this week I've practiced my language in one way or another. I am trying to find the best way to learn more and utilize what I already know, so I've attempted watching a movie in Italian, reading in Italian and translating it (slow and arduous...), speaking to friends from Florence, or simply writing my thoughts down in Italian. All of these methods have a varying degree of effectiveness. I decided to really immerse myself (as much as I can) this morning, and began papering my apartment with post-its of singular and plural nouns stuck on their respective object.
I have found that the easiest words (then, again, though, etc) and nouns (chair, oven, window, door) are the things that slip my mind the quickest. I can't say why concretely, but I am going to take a shot in the dark here and guess that it is due to the fact that I learned through conversation, and topics like chairs, ovens, windows, or doors weren't often brought up....do people even talk about those things?
Wall clock(s).
This way, when I am lounging around my space all day, I am constantly being confronted with Italian nouns. I don't know how many of you know another language, but sometimes just being put in that frame of mind each day really makes all of the difference.
Lightswitch.
Wine Glass(es)
I hid some of them. ;]I am hoping that this helps me out! If anyone out there (I don't think anyone is reading this and I'm yelling into cyberspace...or rather, whispering quietly) has any tips or methodologies on learning a new language, toss them my way! I'd love to hear about your experience.
-Mel xx
Even the simple words.
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