Hi everyone welcome to or back to my channel
My name is Shea and today we are doing a video that is slightly different
than what I had normally do, but this video is gonna be about
How I learned Italian in one month
Disclaimer, I didn't learn the entire language, I am not entirely
fluent in Italian but it is just about me
using some tips and tricks and different techniques
that I used to become somewhat conversational
to be able to understand a large portion
at the language just by repetition
and really studying everyday for this whole month
so if you interested, keep watching
I'll share my nine tips and tricks
of how I got to my level of where I am today
I hundred per cent plan on continuing to learn the language
and at the end of this video
I'll have a short portion of me actually speaking in Italian
so you can see what I learned
so stay tuned, this video was inspired by Nathaniel Drews video
of how I learned Italian
in one week
I think that his channel is amazing
I love his content and I will link that video out below
because it is very inspiring and amazing
the work that he can do in one week
I obviously gave my best in one month
here's it is, roll the tape
ok, so here is what I started off with an Nathaniel Drew actually
mentioned
this in his video
first thing I did was
look at a list with most common
thousand words in Italian
now, one of the biggest things is when you learn a new language
specially in the classroom
they always start off things like colors, foods
something are just like how I say words
you probably won't even use that often in the beginning
I would say try to start as broad as possible
and then narrow it down
because if you think about it
there are so many connector words
and, so, because, this and then
verbs that you use all the time in English, so I looked up a list
about most common one thousand words in Italian
and
I start making flashcards
now I recommend this, don't try to make a thousand flashcards
all at once because it would be super overwhelming
when I did I broke it up
I did about a hundred a day
and that may sound really daunting
but there are a lot of cognates in Italian
so that means words are pretty similar in english
so you can kind of figure out the meaning of them
but also for me, I know Spanish
so there are a lot of words that are in common in Spanish, that I could also can
guess the meaning in Italian
don't be scared of like "I can't learn a hundred words in a day"
you could even break it up more, you could just focus on 50 a day, but you know if you think about it you do a hundred a day
that is only ten days for you to get the thousand words
and then, what I recommend is making those cards and reviewing them everyday
don't just make the cards
put them on the side and move on
I have my cards
in this lovely flashcards box
you can do flashcards on Quizlet too but for me personally
I think that actually helps my memory, I read down
I can just stay these anywhere or I can just take out a chunk and study them
every once in awhile, and repetition is
so, so important for actually committing the stuff to memory
so flashcards are probably number one
what you should focus on
ok, so I thought I would do a little recap of how
the first week is going, I've listed out some of the exercises
and things that I've been doing
I realized that definitely had to kind of rearrange
my schedule for what initially I had planned on to do
and I think that the most important part is that
you never really know what is gonna be the best of you entire you are trying it
and you implement new things and new strategies
so I definitely would say come up of with an overall plan
some things that you think you wanna try if you like mapping out
what you wanna do week by week
but be open to change it in a little bit
and it finding what is working for you and what isn't
and even if you find new strategies you should
implement those as well, because my initial schedule has switched so much
within this past week of what I've been doing. Yes the exciting thing
is that the videos and the vlogues that I have been watching
in Italian, I definitely understood a lot more even
after just the first few days
but it is really cool, but is really great
because it also helps me to pick out words that I should know or that I use very often
because I think, you know, that's the most important part
so there is always going to be ups and downs but you can't let those really tough times
just stop you from trying because it's a process, you know. So yeah, for next week
I am going to schedule out my plan
and can map out it day by day the things that I want keep doing
and push myself to go a little be further
and I will check you guys later
Tip number 2 is finding commonly used verbs
and learning how to conjuguate them
I first focus on the present tense
just you can talk about what is happening now
present tense is probably the easiest for now
the most commons verbs is pretty easier to find, words like to be, to have
to go, things like that
and then you just can learn how to conjugate them
and fortunately a lot of the most common you will use
are regular verbs, might they only follows
the exact order of conjugation
but
that just want one of those things that you also have to
condition on your memory
so continue studying in your flashcards everyday
I've recommend learning those verbs
and conjugating them everyday
the tip number 3 that I did was actually keep a journal
where i wrote about what I did back day, some of my thougs
or you could even write like short story or poems
if you want it, I just had
this short little journal
where I wrote down as if I was doing a journal entry everyday
it was just kind I was doing
I started off with things really simple, like in the morning
I had coffee, just like that
well, I sounded like a child but
you think about it, you learn your language when you trying say one sentences in natal you learned
don't be upset if your sentences is so simple
I mean that is the way you start learn language, don't think that you gonna
be able to write a great novel when you start to learn a new language
Tip number 4, in the back of this
I also keep a log of what I was
studying every day
so I just kind wrote down the first thing that I made
hundred of flashcards, I did 5 verbs and conjugations
I tested myself on the connector words in Quizlet
I watched some vlogues in Italian which I will touch on later
it is important because you can realize what you are not studying enough
you know you should have some good grammar, studying verbs, vocabulary
speaking, hearing, writing
and I feel that a lot of people might've
tried do all of them one day
or nor thought enough on an area
oh, I not really studying grammar much and don't listening enough
and now you can kind of see where you're falling short and where you need to
add more to your studying routine
Tip number 5 it's very important to hear the language
so I love watching videos on Youtube, at first
you have no idea what's happening because it seems like they talk so fast
but really helps to hear the way
the language that supposed to sound
and also helps because you are hearing what people
normally talk about, you pick a little phrases
you know that you hear a lot in the videos and that they repeat
and is also important to watch TV shows
one of my favorites Italian shows it's called "BABY"
it's a pretty dark show just so you know, so you are prepared
but I really love it. it's shot in Rome
and I was obsessed with it
it was one of the reason actually I wanted to start learning Italian because I loved the sound of the language
and I thought that show so cool
I first watched it with English subtitles
because I didn't know Italian, and now I going back with Italian subtitles
just match what I hear to actually words are
it's really important watch tv shows and movies
with Italian subtitles
because if you watch with English subtitles
that is not gonna be beneficial because you just gonna be reading
and not connecting with Italian words
Tip number 6 is listening to music again is another way to expose your hear
to the sounds of Italian if you memory songs lyrics
that also can helps you with the pronunciation
and knowing what this words means, i like to look up the lyrics online
and kind of read along with them other listen to the song
I will link down my favorite
Italian songs below
a lot of them came from the sound track of that show "BABY"
that I was just talking about, and there is a particular called "Da Sola"
that I loved and it's like just such a bob
so great song and always listen to in the car
tip number 7
this really great once you kind establishes a little bit and understanding
you should download
the app called Hello Talk
it's really great because is the perfect way to actually connect Italian natives speakers
so you make a profile and you know you write
what language is your native language and also the language that you're trying to learn
so it's very like a mutualy beneficial app
because you can connect with the people
who are Italian and who what learn English
and you can kind be possible speak English and Italian
you send in the chat someone
like Whatsapp
but the cool thing about the app is that you have the option to correct someone with messages
so let's say I write something in Italian, the person who are talking to
can make little edits to make my exact messages
and correct them and send to me like this is
the corect word or this is the correct word, or you might could stop here, like kind of thing
it's really beneficial , there also are audios
so you can send audio messages to work your pronunciation
and this is really cool because actually match someone great people that I never
ran into a weird creepy people it was really just people who
wanted English for an exame, maybe they're student
or, you know, they're looking to learn for a work
or a trip that they are going on
and then they love
for you also be learn and trying to speak Italian
and is really paciente, you know, with you
it's a really cool app that I recommend
Tip number 8 I think that is important to get a workbook
so you can actually be praticing reading
and using a instruction way to learn a language
some books are fantastics
I used just a suplemet when I be learning
so I got this book actually a while ago
for actually when I went to Rome and I never used it
but it's called Italian conversation, I would focus in some book that emphasis conversation
and not just learning Italian, 'cause you gonna get
like the classroom method, and it won't be benefitial
but this is good 'cause you walk through all the little parts of conversation
has to do writing exercises
that you know
sometimes you, you wouldn't discipline yourself to do
I think this is a great book, I will suggest you use this
I gain just a supplement when I need to do my grammar studies
Tip number 9
what I have doing two, three last days
is reading children stories in Italian
so I found a really great website again I will put it down below
that has Italian
stories of you common and fairy tales, you know
all the kinds of stories on this website that you translate
into Italian
and they have also in audio
portions of it, so you can hear the story, read out loud
and then I'll recommend
this is super good for pronaunciation
because for me learning a language
I wanna be able to pronounce correctly
I probably won't to be a hundred per cent accurate
I want to try get
as good as possible
having the correct intonation and clear, you know
it's really helpful to read stories out loud
and know the sounds
it's thoses all my tips
and I just want to recap a little bit of
how I learned a language, so nine trips that you should follow
first of all, you definitely should do a research
there are so many online resources fantastics
it's so crazy that we have
access to all the resources online to learn a language
you don't need spend money in this workbook
for me, I did kind I create this overall plan
before started it
but things came up, things happen that you had
to shift around what my schedule was, so you don't worry
if like you craft this whole plan
and just gets ruined because
there are a lot of thing that you don't realize you need to learn
because you don't have understanding that language
I would say if you won't make this basic overall plan
a good idea is everyday you have
vocabulary review and conjugation
so that's reviewing your flashcards
and conjugating verbs
also other thing that you can add in your plan
is dividing up, one day devoted to grammar, one day devoted to listening, reading
for me, I did focus in one day on learning new grammar
but then maybe later on the day
I watched vlogues or videos or listen to music
exposing yourself to the language everyday is important
and absolutely you can do your commuted work
then you are working out, you can listen the podcast
just always finding ways to expose to yourself to the language is
number one most important
also just start speaking, I know for me speaking is my weakness part
now that I've watched all this videos and vlogs
I can actually watch them and understand most of what is happening
it's is just super exciting but then if I wanna
speak about something is totally black
sometimes when I talk about my day or in a shower
it's just like try to talk, try to understand
how sentences are constructed just practicing that
even you feel wrong like just learn new vocabulary
just try and practice, and the more you speak the better
you get
obviously you have a friend or someone that speaks Italian
that will be the primer, the perfect, the exactly that you need
to practice and learned
alright
now for the fun part you get for me hear to speak Italian
hopeful that is good, don´t comment on me I think that is pretty good
just gonna talk a little bit about myself
I will put English subtitles down below because you know
so you guys know what I'm talking about
it's pretty fun actually, I love speak outher language, the sound i so cool
alright so now
it's not like the only thing that I learned
but I think that I did a good job, I very pround of myself of keeping up this
I am super excited to keep learning Italian
because I fell came so far
and there so much to learn about the language
and I think that the most important is really loving the language
and being excited about it
so thank you so much for watching this video or as I said
grazie per avere guardato questo video (thanks for watching this video)
and I hope to check with you guys soon
I'll try do some more videos again
sorry I've been kind stopped of created content
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