In order to be truly motivated, we need to let people know about our project. Some of the ways we've started to do this is by letting people know what we are doing on Facebook and on Twitter (I've let my immense base of 26 twitter followers know). Anyone reading this, be sure to spread the word!
Monday, March 17, 2014
Monday, March 3, 2014
Blog tre
I notice now the similarities between Spanish and Italian. In just learning the gender, the rules are mostly the same. The way masculine words end in "o" and feminine words end in "a". Also the numbers one through ten are very easy to remember because they are so alike to Spanish (dos is duo, tres is tre...)The only actual memorizing we needed to do for the previous week is memorize how to modify nouns to plural as well as memorize the definite and indefinite articles. It seems really easy so far, but I'm sure that as the depth progresse the memorizing will get harder. So,like Rachael said, I will be sure to keep good notes. Also maybe we could start a google doc with what we've learned so far to keep things consistent?
Sunday, March 2, 2014
Blog #3
Rachael Lee- blog #3
Throughout the week, I tried to memorize and understand the Italian indefinite and definite articles. I also learned 1-10 in Italian. Basically, I just learned what was on our pitch for last week. It was pretty easy to memorize and understand just those simple aspects; however, it was sort of difficult to find a reliable source that provided me with the correct articles. The hard part about learning a language without a teacher or Rosetta Stone is finding websites and books that will help me learn on my own. Also, I have to remember to take notes just like this is a class because if I happen to forget anything I've learned, I will need something to refer back to.
Thursday, February 20, 2014
*I know Heta and I are supposed to share a blog, but I don't exactly know how to do that! So I am just posting my own for the person we talked to. ( sorry)
1. We talked to Mr. P.
2. We chose him because he speaks Spanish, which is similar to Italian in many ways. Also, we had easy access to him because he is our teacher too.
3. We discussed the benefits and difficulties of learning a new language and the similarities between Italian and Spanish. Also, we discussed how we should begin the process of learning Italian.
4. He helped us by showing us what kind of travel guide we should use to learn our basic Italian. He also told us stories about people who earned more money because they knew multiple languages, which obviously motivated us. He also helped us decide how much we should learn within our eight week span. He provided us with examples of Spanish and Italian words that we almost the same.
5. Our next step for the project is to learn Italian through the schedule we made for our pitch. Eventually, we will be speaking to real-life Italians in actual Italian!
1. We talked to Mr. P.
2. We chose him because he speaks Spanish, which is similar to Italian in many ways. Also, we had easy access to him because he is our teacher too.
3. We discussed the benefits and difficulties of learning a new language and the similarities between Italian and Spanish. Also, we discussed how we should begin the process of learning Italian.
4. He helped us by showing us what kind of travel guide we should use to learn our basic Italian. He also told us stories about people who earned more money because they knew multiple languages, which obviously motivated us. He also helped us decide how much we should learn within our eight week span. He provided us with examples of Spanish and Italian words that we almost the same.
5. Our next step for the project is to learn Italian through the schedule we made for our pitch. Eventually, we will be speaking to real-life Italians in actual Italian!
Monday, February 10, 2014
Sunday, February 9, 2014
My 20 Time Project
*Heta and I talked about doing a joint project. (Maybe) Also, I am going to help out with or be a part of Georgia's soccer camp project.( I didn't know if I should write anything about it or not)
Final Goal/Accomplishment:
- I want to learn as many Italian words, phrases, verbs, etc as possible.
- I would like to learn enough to communicate with actual Italians when I visit Italy over spring break.
- To be successful with this topic, I obviously need to know more Italian. I need to know that it will be awkward talking to random Italians when I am in Italy. Also, I need to know how to organize my learning style because I am not learning Italian with a teacher, like I learned most (or little) of my Spanish.
- I already know some basic Spanish, which might help my learning of Italian; this could make learning Italian a bit easier. Also, there are Italian travel guides that can help me in Italy if I happen to forget.
- It will be difficult to try and learn Italian along with my core classes and along with soccer season. Also, the communication part of this project will be difficult for me because I am a very awkwardly shy person around people I don't know. Having to speak Italian to random people in Italy will be simultaneously interesting and difficult!
- This project can be done in or out of class. I can practice Italian anywhere, since I will mainly be using an app on my phone that will help me learn it.
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