Comments on: EasyItalianNews.com 18 settembre 2018

By: Barry

Barry — Sun, 23 Sep 2018 18:34:13 +0000

Hi Daniel
I am loving this new addition to the website, I really feel this will help my Italian learning, like you suggested I listen 2-3 times before checking text and then seeing if I can get an understanding of the story, and see if certain words keep cropping up so I can then get to know common words in the language. Keep it coming
Arry

By: wpx_easyital

wpx_easyital — Fri, 21 Sep 2018 11:35:46 +0000

In reply to Stephen Coates. Grazie, Stephen! And it's Friday, which is 'unlimited beer and crisps' day, casa mia!!

By: Stephen Coates

Stephen Coates — Fri, 21 Sep 2018 11:10:52 +0000

As with everyone else, I want to add my tanks Daniel to this wonderful resource. I was wondering where you were going at one point in your reply to “Peter” (Sept 19)as I am of an age that remembers a certain television advert here in the UK for a certain lager. Your reply was – “You do the listening. You let the parts that you don’t understand flow over you. The advert went “touches the part other lagers don’t reach”. I thought there was a link to this when you had said that after listening 2 or 3 times, stop and do something else – have a beer was a good option!!!Joking aside, I repeat my thanks for this great addition to my learning programme.

By: Lisa Tacke-Pucylowski

Lisa Tacke-Pucylowski — Thu, 20 Sep 2018 20:10:29 +0000

Thank you so much. Grazie mille!
I am enjoying this for my own education…but also for me to share with my Italian students. I teach Italian to high school students in Chicago. Ben fatto!

By: Jane Yates

Jane Yates — Thu, 20 Sep 2018 10:30:59 +0000

Grazie per questa initiative!

By: Alan Jones

Alan Jones — Thu, 20 Sep 2018 09:55:28 +0000

This is an excellent resource for improving listening. The combination of text and sound helps greatly to build confidence. I like the variety of articles, the voice and pace of the reader and the layout of the text as it appears on my iPhone. I hope, Daniel, that you will be able to continue with this project long into the future. I would be more than happy to make a financial contribution if it helps with development. I’m a very happy and contented listener. Molte grazie per la sua iniziativa bravissima.

By: Beryl Barratt

Beryl Barratt — Thu, 20 Sep 2018 07:42:48 +0000

Great.

By: wpx_easyital

wpx_easyital — Thu, 20 Sep 2018 07:17:24 +0000

In reply to Helen lamb.

I’ve done 80 hours of online conversation – it cost me over a thousand pounds, but given my low level in Swedish, you’d be amazed how much I can get across.

Both listening and speaking are, in the end, just a question of getting enough practice. We express ourselves using certain basic formulae. And use mental ‘tricks’ to make sense of what we hear. But the brain takes time to ‘tune in’ and so build the habits we need to communicate effectively.

Keep at it, Helen. You’ll get there in the end!

By: Helen lamb

Helen lamb — Thu, 20 Sep 2018 07:13:49 +0000

Thank you Daniel and family! Excellent, interesting, challenging, topical, timely. Just what one needs to improve the speed of understanding spoken Italian which seems way behind reading and writing abilities. So frustrating when one understands much of what is said, but then when one tries to reply can only manage a few words before brain freezes and stumble and stop….aaargh!

By: wpx_easyital

wpx_easyital — Thu, 20 Sep 2018 05:54:16 +0000

In reply to Susannah.

On EasyItalianNews.com there’s a signup form in the sidebar, the top-left of every page.
Just fill it in and you should directly receive future editions.

Daniel