Better yet, specifically...
 | Are you looking to learn Italian for your next trip to Italia? |
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| Are you looking to learn Italian to connect with your "long lost" Italian relatives? |
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| Are you looking to learn the Italian language just for the fun of it? |
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| Have you tried learning Italian from books, listening to Italian audio tapes,taking private Italian lessons but you are still struggling to learn my beautiful Italian language? |
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| Do you feel that there has to be a better system or method to learn Italian? |
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| Are you finally ready to truly learn this absolutely beautiful language in less time than you ever thought possible? |
Speak Italian Faster Than You Ever Thought Possible...
In creating Learning Italian Like Crazy (LILC), I used a method of reinforcement to help you THINK in Italian. Without a doubt this method/approach separates Learning Italian Like Crazy from the popular courses I made reference to earlier. Many students have emailed me to say “Wow Giovanna, this is really a fun way to learn Italian.” Others have said that my method of teaching Italian is more effective than any other method that they have ever used to learn Italian.
There are foreign language teaching methods (i.e. courses) out there that mistakenly use listening and repetition of phrases as a futile attempt to fluency into a foreign language. From my personal experience in learning other languages and in teaching, that's one of the most impractical and ineffective ways to learn or teach a foreign language. The monotonous memorization and drilling exercises get old quickly and is often the reason why many people give up learning a foreign language. Phrase memorization and drilling is tedious, boring, and DOES NOT WORK. PERIOD!!!!
No Memorization or Drilling...
Drilling is the automatic repetition of phrases or sentences for memorization purposes. You will not find any phrase memorization or tedious drills in LILC. The goal of each of my lessons is to get you to THINK in Italian, to make it easy, and fun. And you know what? Frankly speaking, I don't understand why the popular selling courses in the market don't use this approach to teach you my beautiful language....
Just Put The Puzzle Together....
I always try to give my private students as much advice as I possibly can to help them learn to speak Italian. One that just about every private student hears from me (and that I want you to also take heed to) is to approach learning Italian like you are trying to put a puzzle together... I will give you the pieces and the techniques of how the pieces connect and then you will put the puzzle together all on your own...
Sound Like A Native Italian...
You know from earlier on in this conversation, how important I consider pronunciation to be in speaking Italian. My language is a beautiful language filled with "colorful" sounds, pitches, and tones. When these come together properly, the Italian language makes the speaker sound as though he or she is singing. This very nature of the Italian language is why it is used in Opera singing. The sound is almost heavenly. In fact, try it yourself right now, say the word "Salve a tutti - Hello everyone." Notice the pitch and tone in that very simple phrase.
Well, not only are the pitches and tones what gives Italian the "beautiful" sounds that you hear but also, they are the essential pieces to being understood by a native Italian speaker. In fact, you could be using the correct words and phrases that you may have memorized, but if you don't use the correct pitch and intonation to express yourself, chances are that a native Italian will have a difficult time understanding you.
With LILC, I ensure that you'll use the correct pronunciation, pitch, and tone in every word and phrase that you learn...
I believe in this so much, that we purposely used Native college educated linguists from the Northern, Central, and Southern (can you guess who is the Southerner :-) part of Italy to record Learning Italian Like Crazy. So you get a complete demographic range of Italian pronunciation, pitch, and tone in Learning Italian Like Crazy...
