Chris in CA Posted April 4, 2008 Share Posted April 4, 2008 I will have her enroll in the local cc for high school Italian, at least for 10th-12th, but is there anything that she can use at home to get her feet wet? thanks Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Faithr Posted April 4, 2008 Share Posted April 4, 2008 Does she have any exposure to Latin because Italian is a cinch after Latin! It's like simplified Latin, basically. I would suggest just going to the library and getting out those Berlitz audios for travelers. Just listen to a lot of Italian, learn some simple phrases. If you want to invest money in it, you could try Rosetta Stone (hey maybe your library has this?) Also operas are fun. Get a Pavarotti cd singing his favorite arias and read the translations. Going to an opera where they have the subtitles is fun too. (Course make sure the opera is in Italian, not German or French!). How old is your dd? You could also netflix some Italian movies. Life is Beautiful is a great movie but very, very sad and deals with the Holocaust. I studied Italian for a year on my own at the local continuing ed programs in my county and I've been to Italy twice. (Maybe you could get an exchange student too!) The cont'g ed programs were great because they were a bunch of people who loved Italy for different reasons: travel, opera, art history, rediscovering their family heritage, food! They were such a fun bunch of people. The teacher was great too and would provide us with espresso and dolci during the class! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chris in CA Posted April 4, 2008 Author Share Posted April 4, 2008 Good ideas! dd is in 7th - almost 13 We did one year of Latin (last year) and now are doing Greek, but I've been looking for a reason to return to Latin sigh- so many languages, so little time : ) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chris in VA Posted April 4, 2008 Share Posted April 4, 2008 I'd try Rosetta Stone--lots of libraries carry it--It's almost like a game, and so fun, I think! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chris in CA Posted April 4, 2008 Author Share Posted April 4, 2008 thanks Chris, I'd forgotten about RS Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kareni Posted April 7, 2008 Share Posted April 7, 2008 My teen went through the first eight or so lessons of Pimsleur Italian before taking a trip to Italy. She recommends it. (Though bear in mind that your daughter will learn how to order wine!) Regards, Kareni Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chris in CA Posted April 7, 2008 Author Share Posted April 7, 2008 Thanks Karen, I was reading Amazon reviews and in general they are very good, one person wrote that the language learned was correct technically, but would offend in Italy if presented as Pimsleur directs, did your dd have any problems in Italy of this type? thanks so much! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kareni Posted April 7, 2008 Share Posted April 7, 2008 Chris, No, my daughter did not offend anyone so far as she knows. But do bear in mind that her interactions were mostly of the ordering gelato type! Regards, Kareni Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chris in CA Posted April 7, 2008 Author Share Posted April 7, 2008 Lol, : ) thanks for all the information Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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