What is the best scientifically proven method for learning a foreigh language (Italian)?
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i learned french and english by moving here and living with women who speak the language.  immersion.
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I learned some Spanish from a software.\nCOSMI Learn To Speak Spanish by Cosmi.
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honestly I don't know why you would want to do this, but the best way to learn a language is to go live in the country. If you can't afford that, take some classes, listen to tapes in your car, and above all, watch as many movies in the language as possible...that's a great way to hear the language spoken colloquially and get as close to the real experience as is possible in the confines of your living room
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The best way to learn any language is through a technique called "total immersion".  This is where nothing is spoken except the target language.  So, no English whatsoever, only Spanish in your case.\nUse the latest technique of "Total Immersion," which can be more specifically called the "Communicative Method of Total Immersion".\n\nWith this method, the student is submersed in a Spanish-speaking environment that extends beyond the classroom, to include all aspects of his or her life during the time it takes to learn the language. So the classroom becomes in reality, an extension of the student's reality while studying . Therefore, language acquisition never ceases to take place. \n\nThis Total Immersion technique is based on three open structures:\n\na. Integrated skills, \nb. Grammar by analogy, not by analysis, and\nc. Themes selected by the learner, i.e restauraunts, banking, travel. \n\nWith this system, the learner is able to feel the success, and hear how they are making progress in the language, in different communicative situations.\n\nI don't know if you will be fluent in 30 days.  That depends on prior knowledge of the language, language proficiency apptitude, and a variety of other factors.  It will be difficult even if you do pick up languages quickly, but if you are determined enough, you could potentially have a rudimentary understanding of the fundamentals of the Spanish language within a month by utilizing total immersion.\n\nThe Defense Language Institute in California (the military language school) teaches all of it's languages in this manner.
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Immersion in the language, living in another culture is, hands-down, the best way.  It's also the most disruptive to your life, and few can do it.\n\nIf you're learning on your own, some general tips for learning languages:\n\n1. Look at people's reviews on Amazon to determine what are some of the best courses.\n\n2. Go to the library and check out different types of courses, and see what works for you best.\n\n3. Put aside 30 - 60 minutes per day and study some each day.\n\n4. If you get discouraged, take a couple of days off, but set your next time to study and stick to it. If you go too long (say a week) between study sessions, you'll start forgetting.\n\n5. Go into the experience realizing that you'll make lots of mistakes, don't worry about them and keep going.\n\n6. Try to find someone better than you in the language to speak with. You can't learn to speak a language without speaking it. If you're trying to learn with someone else who is also learning, you'll lead each other into learning errors.
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There is a place to download a free Italian Program for your computer it is found at:\n\nhttp://www.byki.com/fls/Git1/italian?gclid=CNW828yn5YgCFQ-4WAod2Xi9pQ\n\nbut if you are wanting to learn of of the internet you can check out these sights as well. I Spent a year in Italy to study the language. It was a lot of fun but If I had known about these sights it would have mad it much easier. Good luck and have fun learning one of the most romantic languages in the world.\n\nAbout.com Italian (Italian.about.com) – Lessons from the About.com Guide to Italian. \n\nParliamo italiano! (abruzzo2000.com/course) – “An Italian course for English speakers.” \n\nThe Italian Electronic Classroom (www.locuta.com/eclass.html) – “Aimed at providing free on-line, useful information on difficult aspects of the Italian language to students, teachers, translators, writers.”
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You shouldn't rely on one source to learn a language because they might have different points of view on things. I suggest that you use books, software, videos, and cassettes/ CDs to help you. Also, the Rosetta Stone one is pretty good and I think is worth it. It's up to you to decide.
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What exactly do you need help with? First of all learn how to spell Italian. <<<<\nIf it's the language I might be able to help a little and if it is anything else just let me know.
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Try learning Esperanto (I speak English, Esperanto, Spanish, and German, and have studied Polish, and Mandarin Chinese) Esperanto was far easier to learn than any of the others, and it opened the world to me. I've had conversations with people from every continent, and every country, and I only had to learn the easiest language on earth to do so.\n\nYou might ask, why is Esperanto easier to learn than any of the other languages? It's because it is a language designed to be simple to learn. Most of the time spent studying a foreign language is spent learning the irregularities and rule exceptions ("I before E except after C", " 'sheep' is both singular and plural", etc). Esperanto has only 16 gramatical rules, and no exceptions to any of the rules.\n\nAnd before you ask, yes you can travel with Esperanto. Read this article in Wikipedia about the Esperanto "Pasporta Servo" (Pasport Service)\n\nhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/pasporta_servo
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I am learning Italian and I think that it's not so hard. If you know spanish (which is mixed in with italian) And if you have a person to practice with so that you both can help eachother. That makes it easier. As for it being just out right easy or hard I would say that it depends on how much effort you put into really learning. Anyone can learn a new language though, You are worth as many people as languages you know.
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The one I've been using for a while is the best:\nhttp://www.bbc.co.uk/languages/\nThey teach you common phrases, words, how to survive the most common situations etc.\n\nTry it, you won't be disappointed
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You're probably in school so this may not work, but seriously if you really want to learn a language inside out, get a one-way ticket to the land where the language is spoken, and make it very hard to get back to where you originated from.  You will learn the language from the ground up, like children do.  "I'm hungry!" "How much does this cost?""Where's the bathroom?""How do you say...?" It's humbling to always be asking and learning.  Sometimes you have to say a word or a phrase over and over before you get it.  Try not to associate with English speakers, because it is easy to get lazy and just fall back on your native language.  Living in a country you learn the accent and the slang--more authentic.\nComo sta lei? Multo bene?  I learned that through language tapes--and that is about all I learned.  I learned Spanish by living in South America for two years.  I am fluent in Spanish.  So much depends on your motives for learning a language.  If it's just to get a "C" and get a language requirement out of the way, it's going to be different than if you are planning to go to Italy this summer and you really want to see the sights and taste the real authentic food  and meet people your age.  Usually if they see you are attempting to speak their language and not expecting THEM to automatically speak English to you, you will find most people are remarkably helpful.  I did learn some French in high school using conventional methods--so that does work--but it's that principle of the more you put into it, the more you'll get out of it. Flash cards, writing vocabulary out over and over, listening to tapes, watching films--you can even listen to radio from Italy on Internet.  Go to an Italian restaurant and try your Italian on the waiters and waitresses. If you can find a student from Italy trying to learn English, you can help each other, and by listening to the way they put sentences together in English, it will give you insights into Italian grammar--because it is not the same, as you know, as English.  Your choice: get a C or travel the sea.  <smile> .  &8^ } 3\nCiao,\n-Spec
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Harvard has a fine course on that.The University of Florence in Italy also.
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I think "Teach Yourself" series books with CD's are the best.\nI don't know about Spanish but it greatly helped me to learn an another languge.\n\nThe best way to learn any language is to find an enviroment where you can speak and test your learnig.
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I recently was studying in Italy taking an italian language course and found that writing words on flashcards worked really well for me. Whether you sat going through them a few times a day or just picked up a couple when you had some spare time. I also stuck flashcards up on the walls and in places that i knew I would pass throughout the day, and before i knew it, I had memorized the words.
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Rosetta Stone of course. \ntransparentlanguage.com
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Go take an Italian class.