How to Teach Yourself Italian

Teaching yourself any language is a challenge. However, if you are even remotely comfortable in speaking and understanding Spanish, it will not be difficult at all to learn the beautiful Italian language on your own. Like Spanish, Italian is mostly Latin-based, which makes a large majority of the words easy to understand and pronounce. Teaching yourself Italian can be done in a variety of ways.

Difficulty: Moderate

Instructions

Things You'll Need:

• Computer
• Italian computer program
• Internet access
• English to Italian dictionary

1. Find program. Find a computer program that teaches you Italian. Find one that is easy for you to use and also thorough enough for you to accomplish the basis of the language.

2. Learn common words. In any langauge, you should learn commonly used words such as forms of address, the names of places, food and animals and days of the week.

3. Learn common phrases. When you are familiar with commonly used words, you should learn basic phrases. Basic phrases will not only get you off to a good start, but will aso help you to get by when visiting an Italian speaking area.

4. Learn verb conjugations. Italian conjugations are very similar to those in Spanish. Although they are both a bit complicated, Italian verb conjugation is easier than those in English.

5. Visit an Italian atmosphere. Visit an Italian neighhood or even an Italian restaurant to be able to practice what you have learned. Reading a menu in Italian will be very beneficial to your new Italian skills.

Tips & Warnings

• Italian lessons can be purchased on audio CDs as well.
• Use an English to Italian dictionary to be able to properly communicate unfamiliar words.