ianlou143
01-02-2008, 06:55 AM
I’m so excited – I’m off to learn Italian language in Italy (http://www.languagecourses.net/languages-studies-abroad-countrys/en/43/italy.html)! My cousin went, as a beginner, 3 months ago and has come back really quite fluent – she now wants to teach English abroad (http://www.teflcertificatecourses.com/) and has most definitely inspired me! What I wonder about though, is the best place to go… My cousin has had very successful results studying in a small village – there were hardly any tourists and so she was literally forced to speak Italian. However, I do have a tendency to get bored easily and so naturally I am finding myself drawn to Italy’s big and exciting cities (Milan, Rome…). But going to such cosmopolitan destinations…would I have problems, finding the opportunity to speak Italian? I don’t want to go and find myself speaking English all day! I have friends who have had similar experiences (one who learnt Spanish in Madrid, for example) have told me that you literally get out what you put in. If you don’t make the effort to speak the language, you won’t speak it. Simple. Bearing this in mind, I have no worries as I am really quite a motivated person and learning Italian in Italy is a dream for me! So I suppose I have answered my own question there…Rome here I come!