How to overcome shyness when speaking Italian
Have you ever felt like you wanted to speak Italian to someone but were too shy to do so? You start to sweat, your heart races, you blush, and you don’t approach anyone. What happened here?
Have you ever felt like you wanted to speak Italian to someone but were too shy to do so? You start to sweat, your heart races, you blush, and you don’t approach anyone. What happened here?
You know that feeling of “something is in my way”? When you can literally feel that there is a barrier between you and your Italian, but you just don’t know what it is?
What were your thoughts when you first tied to understand Italian conversations? Did the conversation match your expectations? How did you feel when you heard your first words?
My first experience speaking English wasn’t exactly a happy and relaxed moment. I couldn’t figure out why, but all the words that I had in my brain didn’t seem to come out. In fact, nothing seemed to come out.
Making sentences, remembering words, expessing yourself… how hard it is to find the words to say in Italian? In this interview, Giovanna from The Limonata Lounge is going to share how she learnt Italian, dealt with her first conversations when she arrived in Ischia, and found a tool to improve her skills and find the …
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Do you feel like listening to Italian is like being on another planet? Like catching Italian words is like catching butterflies in a field? Like following a conversation in Italian is like running from one place to another, trying to figure out what is going on around you?
“I’m sto stupid“. “Why do I keep making these mistakes?” “Oh my God, this was totally wrong“. “No, wait, I should have said that instead!” – How many times have you said or thought that?
Do you get lost when someone speaks to you in Italian? Does it feel like words change one after the other too soon too fast? Like when you’ve finally caught a word, the other person has already moved on to a different subject?
“I just cannot understand what Italians say. What is wrong with me? Why is this so hard?” How many times have you said that after listening to someone speaking Italian?
I’m ready to speak Italian! This is what you say to yourself after memorizing the long list of sentences you’ve carefully written for your trip. You’ve spent the last weeks before your trip is due by planning and organizing everything .