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January 27, 2006

LEARNING TO SPEAK ITALIAN AT 62 IS NOT EASY
I HAVE BEEN TAKING A CLASS IN BASIC ITALIAN NOW, 2X PER WEEK , FOR 4 WEEKS. EACH CLASS IS A MIND-NUMBING 3 HOURS IN LENGTH.
COMMON SENSE WOULD SUGGEST THAT THOSE OF ADVANCING YEARS MIGHT FIND IT DIFFICULT TO LEARN A NEW LANGUAGE, BUT I AM PERSISTING IN THE FACE OF REASON.
NEVER HAVING STUDIED ITALIAN, I HAVE NO BACKGROUND ON WHICH TO CALL , TO HELP ME IN MY QUEST. THUS LEARNING PRONUNCIATION, VOCABULARY, GRAMMAR, ETC IS A MONUMENTAL TASK.
I AM IMPRESSED THAT SIGNORA VOLERIO, OUR TEACHER, HAS MANAGED TO GET A GROUP OF MAINLY MIDDLE AGED ANGLOPHONES TO ACTUALLY SPEAK IN SENTENCES, (WELL WE THINK THEY ARE SENTENCES), AND ATLEAST TRY TO PRONOUNCE WORDS CORRECTLY.
IT IS STRESSFUL BUT IT IS ALSO FUN TO TRY TO DO THE IMPOSSIBLE.

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