Introduction

Italian is a Romance language of the Indo-European language family. It is, by most measures and together with Sardinian, the closest language to Latin, from which it descends via Vulgar Latin. Italian is an official language in Italy, Switzerland (Ticino and the Grisons), San Marino, and Vatican City. It has official minority status in western Istria (Croatia and Slovenia). Italian is also spoken by large immigrant and expatriate communities in the Americas and Australia. It is the second most widely spoken native language in the European Union with 67 million speakers (15% of the EU population) and it is spoken as a second language by 13.4 million EU citizens (3%). It is also widely taught in many schools around the world, but rarely as the first foreign language. In the 21st century, technology also allows for the continual spread of the Italian language, as people have new ways to learn how to speak, read, and write languages at their own pace and at any given time.

As you have learned the basics, i.e., the beginner’s stage. You should start focusing more on your listening skills. Our listening ability is the main role that helps us to learn the language, it would be impossible for us to learn any of the things we have learned and we are learning in our lives. Listening plays a very important role in learning a language. Listening will help you understand the correct pronunciation, stress, syntax. The real meaning of a speech is characterized by the tone and accent of the speech, along with the pitch. We acquire more data of a language through listening than reading, speaking, and writing. Students have to keep a notebook to write down what they have memorized, practice, translated words, etc. It feels amazing when we checked the notebook to see what has been covered, how you are coping with the language, and how far you’ve come. 

Setting small goals when learning the language, it’s exciting and motivating when you reward yourself each time you achieve the goals. Pronunciation, to a certain extent everyone knows that it is important because if your accent is really bad people will have a hard time understanding you. Work on your Italian listening comprehension with short audio files and videos. Each one includes the Italian transcript and side-by-side English translation. Listening to Italian music and radio will also help in improving yourself while observing the differences and similarities from one person to another or from one region to another region. The more often you listen the more your listening skill and understanding of the Italian language improves. The best way to practice improving your pronunciation is to record yourself and speak Italian repeatedly to make sure you have correctly pronounced the words. 

Learners need to cope up with the distinction of style, genres and recognize implicit meaning in a variety of factual and literary texts also use accurate Italian grammar in written and spoken production. Students should be able to conduct independent research and deliver detailed analytical and well-structured presentations and essays on complex subjects rounded off with convincing conclusions. It is undeniable for learners to put in more effort and time to practice the Italian language at this stage, so they speak fluently and understand the language.