106: Nervous to Speak Italian? Here’s what to do

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🗓️ 5 September 2023

⏱️ 15 minutes

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Summary

If you’re nervous to speak Italian don’t worry: you’re not alone! Here you’ll learn how to overcome these nerves and start speaking Italian with confidence.

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Today's Italian words:
Come si dice = How do you say…?
Inglese o italiano? = English or Italian?
Italiano lento, per favore! = Slow Italian, please!
Preferisco l’italiano, vorrei praticare = I prefer Italian, I’d like to practise
Sto imparando = I’m learning
Grazie per la pazienza = Thanks for your patience

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0:00.0	Have you ever felt nervous to speak Italian?
0:03.0	Oh, all the time.
0:05.0	Not you, Matteo.
0:07.0	I'm talking about people who are learning Italian.
0:10.0	So this week we asked our students from our school to tell us about some of the biggest challenges of learning Italian.
0:17.0	What do you think the most common answer was?
0:20.0	It's simply starting to speak in the first place.
0:23.0	So how can you overcome these nerves
0:25.0	so that you can actually start using the language
0:27.8	rather than just studying it in books?
0:30.8	In today's episode, you'll pick up some advice
0:32.8	and learn a few useful phrases
0:34.4	to help you feel more confident
0:36.0	when you're having a go at speaking Italian.
0:51.8	Hi everyone and welcome to learn Italian with Joy of Languages. Before we get
0:57.3	started, we wanted to let you know that the doors to our online Italian school are opening
1:01.6	very soon this Thursday, 7th of September. See, and we love to see you there. To learn more,
1:09.8	click the link in the podcast description. In the school, we do everything we can to see you there. To learn more, click the link in the podcast description.
1:12.1	In the school, we do everything we can to create a friendly environment
1:15.5	where students can feel comfortable to have a go at speaking
1:18.4	because we know it can be nerve-wracking.
1:21.6	Yeah, I think we all have that problem when speaking a foreign language.
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