{"id":19883,"date":"2020-02-12T14:37:08","date_gmt":"2020-02-12T19:37:08","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blogs.rollins.edu\/letters\/?p=19883"},"modified":"2020-02-12T14:37:08","modified_gmt":"2020-02-12T19:37:08","slug":"the-beginnings-of-learning-italian","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.rollins.edu\/letters\/2020\/02\/12\/the-beginnings-of-learning-italian\/","title":{"rendered":"The Beginnings of Learning Italian"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>A few weeks before leaving the United States, I had\nseveral plans to obtain a basic grasp of the Italian language in preparation\nfor my time in Rome. However, after learning the meaning and pronunciation of <em>Buongiorno<\/em>\non Mango and never again opening the app, I showed up to Italy with a severely\nlimited knowledge of the language. Over the past three weeks, due to my daily\nItalian courses (as well as general life in Rome), I have been able to greatly\nimprove my Italian language skills, and my journey with the language has\nsurprisingly been one of the most enjoyable parts of my time abroad thus far.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In my first week in Rome, I stumbled through social\ninteractions with locals, doing my best to employ my limited knowledge of\nItalian whenever possible. However, every time I had to resort to speaking in\nEnglish \u2013 which occurred more often than not \u2013 I was left feeling discouraged,\nbut still hopeful. So, after successfully ordering my first meal while solely speaking\nItalian, I felt on top of the world; and this feeling of accomplishment has continued\nto grow as I spend more time in Italy. From understanding announcements made in\nItalian at the train stations to greeting and completing simple transactions at\nmuseums, stores, and restaurants, each day seems to contribute to my confidence\nand skills relating to speaking Italian.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Although I knew that learning Italian would help me\nfeel more \u2018at home\u2019 in Rome, I had no idea that it would prove to be such a valuable\nexperience for me, especially so early on. Even more, I feel that being able to\ninteract with this city and the locals in the native language has helped keep\nme from experiencing too much homesickness, which has been an enormous benefit.\nBecause of the positive experience that I have had in just the past three weeks\nwith Italian, I am immensely excited to continue learning more about the language\nand being able to use my knowledge in daily life.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A few weeks before leaving the United States, I had several plans to obtain a basic grasp of the Italian language in preparation for my time in Rome. However, after learning the meaning and pronunciation of Buongiorno on Mango and never again opening the app, I showed up to Italy with a severely limited knowledge&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":605,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[54],"tags":[369],"class_list":["post-19883","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-isarome","tag-rollinsabroad"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.rollins.edu\/letters\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/19883","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.rollins.edu\/letters\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.rollins.edu\/letters\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.rollins.edu\/letters\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/605"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.rollins.edu\/letters\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=19883"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.rollins.edu\/letters\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/19883\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":19884,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.rollins.edu\/letters\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/19883\/revisions\/19884"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.rollins.edu\/letters\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=19883"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.rollins.edu\/letters\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=19883"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.rollins.edu\/letters\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=19883"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}