If you were wondering.... we have now entered into the second month of language school at Lorenzo di Midici! At the end of September, we had to take a big "final exam" over everything we had learned last month in class. It was a three pg written test, accompainied by a short (individual) oral conversation "test" with our teacher. Now not only can we say simple things- such as our name, job, likes/dislikes, adjectives, but towards the end of September we also learned how to speak in the past tense.
Once our first month was completed, we moved classrooms, lost Enzo as a teacher =(, and moved to the main school building around the corner. I enjoy our new class alot. We all feel a little more at ease and our confidence is growing with the language. Besides that, the space itself is larger and it helps that there are a couple windows.
We still have Michela in the mornings but after our caffe break, we have a new teacher- Simona. Simona is wonderful. I enjoy her class very much. After her class, I always feel that I have learned alot- and learned it well. And, bonus, we are so busy soaking up everything she has to say, that the time flies by, and soon enough it is time to torno a casa to pranziamo (eat lunch) with Rosa!
Simona also is good about making learning Italian practical. She encourages us to speak and practice together in class, and I am very grateful for this fact. Almost every day we do some type of activity. It just so happened, last thursday that I had my camera with me (because afterwards we had another school "field trip"-this time to Santa Maria Novella) and I was able to snap some shots and film one of our fun activites. Check it out =)
In each group we had to pretend that we were in a shop. In my group I was the comessa/sales woman and Eric and Haun came in to buy something from my Negotzo Elegante (like a tux shop).
This was Ryan, Laura, and Salomon's group. They were in a shoe store.
Lastly, was Anne Marie, Angela, and Andrea. They were in a general clothing store-
Angela was the comessa.
No comments:
Post a Comment