I am learning Italian in 2023!

Maria-Vittoria Telo
Dec 31, 2022
2 min read

In Italy like everywhere else, it is customary to celebrate Christmas Day with family and close friends and to join in with the best party of the year for 31st December. New Year’s Eve is for many of us a way to reflect on what went well in the year that is just about to finish and to make plans to have a better time if instead we are happy the current year is nearing its end.

New Year Resolutions typically range from joining the gym, to looking for a new job, to travelling more and so on. It goes without saying that many of those resolutions will not be fulfilled as we promised. Never mind, there is always next year, isn’t it?

True, I agree, but they say that procrastinating can become a bad habit, a dangerous way of life. On behalf of all those hesitating on the edge of making big decisions I must say that due to events in the last 2 years, we are more than justified if we do not feel like making a big commitment.

But we are not talking about big commitments here, I am talking about a small step that will open your mind to a new language beyond simply knowing the names of some food and how to greet people at different times of the day: learning Italian opens the door to Italian culture, Italian history, art and music to name only a few areas. Learning Italian will add to your becoming a more informed citizen of the world and through the differences you will also find some affinities.

This is why I always ask my prospective students what brought them to the decision of studying Italian and what they expect to achieve by working with me. I believe that, beside asking them the usual questions (how they like to study and if they have previous experience of learning a foreign language and so on)’ I need to establish from the start what they are really interested in and make sure we both agree on a realistic timescale to achieve those goals as well as the financial and time commitment needed.

If the above are successfully completed, the line where a vague resolution turns into a firm commitment is crossed seamlessly and the relationship teacher/student can be established, where both lead and follow in turns, crossing the ‘finish’ line together.

So, if you are still debating whether studying Italian is right for you in 2023, get in touch and we can explore together what moved you towards this direction and how I can help you say decisively: I am learning Italian this year!