Italian Week 5 Update - Speaking Italian After 1 Month!

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@chigkfgjjcf7325 5 жыл бұрын

Ive been listening and studying Italian for about a week and it’s crazy how much I can understand in just that 1 week

@omaralrefae4504 3 жыл бұрын

What materials did you use? And audiobooks

@neytsyip 3 жыл бұрын

have been learning italian as well, but from school. started in around september obviously, now trying to make it to learn italian, in less time than 3 years, if possible :P 😅😅

@vivek_dahal 2 жыл бұрын

Cosa è tu level ora? Sono stato faccio per tre settimane ora.

@YourRichLifeMedia 2 жыл бұрын

Honestly i am so impressed. Ive been studying french for 3 years off and on and cant speak this well. I started increasing my input this week so we will see how this turns out. Definitely inspiring

@storylearning 2 жыл бұрын

Let me know how it goes!

@tensaimontv 6 жыл бұрын

I can't understand Italian so objectively I have no idea how well you are speaking, but reading through the comments people seem pretty impressed, and you certainly look and sounds like you are speaking pretty well. The fact that you did this only through listening is a very valuable lesson for anyone wanting to learn a language!

@thelanguagelife7962 6 жыл бұрын

Very impressed with your accent and intonation👏👏👏👏

@storylearning 6 жыл бұрын

Thank you! I think that comes from a lot of listening!

@1pritzel 4 жыл бұрын

Olly I'm really impressed with your first 5 days. I'm SO jealous, however, I appreciate your BRAVERY and consistency. Unreal. You've given me the courage to go forward. I guess the only way for me is to get into the 'deep end'. All the text books, grammar and comprehension can only do so much....bravo!

@jackiec.232 6 жыл бұрын

Way to go, Olly! It was fascinating watching you from Monday through to Friday, starting off so shy and nervous, searching for words, watching your confidence grow each day and finally relaxing enough to enjoy it. Thanks for sharing this process , full of very unique insights for all of us.

@barbaragemin5117 6 жыл бұрын

I have no words Olly. I, and my Italian husband, are so impressed with the excellent pronunciation, inflection and your ability to find the appropriate words to express sometimes quite complex ideas. I really admire your dedication, hard work and I think probably a natural predisposition to learning languages. You've encouraged me in my French studies and I'm looking forward to putting myself through this quite scary oral test, either with a French speaker or in France next time we go I need a dose of your courage Olly. Well done.

@storylearning 6 жыл бұрын

Thanks so much for the comment Barbara! It means a lot to me, as I’m naturally self-critical. Is there anything in particular from this project that you’re tempted to try in your French?

@cloeye32 6 жыл бұрын

That was wonderful I could understand everything you sent and Italian. Good job! You should make another video after you finish the next two months speaking it I want to see what that’s going to be like. That’s awesome. Now everybody knows that they can listen to material and learn a language without even opening their mouth for picking up a textbook. That’s wonderful I am so proud of you!

@michaelrobinson2069 6 жыл бұрын

Amazing after one month Olly. It’s the fluency that I’m most impressed with. You already appear to be thinking in Italian

@storylearning 6 жыл бұрын

Thank you Michael. I’m certainly *trying* to think I’m Italian ... hopefully it gets easier over the coming months!

@jonnyyare9884 5 жыл бұрын

Very impressive Olly! I’m kind of learning the opposite way around to yourself, I began learning Italian almost 20 years ago and use it whenever I can. My level is a b2 so I understood everything you said and if this is after a month that’s incredible. It took me over a year to get to that level. I’m learning Spanish at the moment so I could understand when you were trying to translate through Spanish with the word”nunca” I’m reading your short stories in Spanish book and the progress I’ve made with it is unbelievable! Resources are way better these days than when I learned Italian! Complimenti Ben fatto!

@agnesboros893 6 жыл бұрын

Olly, congratulations on your hard work. My mother tongue is Hungarian, but I also learnt some Italian at the secondary grammar school; however, I'm not so proud of myself as I don't really remember anything if I have to recall my Italian studies... As far as the video is concerned, I can only understand the English part and some of the Italian words. You must have put a real effort into Italian, and your new way of learning (I mean acquiring new pieces of information with the help of comprehensible input) is pretty effective and meaningful as it teaches the learner to think in the target language. In the video, you seem to be confident, fluent, well-balanced and "organised" (if I can use this word here). Thanks for sharing this wonderful expreience with us, I do really think that it will inspire many of us to follow your footsteps concerning language learning. I wish you good luck with your further studies and life. :)

@courtnee1060 6 жыл бұрын

I loved the video Ollie and you did great. From one language learner to another, however, when you don't know how to say something try describing what you want to say in your target language so you don't revert back to the languages you already know. Even if you don't use "correct" grammar when describing it's okay because you're training your brain to be accustomed to speaking your target language. Keep up the good work!

@storylearning 6 жыл бұрын

Great tip!

@anthony9356 5 жыл бұрын

Hey Olly, Its awesome to see this. Martina used to be my teacher too, she was absolutely amazing to work with.

@Brun69M 6 жыл бұрын

Excellent pronunciation!! I am very impressed!

@ZauberinNini Жыл бұрын

Dear Olly, you did absolutely great for 1 week. Continua così 👏🏻👏🏻

@darkcdt83 6 жыл бұрын

Very inspiring Olly! I unknowingly used a similar strategy with Spanish. I didn't speak consistently for months, but I absorbed a lot of written and audio content. Now that I'm speaking more, I find that I have a pretty large vocabulary. It look like things worked out similarly for you. Awesome work!

@storylearning 6 жыл бұрын

Thank you! I’ve certainly been pleasantly surprised by the results of all that input!

@rubyjc70 6 жыл бұрын

Wow. You’re speaking much better by far than I do after I’ve been studying for a month as a false advanced beginner! Congratulations!

@storylearning 6 жыл бұрын

Thanks Jeanette, and keep it up... we’re in this together!

@thebigphilbowski 2 жыл бұрын

I'm currently trying to learn Italian and this gives me so much hope. Thank you.

@luca2697 2 жыл бұрын

Bravo Olly, sono passati tre anni da questo video e sicuramente sarai migliorato molto vedendo l’impegno che ci metti….ora comincio io con l’inglese….

@victoriagrey5973 5 жыл бұрын

This is super inspiring! I'm totally going to try to follow this path for Spanish & Swedish... maybe even Italian some day! Thanks for sharing your progress... it's kind of mesmerizing to watch!

@storylearning 5 жыл бұрын

Thanks Neil really glad you found it useful

@josephbaumann292 6 жыл бұрын

Great work Olly!

@themiragesymphonyproject 2 жыл бұрын

This is absolutely impressive. Italian is such a beautiful language, I wish to learn it.

@selftaughtpolyglot 6 жыл бұрын

Olly, you're a language expert. Very good

@jemand8462 2 жыл бұрын

It'S crazy, after learning a couple of months spanish on and off, I can actually understand the gist of what they are saying without ever learning italian.

@YabbaDadADo Жыл бұрын

I have been studying Italian on and off for more years than I wish to admit (EDIT: this sounded like a brag. I meant to say how frustratingly close I get to speaking well but then give up because my verbal comprehension is terrible. More podcasts and less books for me). The single thing you show here is what I am trying to teach my son, just speak and try to express yourself. Mistakes are shortcuts to learning. I am blown away that you got to this stage in 5 weeks.

@vivek_dahal 2 жыл бұрын

Il modo te puoi parlare in una mese è impressive. Sono apprendimento adesso e la parole tu puoi parlare è molti. Io spero mio Italiano è basso bello. Esso stato tre settimana che io ho imparato. Grazie tantissimo!

@Manuel4Languages 5 жыл бұрын

For a native English speaker Olly, after just 5 weeks you speak way better than other Romance language speakers that have lived here in Italy for years. That completely debunks the myth that people learn better when they are in the country. Bravo man! Complimenti! dai continua con l'italiano tanto se già parli spagnolo dovrebbe essere facile!

@rubyvampiredean. 3 жыл бұрын

Yes true, many people who come from in the world have mastered at least 10 languages

@SeaboltSpeaks 6 жыл бұрын

I appreciate this video so much. So many people think mistakes are bad, i appreciate you showing struggling to remember a word here or there. I wish more polyglots did this. Instead of trying to show only perfect sentences after short study.

@storylearning 6 жыл бұрын

Cheers Seabolt! I make more mistakes than not, so only reasonable to show them! Hopefully after 3 months I’ll iron a few of them out.

@jeffborders5448 Жыл бұрын

This is great stuff. I’m about a month into Italian. I love to hear more basic conversations. Duolingo hasn’t covered a lot of this yet.

@SilkPrinceofKheldar Жыл бұрын

I think that you did absolutely brilliant.

@Raz_DvaR 5 жыл бұрын

Wow!!! You speak Italian so good! I have been studying it for maybe a year, not so intense as you do but with input method only as well. Italian was my second learnt language after English. For now I don't learn it I don,t even know for what reason.. I guess that's intermediate plateau or maybe that long term process got me weary.. I am very motivated by your results, thanks a lot for this video!!! I want to go on learning this beautuful language) Maybe you can talk more widely about getting over that damn plateau? Would be really very interesting and useful! Thanks again for your great example)

@barbaragemin5117 6 жыл бұрын

In answer to your question Olly, regarding my French , what I'd like to do is read more. As you advise, choosing well what the student is interested in. I've just received L'étranger as we did it for A level ( yonks ago). I think I should be able to follow it and if I don't I'll dumb down. Also, listening. I avoid it because I get discouraged but as you say, short and sweet is the answer. I'll look for French podcasts, news, stories, etc. Any links you have are welcome. I don't have he chance to speak French but have long conversations with myself in my head. Hilarious but true . Thanks for the encouragement your example has given me Olly. Barbara

@storylearning 6 жыл бұрын

Sounds like a great plan, Barbara! For listening in French, have a look on my website in the French section - you might find my Conversations material useful.

@DD-si1gv 2 жыл бұрын

Hai usato la parola consapevolezza dopo un mese di studio. Mamma mia. Troppo bravo. I heard the Spanish coming out and understand as I can understand Spanish well, but when I try to speak it, Italian comes out :)

@jamessutton9323 Жыл бұрын

very impressive indeed! Well done! I think Italian is one of the easiest languages for English speakers to learn, but it's still really really hard work! After living a year in Italy I did not speak as well as you after one month of study.

@camila-learnlanguageswithm8930 3 жыл бұрын

That is so cool. I'm doing the same thing. I'm having lessons on italki (english, spanish and italian lessons) and I'm posting on my channel. Love this!

@fantasyk87 2 жыл бұрын

I'm very impressed, mostly about your accent since it's usually the most difficult part.

@kathymcmillen2015 Жыл бұрын

Oh yeah! Well done!

@marcellomaroni7592 5 жыл бұрын

impressive! hard to believe after only one month

@faizothman1934 3 жыл бұрын

I know this is an old video and youve made many like this, but I'd love it if we could actually understand what you're saying. Im sorry if this request is insensitive to speakers of other languages, i assure you, i mean well. Maybe its just the novice language learner in me feeling frustrated that my pace is a lot slower after a month or so. But based on this video alone, you sound confident with some hiccups at times but its amazing what youre doing. Definitely an inspiration. Maybe thats the point of the video, its supposed to motivate me enough so that i try my best to ramp up my level of fluency. Anyway, i have to say, this is great, olly, and ill keep on grinding 👍

@RodrigoSilvaDiaz Жыл бұрын

Congratulations Olly

@citizensnipsnw 3 жыл бұрын

Very good teacher

@billholt9911 6 жыл бұрын

Well done Olly! Very impressive. I really enjoyed watching this and plus I indirectly got some good tips on how I can improve my Skype sessions.

@storylearning 6 жыл бұрын

Interesting! What was it that struck you?

@billholt9911 6 жыл бұрын

Most important was your attitude - you accepted that you were making mistakes, that mistakes were a part of the process. You took the time to think things out. You stopped to take notes. At one point you took the initiative. In your other material you make many good suggestions but it was very enabling for me to see you "struggle". Many times on KZfaq I see videos of language learners that blow me away with their fluency. I struggle with speaking and it was refreshing to watch you in this video. It was a good model for me. Thanks for posting.

@ewncilo 6 жыл бұрын

great job Olly richards, your amazing talent never cease to amaze me. how much do you feel that your spanish and your portuguese draw you back on learning italian and how?

@storylearning 6 жыл бұрын

Honestly, I’m starting to feel like Es and Pt are a distraction, because I’m not always aware when I’m speaking Italian or Spanish!!

@TopandTang 6 жыл бұрын

I'm currently learning Italian, as a speaker of both Portuguese and Spanish, it's so hard not to mix them up!!!! I've had a hard time with "mai" being never...makes me think of "PIU", "mas" or "mais"...Whoa!!!

@alessiomarin1218 5 жыл бұрын

Your accent is actually quite good, Olly!

@sebeazzurri 2 жыл бұрын

Wow one month? That's amazing. Incredible really.

@onedrum 2 жыл бұрын

bravissimo .. hai anche un ottima pronuncia.

@joncade9523 5 жыл бұрын

I don't speak Italian myself so can't comment on the output but it was nice to see that even the 'pros' suffer the occasional period of awkward silence early on!

@storylearning 5 жыл бұрын

Indeed! Untangling weeds in my head.

@tullochgorum6323 5 жыл бұрын

I must say, that was more impressive than I was expecting. Maybe I should be changing the balance a bit more towards input... For me, handicapped by a genuinely terrible memory, i find it hard to believe that I could achieve what you've done without some drilling, but I guess I'll never know if I don't try...

@marco_guidotti 6 жыл бұрын

Fantastico Olly, seems like you're doing a great job, the input-based method can really become a "revolution" :) Anyway, I'll write my comment about your conversations in italian: Personalmente, da madrelingua italiano, sono rimasto molto colpito dalla tua accuratezza nella pronuncia e dalla ricchezza del vocabolario, specie per quanto riguardo l'uso dei connettivi. Per quanto riguarda l'accento, sentendoti parlare sembra che tu sia un madrelingua spagnolo, piuttosto che inglese! :D

@storylearning 6 жыл бұрын

Grazie Marco. E tu - cuando ritornerai a londra?

@marco_guidotti 6 жыл бұрын

Olly Richards spero al più presto, mi manca tanto! Che parte dell' Italia hai intenzione di visitare quando verrai quì? :)

@betoelinilima 6 жыл бұрын

Well done Olly, It's been interesting watching your journey so far!! How did you find it trying to separate your Italian from Spanish and Portuguese?

@storylearning 6 жыл бұрын

It was easy on day 1, because I didn't care... I was just speaking! Interestingly, now that I'm in week 2, it's getting harder, because I'm much more aware of when I'm "borrowing" from other languages.

@luthier78 2 жыл бұрын

eh eh eh nunca is spanish. very good ! I my polyglot but takes me always 1 year to become decent in 2 new languages. that's amazing

@alkishadjinicolaou5831 Жыл бұрын

Bravo! Impari molto velocemente!

@JohnAnderson-gi3jx 6 жыл бұрын

Like a boss! 👊🏼👊🏼👊🏼 was day two a bad day or were you giving us an example of a bad moment?

@BeckyInCa 6 жыл бұрын

I speak Spanish and some French, no Italian, and I thought you did a great job. Of course you're going to fall back on Spanish when you don't know a word in Italian, because you'll have a good chance that the Italian speaker will understand what you're trying to say. Being understood and understanding is what's most importance, not perfection.

@nicolescott89 5 жыл бұрын

Molto bravo per il tuo la lezione prima. Io anche sto imparando Italiano! Scusa per il mio prenotazione o scrivendo haha!

@vixdevil 2 жыл бұрын

I like ur hair Olly!

@MasterRancisis 6 жыл бұрын

Wow

@elleryprescott 4 жыл бұрын

Your speaking partner seems super nice and encouraging. Does she offer online tutoring anywhere? Does she have a site or is she on iTalki or anything? :D

@jonasbrown1 Жыл бұрын

this is great but of course knowing spanish and french helps a ton

@joshc7291 Жыл бұрын

As someone who speaks much more Spanish than Italian I can relate with speaking espaliano 😅

@abrilthom895 Жыл бұрын

maldito genio te la rifaste

@ADOMProd 4 жыл бұрын

this is amazing

@dcallegari 6 жыл бұрын

Amazing! what surprised me the most was both your pronunciation and the use of idiomatic expressions. No English accent at all, sometimes a Spanish aaccent very pleasant endeed, Congratulations and feel free to contact me for further Italian practice via Skype!

@storylearning 6 жыл бұрын

Thanks Daniela. Please drop me a message on Fb!

@dcallegari 6 жыл бұрын

Just sent you a friend request, thank you!

@thegringo1488 6 жыл бұрын

Hi Olly, I'm from Buenos Aires, and I would like to get to know what's the name of the book that you mentioned in this video. It seems interesting! I'm also learning italian and you're doing it very well! Saluti!

@storylearning 6 жыл бұрын

Thanks Elias. I’m afraid I can’t remember now. If you google “british journalist author Buenos Aires” you might find something.

@thegringo1488 6 жыл бұрын

Thank you for your quick reply... OK, no problem, I'll look for it!

@ibarix 6 жыл бұрын

Olly, I noticed you have short bursts of speed when talking. Is that something that you do on purpose or subconsciously? tnx

@storylearning 6 жыл бұрын

No idea. Probably subconsciously. If i feel like I know how to say something, I won’t hang about!

@SpanishtoMind 6 жыл бұрын

What software did you use to record the video calls?

@storylearning 6 жыл бұрын

Ecamm call recorder

@josuebarros1168 6 жыл бұрын

Voglio fare una lezione con questa stessa professoressa, come lo faccio?

@storylearning 6 жыл бұрын

C’è un link nella descrizione sotto il video

@josuebarros1168 6 жыл бұрын

Olly Richards Grazie mille amico.

@FDRVP 6 жыл бұрын

Subtitles?

@storylearning 6 жыл бұрын

Sorry we didn’t have time... but I will see what I can do for future videos!

@marcolucca6241 4 жыл бұрын

Having learned spanish before, italian is more difficult

@marcellomaroni7592 5 жыл бұрын

i can tell you already spoke spanish because you speak with clear spanish accent

@aaroncole3676 4 жыл бұрын

Only 1 month?

@user-ei8qx7hp3g 6 жыл бұрын

Блин на итальянском, прикольно но я не знаю итальянского:'(

@rtheben Жыл бұрын

she's helping out speaking slowly, a bit robotic

@PeterSchneemann 4 жыл бұрын

Hai un accento piu spagnolo che inglese :)

@iTube22100 2 жыл бұрын

Sei super super bravo ma fai qualche piccolo errore soprattutto usando qualche termine spagnolo. Non capico perché la "tua amica" non ti corregge o aiuta. Penso che sia la cosa che serve di più.

@tommasopathos6438 2 жыл бұрын

La ragazza sulla dx ti parla come fossi un bambino di 2 anni con disturbi d’attenzione

@enzogorlami2005 Жыл бұрын

Not speaking for all that time is such a bad method of learning a language. Speak from day 1. It's literally what history has told us to do.

@maxreehill8655 5 жыл бұрын

Smarmy af

@chrismiele24 4 жыл бұрын

Theres no way in hell you can talk like that after 1 month of pimsleur.

@luciano9755 4 жыл бұрын

I know right? I can't believe the amount of people who believe these kind of videos. You may learn a phrase or two, but a whole language? Sorry, but I call bullsh*t.

@tommasopathos6438 2 жыл бұрын

Non fai progressi