Why you MUST do immersion in Italian - Beginner Italian Course: Lesson 7
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The movies work great I just have to slow them down to pick up everything.
After Lesson 1, I took your advice and began listening to "QVC Italia" while I was cleaning or preparing meals. As I listened, I began hearing words I knew; colors, numbers, etc.
One day while I was listening, I realized I understood everything the man was saying. Then I realized he was a guest on the show and he was speaking English! 😁
Hahaha Paula 😂 BUT we are sure the day when you will understand everything in Italian will come soon🤓
Hahaha 😂
Lol
My favorite band is måneskin so I made a playlist of just there Italian songs for me listen to when I’m trying to sleep or cook etc and it was helped me so much and I’ found myself understanding words here and there
Manu, thank you for these videos. I have a friend who is Italian. We speak daily, he speaks exclusively in Italian, I speak English. These videos are helping me to understand what he's saying in every conversation. So thank you very much
Oh thank you. Lots of great tips. I watch movies, tv shows, news and cartoons in Italian. I hear many different accents. I was in Roma in May and went to Napoli. In Rome I understood everyone. In Napoli I cried. It wasn’t easy.
Ciao Carol, it's a pleasure for us to help you achieve your goals, keep it up! 🌟
And what did the passive immersion do for you? How did it help exactly?
Children’s CZcams channels in Italian are also helpful. Hearing familiar kids stories in Italian was fun!
I really appreciate that you made this video (and the ones you've made I the past where you mention immersion). As someone who's spent time trying to learn 4 languages in the past, I had to learn that passive immersion is the ultimate key to success.
In addition to this series (and "Caffè Italiano"), I constantly have QVC on the secondary TV in my house, I opt for Italian music more often than not, and I alternate between watching Italian movies in English and Italian subtitles. Plus, the 5 minutes of app learning I do every day.
you are doing wonderful, we appreciate your commitment and we are happy that you find our advice useful 🤩
I’m living with an Italian family with 2 young kids for one month. Best immersion ever
Yes! Yes!
I’ve started saying my prayers in Italian! It helps!
I have been listening to the CZcams channel ‘The Crypto Gateway ‘ which is an Italian interesting channel. I’m not sure if it’s the best immersion source but I have been enjoying it. I listen to English crypto news every day anyway, now I replace some of it with Italian crypto content. I love listening to the Italian language! Can’t wait to speak it with more confidence.
Ciao Mario! We believe that any channel is good. If it's your passion or something that you like, you will be more interested, and more focused and curious to figure out what they are saying, so keep it up! 🌟🤓
Thank you so much!!!
This was good to know
Amazing, thank you! Very practical
When you take immersion a little too far and you can't fall sleep because Italian words keep popping up . 😬😬 I have always been better at learning languages than mathematics...my brain absorbs languages.
Really creative recommendations.
You're a goldmine! Grazie :)))
Mi piace il tuo podcast! 😊 Grazie, Manu!
Thankyou sir manu...for this teaching ❤❤❤
thank you your lesson. Ms Ella in Italia
Thanks a lot
Great content and great advice!
Ciao! Grazie, thank you! 😁
QVC Italian is too funny! I had no idea! Thank you!!
Prego 🤓
I understand Italian very well you’re a great teacher (thank you so much)❤
Grazie mille! We are happy you enjoyed this video 🤩
Your channel is amazing and has helped me a lot don't stop posting!
Thank you so much! We really appreciate your precious feedback! ❤️
I absolutely love your video's. Probably the best teacher I've seen so far. I wish your membership didn't have to be a whole year. I'm going to Italy in May and wanted to learn as much as I could before I go.
I'm so happy I found your program and lessons 😊 so helpful, I'm a beginner, and love Italy, and want to understand and maybe say some words too,
Your teaching is good
I like the meditation stories in Italian! Thank you 🎉
we are so glad you like them, Ondine! Thank you for your support!
You are a great teacher! Thank you so much, Manu!
Thank you for your feedback, we really appreciate it🥰
Thank you for all these videos I'm studying just with you to get my residency in Rome ive been here since May this year
Thank u so much Mr. Manu for your valuable advice 👌💕
Thank you for following us! 🥰
Grazie Manu! I just want to let you that you should probably modify the sequence of videos in the playlist since the lesson 7 is not in the right place. A presto!
Thanks for the tip! We appreciate your support 😍
Thank u Manu
Thank YOU from Italy Made Easy Team ❤
I am following you Manu, keep up!
Thank you, we will 💪😍!
Thanks!
🙏 thank you for being here!
Along with a bunch of the stuff you mentioned, I've also been watching my favorite TV show (I've watched it like 30 times and basically know the words by heart at this point) with the Italian dub and sub and it has helped a ton! I've noticed that, for me at least, it especially helps with a lot of vocab and grammar. It also makes actually sitting down and watching very enjoyable since I actually enjoy watching the show and I have a very good idea of what is going on and what they are saying, even without any English.
Thanks for sharing!! ♥️
Thank you 😊
thank you for your support, dear Mwanatz ❤️
Enjoying your style💙❤️🇧🇩
thank you, grazie! ❤️
Veramente!
Mi piace gli Italy Made Easy Podcasts. Ascolto quando vado per una passeggiata. Grazie mille!
Ciao Maria, fantastico! Thank you for your support and motivation 🤗
Thank you so much manu! your extremely helpful, I am learning so much! keep up the great work :) can't wait to get to day 30 ;)
grazie, Sofia! we love your enthusiasm and we are happy to hear that you are learning a lot from these videos. See you at day 30! 😎
The podcast is so good and easy to understand! French being my native language probably helps but still! I love how you teach. You make it fun and interesting.
Thank you, Melissa! ❤️
Hi Manu, i have just come to Italy. Am really happy by the way you are teaching
welcome to Italy, Wairimu! 🤗
Manu I love You
Every day I listen to my favorite Italian songs by IL Volo. I love them!
Ciao Mary Anne! You are right, they are great - and a great way to practise Italian! A presto! 🎵
I went to Rome for a week back in March and got so used to hearing Italian that when I came back to the states it felt weird hearing everybody speak English haha
Haha fantastico Bobby! We hope you enjoyed in Rome, and that our daily videos will give you back that feeling of having Italian speakers around you 😁
Parole sante, Manu! I truly believe that putting emphasis on immersion is the way to go in order to learn any language properly and effectively. Grazie della lezione molto importante!
Ciao! Thank YOU for being here with us 😁
Do you mean PASSIVE immersion? I'm not convinced.
@organboi I think passive immersion is just one small component, but it seems like both passive and active immersion are being referenced here. I'm a US language instructor and yes, passive immersion has been proven ineffective however; it does hold some value when combined with explicit grammar & vocabulary instruction along with active immersion. I imagine there are varied types of immersion activities on the website, though I have not visited it yet.
Ciao 👋🏻 Manu. I’m watching the series “La Dama Velata”. It’s so cool…
Great, Debora!😍
Your videos are extremely helpful. Im fluent in Spanish and English so some words I can read pretty well and understand it in Italian. Planning to take a trip to Italy and I’d love to understand a bit more and try to communicate with the locals. You explain it so detailed and so well that it makes it easy for beginners like me to understand and follow. Definitely will be watching more Italian movies, pod casts, videos to help me. Can’t wait to visit Italy, such a beautiful country!!
ciao Vanessa, grazie for your nice words! We hope you can visit Italian soon and put into practise what you have been learning! Best of luck ❣️
I've finally transitioned from english subtitles to only italian ones and italian audio. I never thought I'd get there. Now my problem is that I rely too much on the subtitles because my listening skills are weaker than my reading skills. I basically jumped into native speaker content and listened hours a day. It didn't matter if i didn't understand. I knew one day I would. I've been learning italian for one year. You're so right on making your brain think it's important. I'm trying to get my brain to believe that if i don't learn italian, I will die. 😂
In bocca di lupo😊🎉
Bravo Jason! 🤗
Great tips Manu, I try to make sure to do immersion on a daily basis since I started a week ago watching your videos. Another way I try to immerse myself is listening to the older Italian music. Came across an artist I like listening to called Peppino Gagliardi. Nice songs!
We are happy to help! Enjoy your immersion, Peppino Gagliardi rocks 😎
Qvc in Italian! Good suggestion! No regional accento and very clean pronunciation!! Grazie bene bene❤
We are glad that you are enjoying QVC, enjoy! 😄
Prime video can be quite good for this, for passive immersion I put on shows I already know the plot for and just watch a few episodes a day in Italian.
OMG! As you said, Manu, today, I listened to the podcast on the restaurants and then I tried to watch QVC...😮 The podcast was ok, but QVC! Speaking too fast and I really have a hard time watching something I don't understand, 😔, but I will try, try again.
Grazie Manu per queste lezioni. Tu è un insegnante eccelente.
Sono uno studente di Italy Made Easy . Amo la lingua italiana.😊
Fantastico Renata, grazie a te per esser con noi e per lasciarti guidare dal Team di Italy Made Easy, un abbraccio! ❤
Thanks, encouraging reminder
Thank you for being here with us ❤
Thank you so much for these videos! I have a VPN and just have the Rai channels playing in the background whilst I work. Super helpful!
Thanks, Hayley! We really appreciate your feedback ❤️
QVC I watch daily at work in kitchen to learn sounds works great😊
🤗 ottimo, Robin!
Disney has more options than most to switch the audio/subtitles around. I've watched some classics that i KNOW word for word. Love all your content Manu. Grazie 😊
Thank you for following us! 🥰
I like Radio Napoli, they have great music! Manu, thank you for this beginner course. So far it has made more sense than Rosetta Stone. I am worried though Manu, that you only have one shirt. I see you 7 times now and you still have on the same thing😅
😂 So funny!
started two days ago lol. learning it to communicate with a friend to make her feel more at home, and she is also helping me, im really having fun, when i say certain phrases in my own way like, like i would say it in english or my home language "Afrikaans", especially in my home language as its more relatable how we talk, sentence structure etc. so ive been doing that learning new words from your videos, so i go back and try to remember them and practice by trying to use them in a sentence and even type a sentence out to my friend, and then i try really hard on my own, by implementing how u explained the structure, and 70% i get it right lol but she is really helping me how you would say speaking normally and explains me why. like for example like you wont say "have a good morning" but rather say "i wish you a good morning". having lots of fun honestly. and i have been listening qvc italia in the background lol, when i hear words i remember, or some that sound familiar i look some of them up to see if its really what i thought it was and then i get excited when i was right xD. i do appreciate you and these videos a lot as it does push me in the right direction
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Ti aspettiamo! Un abbraccio 🤗
Grazie 😀😀😀😀😀😀
Grazie a te, Chris!
@@italymadeeasy I had learn a lot from your videos thanks from Canada. I am going back to listen and watch QVC Italina ads again. I am doing passive and active immersion too.
Ciao Chris, ottimo! Immersion is a very powerful tool, we are sure it will be very beneficial 😍
@@italymadeeasy true thanks
The method is really useful and great . I have a question. Can I use My native language subtitle for Italian movies or I should watch them without any subtitle?
I listen to podcasts, you guys, qvc Italia, watch movies , and listen to music for atleast 4 hours a day !😊
Benissimo! You are doing a great job and we are proud of you! ♥️😍
Do you give English translations to your podcast? Or, is there a vocabulary list somewhere? Thank you, Manu! I just love learning from you ❤
Ciao Michelle! Thank you for your wonderful comment! ❤️ you can access the podcast from here: www.italymadeeasy.com/podcast/ . The pdf comes with a transcription and a comprehension exercise! Episodes 31-40 come with an English translation as well. We hope you'll enjoy practising immersion with our podcasts! A presto ❤️
I really agree that this is important. I usually tell my language students that they need to "pour the language over themselfes"... listen, listen and listen. And now I have to do the same... 🤩
Brava Liselotte! 🌟
But if you are listening, it is not "passive." Who cares about "the melody?" We need to learn the LANGUAGE. Anything else is a waste of time mostly. Imo.
@@organboi and how do you suppose you’re going to use that ‘language’ without knowing any sentence structure or how words are supposed to sound?
@@organboiexactly, that’s your opinion.
I’ve seen you comment negatively, or at least passive aggressively on so many comments. It must be a horrible world if this is how you view everything.
Lighten up.
really you made Italian easy :)
That's our goal! Thank you for your comment, Wafaa! 🤗
@10:00 Unbelievable - I just started that RTL 102.5 for the first time (by app) and the first thing I was listening to immediately was a man singing "a - e - i - o - u"!!! It's part of the song ""Popurri Disco Samba" by "Two Man Sound", I found out later. Now you tell me this is just coincidence? It really happened and I take it as a good sign to move on ...
Happy that I found this channel, Manu! It really helps and answers exactly those questions that I have after just using an app.
That's surely a great coincidence! Welcome on board! 🤗
Hi Manu! I’m looking forward to buying and taking your courses. Before I do, can you please make a video about what benefits a member will receive? Thanks
Ciao JoAnna, thank you for your support! The last video of this beginner's course will introduce you to the main features of our platform: czcams.com/video/COOqZmMCi78/video.html please notice that the speaking service is no longer available, but we are constantly working on new services and tools! Grazie!
Wow I can’t believe you actively communicate with your followers! Not many YouTuders can say that. Thanks so much! You’re amazing!!
The point about learning from listening...for years, knowing a good deal of French and the history of Italy and the French presence, I understood my last name to be derived from the French.. Le (la) Lumiere. When I started looking it up, all I found was "lemon" (limone). Then, watching a show filmed in Bari on MHZ Choice, the actor was talking about "lumia"..and the captions said...LIGHT! So, my original conclusions about the meaning of my name...La Lumia (although we spell it as one word) was confirmed by actors talking in a TV series...not by the dictionary!!!! (The show is "Captain Maria" and it's still available on MHz Choice!)
How about music?? I remember singing in English before I learned to speak it. Any artist you could recommend?😊
Thoughts on listening to the Bible in Italian?
Grazie mille for these videos! They help a lot ^-^ I like art and I want to watch Italian painting tutorials for example. I found the CZcams channel Vale su Tela. I'd like to learn from a standard Italian accent, but I'm just a beginner so I don't know if she has a dialect or not. Would you be able to check? If she does have a dialect, do you think you could recommend some art channels that have a standard Italian accent? I appreciate it!
Signor Manu ❤
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I was listening to Qvc, and its pretty good, but i was wondering could i watch some movie in Italian with translation, and still get the immersion right? 😁
Also I think a good thing for immersion content is TV shows or movies you have watched a lot in your language but dubbed into Italian. The Italian dubbing industry is amazing. I like to watch Big Bang Theory and also Say Yes to the Dress from the USA that are dubbed into Italian.
Yes, Anna Rae: great suggestions! Thanks 😊
Finding qvc italia great to listen to as it's a woman/man/both talk slowly/no regional dialect. My Italian relatives from milan so speak milaniese/northern Italian I think.
Yeah, QVC Italia is great! 😊
I enjoy watching the Food network in Italy. Their Food network has better shows than the U.S ! The food they present and prepare looks so good and the people and culture just suck you right into watching it. This has been my favorite immersion method.
Great method!😊
when watching italian contents, should i remove subtitles?
@italymadeeasy i have a question. Watching a film/series or whatever in Italian, do i turn on english subtitles or is it recommended to do it without subtitles
Ciao! You can play around with subtitles according to your level - for example, it could be fun to try watching without subtitles to see how much you can grasp, and then turn on subtitles to figure out specific words you have missed! A presto 😊
I've been listening to Life Church Italian youtube channel. It has worship songs and preaching from the Bible so I'm getting to hear songs and spoken words in Italian whilst also hearing Gods word in Italian which is great because I know the Bible in English and some of the worship songs so I'm alrwady a bit familiar with the content 🙂
Yes I cried when I watched an Italian series because it was too difficult haha 😂
Manu , lezione 7 fatta
Ok podcast , audio program , I been listening Italian music
I was thinking about watching stranger things ( Netflix )
Grazie
ottima idea, Maria! 🥰
I heard about that the italian simpsons dubbing also has no dialects, and its audio quality is pretty good
Salve, manu. I’ve been listening to your immersive podcasts. I’m currently listening to ‘music in unexpected places’. I’ve downloaded the transcript but how to I translate it to understand? I don’t want to use Google translate as I’ve heard it’s inaccurate. I’m finding your videos really helpful, thank you. Harry
ciao Harry! we love that you appreciate our podcast, thank you for supporting us! we recommend using a online dictionary (and not a translator) to find the words you can not understand yet ☺️
@@italymadeeasy thank you for getting back to me! I’ll check that out. Keep doing what you’re doing 🙌
8:24 Manu, I would love to learn Italian ,but I want to sing an Italian song at my grandson’s wedding on April22( a surprise ) Luna Mezzo Mare. Having a hard time!!!
ciao Vincent! wow, that's a wonderful surprise and your grandson will be ecstatic! 🤩 well, if your immediate goal is to sing in Italian, you should probably focus on pronunciation - you are excused from the rest of the course (for now😜)! This playlist collects all our videos related to pronunciation! czcams.com/video/WyN2NkBuQK4/video.html 😊 a presto!
Too bad we can't have something like we had at Presidio of Monterey. A bunch of us would go to dinner and try to have the entire conversation in the language we were learning. You would think we would get funny looks from people but I actually think we were more like the unexpected entertainment. Thanks for the suggestions. I subscribed to "Portale del Verde."
I am always wary of talking to other language learners for practice, because one person can be wrong and end up influencing others to say something incorrectly. I listen to Radio Italia over the web while I am working.
@@valis992000 We were all in the same class and only used words that we knew. I actually thought it was good practice for the language to speak it among ourselves. My comment was somewhat rhetorical. Pretty much physically impossible for all of Manu's students to go to dinner together. ;-)
But this is not the immersion the teacher is talking about. He means mindless listening in the background without understanding a word. Seems unproductive big-time.
@@organboi I think it depends on the student. The immersion helps me to see where I am in my studies. I go back to them and see how much more I understand with each unit of the Beginner's Course I am taking -- "From Zero to Italian." I also do research in documents in Italian for genealogy so everything together is helping me to improve in my studies all around.
Ciao Manu I am thinking of becoming a member but I really don’t know what level to choose if I need beginners or advance what would you recommend me xx
ciao Alessandro! we would love to have you studying with us! 😍 check this page of our website to find the right course for you: www.italymadeeasy.com/what-is-my-italian-level/
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@@italymadeeasy grazie mille ☺️
Some Italian Hip Hop is really great! (French as well) Sounds better than English 😮😊
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Grazie Muhammad! Welcome on board🤗
Does watching movies and stuff in italian but with subtitles harm any bit of immersion?
Here is an immersion tactic, find a local mom an pop Italian restaurant, hang out during off peak times and let the owners know what you are up to and listen observe and engage in their vibe! They benefit from your business and you from their welcoming culture atitude!
That's interesting, Graham! Thank you for sharing your immersion techniques! 🥰
Should you watch Italian Movies or is it also ok to watch Movies that are dubbed for Italian. Because when I watch Movies that are dubbed into German ( I'm a native German speaker) often the conversation are weird and sound off because people don't really talk like that.
it would be better to watch Italian movies for the exact same reason that you said! ☺️ however, it's surely beneficial also to listen to dubbed content - as long as you are aware of the potential issues that you said 😀 buona immersione!
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Is music good for immersion? I would not mind listening to Lucio Dalla! 😀
Music can be one of the immersion resources, yes.🤗
I picked up "slang" words when I was a kid and still do not know how they are spelled or if they are Sicilian dialect...but I know how to use them (not all dirty words, BTW)...
Wow! We are super curious to know them. 😁 Can you write an example? Even if it's misspelled, we will try to help you figure it out! 😊
How do I become a member of Italian made easy , mano
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Ti aspettiamo! Un abbraccio 🤗
Nova Lectio is a good CZcams channel if you like history 'storia' & contempory news with some added humor to make it even better.
Great suggestion! Grazie!
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