learning a language

First of all, I can't take credit for the picture on my blog of the Roman Forum. My friend Amber took it with her fancy camera while we were in Rome! It looks really cool, right?

Secondly, I thought I would share the resources I am using to teach myself Italian in case anyone else is interested in learning a new language!

First, I am using a podcast produced by a company in Scotland called Radio Lingua. I had listened to a few of their French podcasts before, and got my cousin to start listening to the Spanish one. Since Italian isn't as widely spoken, they don't have as many podcasts as more popular languages, but it is free and they have resources for quite a few languages, so I would recommend it!

Link to Radio Lingua Network

I am also using a program called Byki Express, which is a free downloadable software for your computer. I've founded it to be really useful so far, and am so impressed that I am considering buying the full version called Byki Deluxe once I have completed all the components of the free program. And they have even more languages to chose from than Radio Lingua.

Link to Byki

And finally, I have a book called "Italian Grammar Drills" that I got from my local book store. I had a similar book published by the same group while learning Spanish that was very good, so I knew the Italian book would be useful. It is published by the McGraw Hill and their website is mhprofessional.com.