Learning Italian on your own? It's possible

SBS Italian

Source: SBS Italian

"La lingua più bella del mondo" interviews Claudio Vásquez. The Chilean journalist studied philosophy and learnt Italian by reading Torquato Tasso's "La Gerusalemme liberata".


Claudio Vásquez, a colleague from SBS Spanish, speaks Italian fluently. Being Chilean he finds that learning Italian as a Spanish speaker has both its advantages and challenges.

His advice for whoever is learning Italian? It is important to read and listen to music in language, bu also "not to be self-conscious when speaking and just give it a go!".

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