Learn to Speak Italian
Some people think of learning Italian as a labor of love rather than practicality. Often considered one of the most beautiful languages, Italian is spoken by 58 million people in Italy and another five million expatriates worldwide. Places besides Italy where Italian is an official language include San Marino, the Vatican, and Ticino in Switzerland, with 840,000 Italian speakers. Parts of Croatia and Slovenia have Italian speaking communities too.
But learning Italian can be a great career move, too. Italy’s economy is one of the top ten in the world, and Italian is a great skill to have, particularly in industries involving furniture design, construction, or, as you might have already guessed, food. Buying and selling in Italy often involves face-to-face contact, and Italians respond very warmly to foreigners who will at least try to communicate in Italian. Personal contact is an important aspect of Italian business, so if you speak Italian, you’ll have the option of dealing directly with the owner, earning a measure of good will and perhaps even better business terms, since many Italian firms are small, family owned businesses.
Of course, travel to Italy is one of the richest cultural experiences you can have, with its enormous store of antiquities and historic sites. Italian cuisine is a top favorite all over the world, and learning Italian will greatly increase your understanding and appreciation of gastronomy. Italians, particularly in the southern part of Italy, love to have a good chat, even if your Italian isn’t perfect. It is a very warm-hearted country and the language reflects that.
Italian is also one of the European Romance languages, along with French and Spanish. If you already know one of these languages, Italian will make sense quicker than if you are coming to it cold. But whatever your level of skill in speaking Italian, whether “none” or “advanced,” Rocket Italian from Rocket Languages will improve your skill in speaking Italian, and it will do so quickly.
Rocket Italian is a multimedia approach to teaching. With interactive lessons, and games that make learning and practice enjoyable, you will learn to speak Italian faster than you ever imagined. Rocket Italian offers a free six-day course so that you can get an idea what the teaching system is like before committing to it. Once you enroll, you will have online access to a wealth of Rocket Italian materials and lessons. You will also have the option of downloading lessons as podcasts, so you can load up your MP3 player and practice wherever you go.
Italian is a very beautiful, culturally rich language. Whatever your reasons for wanting to learn to speak Italian, Rocket Languages is there, ready to help you speak Italian confidently sooner than you ever thought possible.
