Okay, well, I just want to take a quick look around this 2021 edition of Rocket Italian
This is what I use to practice my Italian online. I think a lot of us are doing online courses these days now that we've gotten bored with
the binge-watching on Netflix. It's a great way to practice your Italian when you're not able to do so with friends
in person. So, this is it. I use Rocket Italian only, but there's these free trials of other languages, too
Maybe this is looking English a little bit. So, here we go
Rocket Italian. It's organized in a couple different ways. You can do it by module, which kind of leads you through different topics, or you can do
it by the type of lessons. So, here's the interactive audio, language and culture lessons, which are basically grammar
lessons, and survival kit. Kind of a summary. It's just important things to know, like you would review right before a trip
But, if you're going to power through this thing, here's the way to do it. My favorite is this interactive audio because it has this fun little game you can play
Let's see. Let's try seeing the opera. I do love opera. And, you can listen to the full lesson
You can listen to it at home, in your car, on your smart device
You can download it if you want to listen to it later if you're not going to be connected to the internet
But, what I like to do is play this game. You can assume one of the character roles, and you can talk, and then you'll see
They're going to translate your own speech and give you a score as to how well you're
pronouncing the Italian dialogue. So, let me give this a try. And, you know, please bear with me and be kind
I'm going to play as Alex. Con mio padre da bambino ho visto un'opera italiana, ma non ricordo il titolo
Ma non ricordo il titolo. Proprio oggi, nella chiesa di San Marco, c'è l'opera La Traviata, di Giuseppe Verdi
È necessario prenotare? Vediamo. Non so. È sempre meglio fare una telefonata
Non ve l'ora. La Traviata è famosa anche negli Stati Uniti. Oh, well
So, I didn't get a very good score here. I think, in this particular case, I just got ahead of the dialogue
Thank you, anyway. So, they gave me 100 there and 100 there
But, you get the idea. You can go back and try it again. You can replay it, getting an overall score of 90, which I guess that's about right for me
So, let's see. Is this flashcard? So, you can do that. You can test yourself. Lazy
Pigro, right? Yeah. L'osso. L'osso. And it gives you a score
Write it. Know it. Let's see what this is about. So, you read the phrase
Record yourself. Okay, I don't want to do that right now. Quiz
What is the Italian word for title? You know, that's people. Okay, next question
How do you say to book, per notare, or to reserve? All right
What's the translation for best? Peggio is worse. Meglio is better. Well, Peggio is worse
Meglio is better. But, the best would be New York. How do you say call
Well, you could say chiamare or telefonare. So, I guess that's that. Right? Yeah
How would you translate the expression I don't know? Non lo so
Well, okay, that's it. You get the idea. And then, up here, they gamify it
So, they're going to rank me according to everybody else who's online around the world right now
Here's my points and all that. I just think it's a really fun way to practice Italian
You can do writing. You can do reading. You can listen. You can talk
You can have conversations. You saw that's my favorite part. And then, you have these survival cases. I'll just kind of sum it all up for you
So, there it is. Rocket Italian 2021 Edition. It's on sale. They have sales like four or five times a year
And, this next one's coming up this weekend. I think it's October, what, 3rd, 4th, 5th. So, anyway, have fun with it. Ciao. Bye. Bye. Bye. Bye. Bye. Bye. Bye. Bye. Bye. Bye. Bye. Bye