ItвЂ™s natural to assume that if I say вЂњIвЂ™m writing a blog postвЂќ in English, then when speaking Italian IвЂ™d want to useВ an analogous tense form (вЂњSto scrivendo un blog postвЂќ?).Д«ut do tense systems in different languages actually work in the same way? Do analogous tensesВ even exist in all languages? The second reason? Well, at the end of the day, Italian and your mother tongue (English, German, whatever)В are likely to be very different in the way that they are organised. What your language school doesnвЂ™t tell you is: to get as good in a second language as you are in your first language, you need to spend a long, long time (and lots of money!) Which language do I speak and understand better? You guessed. IвЂ™ve lived in Italy for only the last 13 of those, so thatвЂ™s 13 years learning Italian and 45 learning English. IвЂ™m 45, so I guess I could say IвЂ™veВ been learning English for 45 years.

Students (and teachers) of foreign languages know that progress is slow and difficult, but often do not understand the twoВ main reasons why.ДЇirstly, just how long did you spend learning your first language, your mother tongue?

You ask yourself: вЂњWill I ever be able to actually SPEAKВ this language? Surely all these complicated verb forms canвЂ™t really be necessary for me?вЂќ Why Learning A Language Can Seem An Impossible Task Nothing is the same as in your mother tongue, and it seems to take for everВ before you can use and understand each new verb form. Not to mentionВ the вЂњrulesвЂќ on when and why to use them. Especially endless new verb tenses, each with irregular forms to memorise. Studying a foreign language can get depressing.

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