Letter to Marta ( IT'D BE GREAT IF SOMEONE CAN CORRECT IT) Dear Marta, Thanks for your letter, it has been quite a while since we last contacted each other. I hope you are well and yes, I do agree with your idea of learning Italian before coming to Italy, as you said in your previous letter. Firstly, I suggest you buy a good Italian grammatic book for beginners, where you will find both useful words and phrases too, used in everyday situations. Please, don't be scared because I will be always at your disposal for any doubts or problems, in addition, here attached you will also find a list of books, which I found to be really complete, being an Italian teacher for foreigner people coming from England. I also strongly recommend you to download an app called "Babble", which is a "must-have" for those who want to learn a new language. This app, which is available both for PC and smartphone, gives you the opportunity to train your Italian knowledge at different levels, pushing you to reach different goals. Our language is certainly not one of the easiest in the world and you will probably find the major difficulties in understanding what people say because sometimes we avoid using subjects in the phrase, especially when they are at the beginning of it, moreover, we are really fast speaker. So, let me say to you to train, as much as you can, your Italian listenings skills to have an idea of what we are talking about and then start to think to a possible answer. Look forward to seeing you this summer in Italy! Kind Regards