Learning english Hi everybody! I am Simone from Italy. Learning a language is fascinating but it is very hard as well! I study english since I was 11, at school. I am 26 today and I am not perfect yet. But to be honest, studying english at school in Italy is not a good way to learn it. I think we have mediocre teachers, especially because they are not mothertongue speakers, so we don't get used to speaking with a good pronunciation and, most important, we have difficulties in understanding when english or american people speak. I personally believe that grammar is ok, but being fluent and having a good pronunciation is important too. Unfortunately, we don't care much about it and sometimes it seems they believe that the only thing to know is grammar. We study a lot of grammar in italian too. I learned english almost completely by myself, before to study it at the university, and just because I like it. School doesn't motivate you. At first it was hard, but then I achieved (or at least, I hope so) good results. Obviously being perfect is almost impossible, unless I will go to study or to work abroad. I need to be forced to speak english! I am attending the British School in Rome and I think it is great. English teachers don't speak italian, so we must use english in order to be understood. That's the right way!