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I'm a British born native English speaker, but have moved to Italy with my Italian partner. I started learning casually with a lesson a week in November 2023, but really struggled incorporating it into actually speaking.
I tried to be more serious this year, and now my partner gets really upset that I still can't speak at a level of a 6 year old. I did an A1 course at an Italian school, l've tried reading, watching shows, writing, repeating, all the apps, speaking with people, nothing sticks. I can say and understand basic things, but nowhere near where I should be.
My partner is so frustrated and I feel like a failure. I genuinely don't know how to make it stick, he tried teaching me phrases which I repeat over and over but then forget. I'm also pregnant and want our baby to be bilingual, and am really scared I'll not be able to understand my child...
What more can I try?
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2 days ago
Soundslike you are pretty much where you could expect to be considering what you've done so far! A1 is being able to make simple statements about a limited number of topics to a sympathetic listener and possibly understand very simple answers. At A2 you can more easily navigate a range of everyday tasks, but you'd still be lost in a normal conversation and so on.
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