My Italian Journey #1

Hello everyone!

This is my first post on documenting my journey to master Italian. This week, I had an exam for level B1 and I although I passed it, I am not satisfied with the score. So, I came up with several reasons why I didn't get high score for my exam:

1. Not enough practice!
    I feel guilty about this one. Several days before the exam I didn't study hard for it. So, of course I couldn't perform well during the exam. I got low score in the listening part, because the speakers talked very fast and I almost couldn't catch what they were talking about. But the think is, I listened to youtube videos in Italian almost everyday! But I think that I didn't listen to those videos with focus, so maybe that's why. Then, there was also an essay part and I made some grammar mistakes that I wasn't aware of.

2. Confusion between congiuntivo and condizionale
    In the test, the instructions written on it were to write some periodo ipotetico phrases, the second type (se + congiuntivo presente + condizionale presente) and the third type (se + congiuntivo imperfetto + condizionale composto). My problem is that I would confuse the conjugations of noi, voi, and loro between congiuntivo and condizionale. They look almost the same and I didn't memorize them really well.

3. Low to medium comprehension of provided text
    There was also a reading part and after I read the text, I came upon some phrases that I have to answer either yes or no. There were some phrases that I wasn't sure of when I compared them again to the text and thus, I chose the wrong answer.


Rereading these reasons, I realized that I lack the discipline required to master this language. But, I don't like spending hours and hours just learning grammar. It's boring. So, what I'm thinking right now is to read lots and lots of books in Italian. In addition, I would keep continuing watching and listening to those youtube videos in Italian. But, I guess I also have to work on my grammar too to increase my comprehension when I'm reading novels.

That's all for today. Until next time.

Ciao!