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14 Dicembre 2017

Taboo Thursday #8 || Italian vocabulary guessing game

Taboo Thursday Yay!

How to play

Listen to the video: I will describe an object or a profession only in Italian, but without saying the actual vocabulary word.
Your job? Try to guess it, of course!
You can share the solution in the video comments or on social media, too!

How is this exercise helping me with my Italian?

The vocabulary used to describe the word is relevant in context, this means that you will able to listen to and group up words that are related to a specific topic (e.g. anything related to being a waiter).

By providing vocabulary this way, your brain will be keener on retaining information because you are not simply discovering a new word and translating it in your native language. What you’re doing, instead, is creating a picture in your head that will be associated with that word and therefore easier to remember.

Also, to step away from applied linguistics, this game is useful in a unique way. When you are abroad and can’t express a word, which one do you think will be more effective: keep repeating it in your native language without being understood, or try to explain and describe it to the best of your Italian skills?

Transcript

Welcome to Taboo Thursday!
La parola di oggi fa parte del vocabolario per il viaggio. Infatti questo è un oggetto che si usa sempre – o quasi sempre – quando si va in viaggio o da qualche parte.
Questo oggetto c’è di tanti tanti colori diversi: blu, rosso, nero, giallo,… Questo oggetto può essere grande o piccolo; può essere pesante o leggero.
Inoltre questo oggetto di solito ha due o quattro ruote. Infatti c’è un lungo manico che serve per tirarla.

Hai capito che oggetto è?

SOLUZIONE


valigia

La valigia

 

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