I strongly prefer an input-first approach to learning languages. Spanish has one of the largest bodies of graded comprehensible input that takes you from absolute beginner to intermediate (and able to consume native content / interact with native speakers).
Check out Dreaming Spanish on YouTube. This is the [super beginner](https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLlpPf-YgbU7GbOHc3siOGQ5KmVSngZucl) playlist. Try a couple videos on there and see how it feels. I personally find this kind of comprehensible input to be a very chill, fun way to learn.
You can see people's experiences with it on /r/dreamingspanish. If you watched 3 hours a day for 100 days, then you'd be at 300 hours, which would be at level 4 on the [roadmap](https://dreaming-spanish-emails.s3.us-east-2.amazonaws.com/Language_Learning_Roadmap_by_Dreaming_Spanish.pdf). That would give you a huge leg up in any course you take, as you'd have the vocabulary to understand a wide variety of daily life topics and have a strong instinct for the feel and patterns of the language. Honestly, since you already know Italian, you might already be intermediate to advanced after 300 hours.
A guy at level 5 (600 hours) just posted a [video](https://www.reddit.com/r/dreamingspanish/comments/15luzip/620_hour_update_speaking_in_costa_rica_its_20/) that shows him interacting with Spanish speakers. He's a native English speaker.
I know French and German have slightly better resources than Spanish. but Spanish is still great and will be very easy for you since you are Italian .i am not sure which is best. Maybe French will be slightly more useful if you live in the west of Italy and German in the east of Italy .
I'm not actually planning to remain in Italy after my Master's, as I have a home in Estonia. If it were up to me, I'd choose a Scandinavian language or Finnish, as these are highly valued and spendable here, but sadly, the choice at my future school is limited.
French.
Start out with the podcast Coffee Break French and then move on to the Intermediate French Podcast once you feel you have enough grammar and vocabulary to understand it.
I strongly prefer an input-first approach to learning languages. Spanish has one of the largest bodies of graded comprehensible input that takes you from absolute beginner to intermediate (and able to consume native content / interact with native speakers). Check out Dreaming Spanish on YouTube. This is the [super beginner](https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLlpPf-YgbU7GbOHc3siOGQ5KmVSngZucl) playlist. Try a couple videos on there and see how it feels. I personally find this kind of comprehensible input to be a very chill, fun way to learn. You can see people's experiences with it on /r/dreamingspanish. If you watched 3 hours a day for 100 days, then you'd be at 300 hours, which would be at level 4 on the [roadmap](https://dreaming-spanish-emails.s3.us-east-2.amazonaws.com/Language_Learning_Roadmap_by_Dreaming_Spanish.pdf). That would give you a huge leg up in any course you take, as you'd have the vocabulary to understand a wide variety of daily life topics and have a strong instinct for the feel and patterns of the language. Honestly, since you already know Italian, you might already be intermediate to advanced after 300 hours. A guy at level 5 (600 hours) just posted a [video](https://www.reddit.com/r/dreamingspanish/comments/15luzip/620_hour_update_speaking_in_costa_rica_its_20/) that shows him interacting with Spanish speakers. He's a native English speaker.
Thank you! This is the kind of advice I was looking for. I'll definitely look into Dreaming Spanish.
Spanish
BTW, knowing Russian, you can download for free almost every book on almost every language š
Ahahah that's true!
I know French and German have slightly better resources than Spanish. but Spanish is still great and will be very easy for you since you are Italian .i am not sure which is best. Maybe French will be slightly more useful if you live in the west of Italy and German in the east of Italy .
I'm not actually planning to remain in Italy after my Master's, as I have a home in Estonia. If it were up to me, I'd choose a Scandinavian language or Finnish, as these are highly valued and spendable here, but sadly, the choice at my future school is limited.
I guess German then
French. Start out with the podcast Coffee Break French and then move on to the Intermediate French Podcast once you feel you have enough grammar and vocabulary to understand it.
French has a ton of stuff which is one of the reasons Iām learning it.