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Listening and Hearing Italian
I've tried everything else. I pretty much blazed through Fluenz Italian 1 & 2, had already ordered and received Fluenz Italian 3, 4 &5, went to 3 and to the first lesson and got stuck. That was over a year ago. I've gone back and have had the same problem repeated over and over. I cannot understand the Italian speaker of the sentences that I am supposed to translate. I play the sentence repeatedly - even with the words showing - and I cannot hear what is being said or what I am reading. I live in Italy (have for over 5 years), and I have no problem hearing native speakers in my home in Tuscany (understanding sometimes, but hearing no) - possibly because I can say "piano, piano", but I cannot do that to the Fluenz lessons. I really am stuck (and frustrated) and I don't know what to do. I'm about to hire a tutor.