Introduction and a query

[honorh]

Hi! I came across this community and am intrigued. I'm getting my MA TESOL (Teaching English to Speakers of Other Languages) right now in a program that requires a lot of credits in linguistic disciplines. I've taken classes in phonetics, phonology, sociolinguistics, first language acquisition and second language acquisition. I also lived in Japan for a while and speak incompetent Japanese. I'm looking forward to seeing what this comm is all about.

I was also hoping perhaps someone could help me out. I'm writing a story right now with an Italian character, and if there's anyone out there who speaks Italian, I'd love to pick your brain about some terms and phrases.

Thanks!