(Here’s an article from our archive, which we use each time we do a Free Trial Lesson Offer. Things will be back to normal next week, when the promotion is over.)

Buondì.

Time’s running out to book your free online Italian lesson! This week’s offer ends on Sunday night, so jump to it!

Seventy-one people have already signed up for a free lesson, mostly for Italian, but also Spanish, French and German, though if past performance is a guide, not all of them will get around to actually doing it.

We usually calculate that if we get people to ‘buy’ the free lesson, people being people, only about two-thirds of them will actually end up taking it.

Assuming you have a reasonable Internet connection, and some time, why shouldn’t you be one of those?

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To reply to a club member who wanted to take a free lesson but emailed the teacher with concerns:

I also have been thinking, following our discussion…. If you are being paid by the supplier for the lesson tomorrow then we should proceed. If you are doing the lesson for no charge, on the basis that if it is successful, then I would book further lessons, then I think it is fair that we cancel the lesson. Having looked at the cost (£22 / 30 minutes) I think I prefer to attend classes with multiple students which are a) more cost effective and b) more lively

1.) The teacher IS paid for trial lessons and the student is under no obligation to buy more. Right now we’re giving away free trials to people in Asia, South America, India and countries of the former Soviet Union, few of whom will become paying customers, as well as more frequently to students in Europe, North America, South Africa and Australasia (apologies if I’ve missed anyone!) It’s an opportunity for Lucia, our teaching manager, to ‘break in’ new teachers, plus a chance for us to give something back rather than just ‘wasting’ our marketing budget on Google advertising, as other online lesson providers do. I’m fine with that (and Google is rich enough in my opinion…)

2.) The cost of online lessons is only £22 if a student buys just one, which would be fairly pointless unless there was some urgent short-term need. They’re £200 if you buy 10, so £20.00 each, though that’s usually discounted even further – most regular students take advantage of the seasonal ‘save 20%’ offers and so pay £16.00 for their half-hour lessons, which works out at £32.00 an hour.

By comparison, a one-hour individual Italian lesson at a language school in the Italian city where I live costs around €45 (say £40). But a question: how much would you pay a trusted plumber, hair-stylist or car mechanic for their time? Just as much, I bet. More, probably.

3.) And yes, of course group classes are more cost-effective. But in a group you don’t get the teacher’s undivided attention and personalised feedback, or the chance to decide exactly how to spend the time, whether on just conversation (which is what I do in MY online language lessons), or to focus on something specific that you have issues with – a grammar point, preparation for an up-coming exam, or whatever.

Clearly, one-to-one online lessons are not suitable for anyone who has an extremely limited budget. But for those people, we provide masses of free material, so our conscience is clear! And for those, like me, who may not have the option to join an enjoyable, cheaper local class online lessons can be an effective alternative – there are no Swedish or Turkish classes in the city where I live, and I have family responsibilities in the evenings, so joining a Spanish or French evening class would be hard to arrange.

About cost – after work last night my wife and I stopped off for a quick drink on the way home, spending more than ten euros for a pint (of beer) for me, a half for her, and a bag of cheese and onion crisps. We were at the bus stop shortly afterwards, dinner having been delayed just fifteen minutes or so. This afternoon, by comparison, I’ll be spending what I hope will be an enjoyable and useful thirty minutes online with a Spanish teacher based in Mexico, for not very much more money.

And while, ideally, beer and crisps would be cheaper, I certainly don’t think the lesson need be. Plenty of us think that this type of language-learning opportunity is well-worth the cost, and an essential supplement to self-study with materials from the club website, or from another source.

Priorities, people, they’re yours to determine. Hence the trial lesson offer – try one free of charge, to see if it’s the sort of thing that you would find useful. What’s to lose? The teacher gets above the UK minimum wage for their time (Italy doesn’t have a minimum wage, so freelance rates can be low…) and, in any case, may not have other ways to pay their rent.

A student of ours wrote this:

Can I just say this in case it helps:  I never looked back!  Just over 2 years ago I had my first online Italian lesson.  On the day, I wondered why on earth I’d decided to put myself through this.  I was so hesitant, you would have thought it was my first day  with the language!  2 years later, I’ve had to say goodbye to my teacher as she’s moving on – and how I will miss those weekly chats!  Anyhow, I’m taking the opportunity to try out my Spanish, and I feel just as stupid when I open my mouth with my Spanish teacher as I did with Italian.  The difference is, I KNOW it will make a difference.  Thanks, Daniel, Lucia and co, for providing me with this service.  I recommend it to everyone.  Give it a go.

Here are the offer conditions again:

• This offer is good until Sunday November 9th 2025
• We’ve got the capacity for around a hundred and fifty club members to do a trial lesson
• This offer is for NEW STUDENTS ONLY
• If you booked a free trial last time but didn’t take it – do try again!
• But if you’ve already done a free trial (we have a list), this is not for you
• Once you’ve done your lesson, our teaching management assistant will send you a 15% discount coupon, to use should you wish to continue…

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Book your free trial Italian/Spanish/French/German lesson before the offer ends on Sunday November 9th 2025:

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Buondì.

Today, just a quick reminder about the ‘Free Trial Online Italian Lesson’ offer over at NativeSpeakerTeachers.com, which began on Monday.

Around forty people have already signed up, in just the first two days, mostly for Italian, but also Spanish, French and German

The offer lasts until Sunday night and the plan is to give away a hundred and fifty free lessons in total. Click here if you’d like a free online Italian lesson (or use the links above for the other languages), then use the ‘add to cart’ button to add the free lesson to your cart. Proceed in the usual ecommerce way, except for the fact there’s no payment stage. There’s nothing to sign, no commitment to buy more lessons, and no need to cancel anything within a given amount of time.

It’s a genuinely-free, free trial offer, with no tricks. The conditions? The offer is for new students only and is limited to one free lesson per person, the idea being that you can see how we do things, not that you get a free lesson in each language that might interest you…

Anyway, when you’ve completed your order, you’ll get a confirmation email. At some point after that, our teaching management team, will contact you by email to ask WHEN you want to do your lesson, WHAT your needs are, what your level is in Italian, and so on.

Their job is to assign you to one of our teachers. They’ll make that decision based on when you want to study and when the teacher is available.

Which means you need to reply to their email! If you don’t hear from them, CHECK YOUR SPAM!

As I wrote on Monday, be aware that this isn’t an automated process, so if things are busy, a little patience would be appreciated.

Allow 24 hours for our teaching management team to contact you, taking into account the time difference between Italy and wherever you are.

If you haven’t heard anything (and have checked your spam…), feel free to email me. I’ll sort it out for you.

Here are the offer conditions again:

• The offer is good until Sunday November 9th 2025
• We’ve got the capacity for around a hundred and fifty club members to do a trial lesson
• This offer is for NEW STUDENTS ONLY
• If you booked a free trial last time but didn’t take it – do try again!
• But if you’ve already done a free trial (we have a list), this is not for you
• Once you’ve done your lesson, you will be sent a 15% discount coupon to incentivise you to continue…

Online Italian lesson prices | Claim your free trial | Catalog (scroll down for the other languages)

A venerdì.

P.S.

And here’s the usual Wednesday reminder to read/listen to Tuesday’s bulletin of ‘easy’ Italian news.

Improved comprehension skills make other aspects of language learning (grammar, vocabulary, speaking etc.) easier.

It’s FREE, and the more you read and listen, the more you learn, so what’s to lose?

Follow this link to take a look: EasyItalianNews.com

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