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Archives for January 2016
Italian Dialogue: Ice-Cream Shop! (& Sale Ends Tonight…)
It’s Epiphany today, a national holiday here in Italy. Last night a witch named Befana flew past our house on her broomstick to leave candies for the kids who’d been good. And lumps of coal for the naughty ones. Hah! That’ll teach ’em. (You can read all about this Epiphany tradition on Wikipedia, here.) Completely […]
Online Italian Lessons? Offer Ends In Just 36 Hours!
This is just a short reminder for those of you who take Italian lessons online with our club teachers, or who would like to. If you’re nearing the end of your lesson credits, don’t forget that you can save €€€ by renewing before tomorrow night (Jan 6th) when our January Sale 2016 ends. Why pay […]
New Italian Conversation + Last 72 Hours Of The January Sale
It’s back to work today, for a lot of people. And back to the usual routine here at OnlineItalianClub.com, too. The first order of business is to flag up for you the latest free recording/transcript in our Italian Conversations series. This time we’re getting our washing and dry-cleaning done at the lavanderia. Here’s the link you need […]
When to learn Italian for free. And when to pay.
I’ve had my hair cut twice since 1997. The first time was in London. I don’t remember how much I paid, but it wasn’t expensive, given that we were living in some crappy inner-city zone at the time. I never went to the barber’s because I didn’t know what to ask for, so I never liked […]
How to improve your Italian? Do this one easy thing today!
I had a bad dream last night and so was awake for a while, reading The Guardian on my smartphone. On Saturday, they have a regular piece by Oliver Burkeman called ‘This column will change your life’. As it’s New Year, this week’s article was about the absurdity of hoping to change your life by setting […]
Even On New Year’s Day, A New Italian Conversation!
Even though it’s New Year’s Day, it’s still Friday. So here we are with a new Italian Conversation for you! We’re still shopping, but this time at the bookshop. Here’s the link: Shopping, Libreria Or check out all thirty-eight of our free Italian dialogues + transcripts on the Italian Conversations homepage. They’re there for you to read […]