Buondì. Before beginning this article, I replied to an email from a former student of mine from ten or more years ago – an Italian girl, who needed to pass an exam so she could study at an American college. She’s no longer a girl, has been back in Italy for years, and is now […]
Archives for February 2021
The tide’s in
Buondì. The company that is bulk-emailing you this article, runs the website, commissions and sells the many ebooks for learning Italian, and organises one-to-one online lessons for a lot of you, too, has its registered office in a small British seaside town. Not its HQ, though. There isn’t one. Like a lot of companies these […]
Losing streak
Buondì. As mentioned in previous articles, I’ve been working hard with an app on my smartphone to improve my chess. This involves doing lessons, practising with puzzles, and playing games online against people all over the world. Though lately I’ve been losing games online to people all over the world! For a month or so, […]
What to do when you’re feeling too lazy to learn Italian
Buondì. I think it’s fair to say that most people who know me would describe me as an industrious person, usually busy doing something, not prone to sitting around. Vegetating, for example in front of the TV, is not really my thing. I like to be achieving something! And yet, lately… perhaps because of the […]
Forget the results, focus on the process!
Buondì. I have a new smartphone. I expect you know what a hassle that can be: transferring apps, signing into things with long-fogotten usernames and passwords, etc. It’s taken me several days to get things back to ‘normal’, so I can read my newspapers, listen to my favourite radio stations, and easily check, no matter […]
Thought life was hard? Think again!
Buondì. Done with last week’s Free Trial Lesson Offer (it’s over, so don’t bother emailing to plead that you missed it because…), this week I have an ‘eBook of the week’ for you! It’s all ‘sell, sell, sell’ around here, isn’t it? Well not really… Last week I was giving something away, and this week […]
Final day of the FREE Trial Online Language Lesson offer!
Buondì. I don’t usually email on Sundays, as I’m too busy in the kitchen: washing the dishes, preparing lunch, and making the dough for tonight’s pizza. However, needs must! So here’s a quick reminder – the Free Trial Online Language Lesson offer ends TONIGHT!! Get a 30-minute, one-to-one, online lesson with a native-speaker teacher of […]
FREE Trial Online Italian Lesson offer: ends on Sunday!
(This article, or something extremely like it, was first published during our ‘FREE Trial Online Italian Lesson’ offer back in February 2020. But what I wrote then is still true now, so here it is once more! Things will be back to normal next week.) Buondì. Time’s running out to book your free online Italian […]
Listen very carefully. I shall say this only once!
Buondì. (N.b. this rant is not directed at anyone in particular, and certainly not at any of the 128 people who wrote to me yesterday with their ebook issues.) British club members will likely remember the sitcom ‘Allo ‘Allo!, which ran for nine series from 1982 to 1992. For the rest of you, this was […]
This week: FREE Trial Online Italian Lesson Offer!
(The articles I’ll be publishing this week are similar to those published in November 2020, at the time of our previous Free Trial Lesson Offer. They worked well then, so I’ll be taking a break and catching up on other work. Things’ll be back to normal on Monday 15th February.) Buondì. As mentioned on Friday, […]
