Buondì. I was pondering the question of when I would ‘finish’ learning Swedish in the car this morning, as I listened to the news headlines. There was an interview with a former minister, I think it was, about how Turkey is continuing to block Sweden’s application to join Nato. That’s a topic that interests me, […]
Archives for October 2022
Adult learners vs. toddlers
Buondì. Anita emailed with a question: “With two grandkids in the language-learning, language-exploding stage, I’m puzzled by one thing. They pick out nouns and then verbs from the babble of language around them. But when I listen to Italian, what I hear are the conjunctions, prepositions & other connectives (the quindis, perós, perchés, & the […]
Slow (but effective) language-learning
Buondì. Our Autumn/Fall Sale promotion is over, thank goodness. So once I’ve cleared the considerable backlog of work that’s piled up while I’ve been busy doing ‘commercial’ mailings, I’ll be back to writing the usual things about how I learn foreign languages (and how you probably should, too.) In case you’re new around here, that […]
2022 Autumn/Fall Sale: Just a few hours left to save 20%!
There are just a few hours left of the Autumn/Fall Sale. Today is the final day, so the last chance to save 20% on everything at our (now two!) online stores, EasyReaders.org (for ebooks) and NativeSpeakerTeachers.com (for one-to-one lessons). The coupon code you need to save 20% on the online lessons and/or ebooks is: 2022-Autumn-Sale-20%-Off And […]
2022 Autumn/Fall Sale: it’s not what you spend, it’s what you do
Buondì. Tomorrow is the final day of the 2022 Autumn/Fall Sale (details here) at our online stores, EasyReaders.org (for ebooks) and NativeSpeakerTeachers.com (for one-to-one lessons). Use the coupon code below to save 20% on the online lessons and/or ebooks you’ll need to improve your Italian: 2022-Autumn-Sale-20%-Off And here are the store links: one-to-one lessons | […]
