Buondì. A super-short one this morning, as I took Roomie to her zoo by bus, then walking, which used up time. After that I was busy closing down last week’s ebook offer, and setting up this week’s (details below). It’s already ten-thirty! And it’s the end of the month, which means paying the rent and […]
Archives for February 2023
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Buondì. A couple of club members ‘commented’ on Wednesday’s article ‘Bologna thru rose-tinted spectacles (and how it really is)‘. Several other people emailed me directly. The feedback was positive, which is nice. People liked the videos, understood more of the super-fast one than they expected to, had fond memories of visiting Bologna , and made […]
Bologna thru rose-tinted spectacles (and how it really is)
Buondì. Wednesday last week I was doing Swedish conversation with a native speaker, who’s also a club member, and the topic of Bologna came up. That’s where we have our Italian school, where I’ve lived for the last quarter of a century, and where my three, now-adult, children were born – in the Policlinico di […]
Born between 1925 and 1945? This could have been you!
Buondì. Before today’s topic, a message for people who took up the offer – at NativeSpeakerTeachers.com – of a free trial lesson (the promotion ended last night), and think that I’m the person to bug when they have issues. Orders are dealt with promptly by the teaching admin team, which means that they write to […]
February 2023 FREE Trial Online Italian Lesson offer ends soon!
Buondì. I don’t usually email on Sundays – I’m busy in the kitchen. However, between washing the dishes and cooking lunch, here’s a quick reminder that the ‘Free Trial Online Italian Lesson‘ offer ends tonight. The next chance to try a FREE one-to-one lesson with a native-speaker teacher won’t be until November 2023. Why wait? […]
February 2023 FREE Trial Online Italian Lesson Offer: last days!
(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 via Skype or Zoom! This week’s offer ends on Sunday night, so jump to […]
February 2023 FREE Trial Online Italian Lesson Offer reminder!
Buondì. Today, just a quick reminder about the ‘Free Trial Online Italian Lesson’ offer over at NativeSpeakerTeachers.com, which began on Monday. Thirty people have already signed up, in just the first two days, mostly for Italian, but also Spanish and French The offer lasts until Sunday night and the plan is to give away a […]
February 2023 FREE Trial Lesson Offer / 5 Half-Price Ebooks!
Buondì. As mentioned on Friday, this week we have the Free Trial Online Italian Lesson Offer! In our online shop, there are various online Italian lesson options. Choose between packages of five, ten, twenty or thirty lessons, for example, and so benefit from greater discounts. But it’s also possible to buy just the one lesson, […]
Looking for learning opportunities in the wrong place
Buondì. Two things today, so I’ll get the more transactional one done first. Next week NativeSpeakerTeachers.com has it’s twice-yearly Free Trial Lesson Offer, a chance for anyone who hasn’t yet tried a free thirty-minute online lesson with a native speaker teacher to do so. For years, the one thing that was missing from my own […]
Club members’ Italian film/opera suggestions to check out
Buondì. Club members sometimes send links they think I’d be interested in, or hope I will share more widely. Given that my workload is overwhelming right now, and that time spent with Roomie cuts the working day in half, I thought I’d cheat today, and post them here, for you to check out. Following on […]