No time to read this? Why not find something to study instead? A1 – Beginner/Elementary | A2 – Pre-Intermediate | B1 – Intermediate | B2 – Upper-Intermediate | C1 – Advanced | C2 – Proficiency | What’s my level? | Italian level test +++ Buondì. I’ll be super-quick today, as Bug’s petting zoo is closed for […]
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No time to read? Find something to study instead: A1 – Beginner/Elementary | A2 – Pre-Intermediate | B1 – Intermediate | B2 – Upper-Intermediate | C1 – Advanced | C2 – Proficiency | What’s my level? | Italian level test +++ Buondì. Yesterday I deleted a couple of thousand club members who haven’t opened one of […]
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Buondì. I got an early start today, as Stefi has taken Bug to his petting zoo on the bus. Two buses, actually. Bug likes the bus, so barks happily at people, who pet him. Stefi likes the bus less, and complained that yesterday no one offered her their seat (she has Bug strapped to her […]
Small things bad and good
Buondì. A quickie today, as the keeper was late arriving at Bug’s petting zoo, then the traffic was bad on my way home. Also, at noon I’ll be online, chatting in Swedish. More about that in a moment. So, New Year, new start, right? My wife and kids spent the last month asking me what […]
How to get the most from online lessons (offer ends tonight!)
Buondì. Oh, and happy ‘taking down the Christmas tree’ day! Since Dec. 27th I’ve been super-busy with the seasonal ‘-20% coupon code offer’ over at NativeSpeakerTeachers.com. Club members will know that I don’t mind knocking out the odd article, but multiple bulk mailings each day, for well over a week, has been rather a bore. […]
Technology’s weak spot (its user) & Online lessons promotion
Buondì. Oops! Here’s another of those comments over at EasyItalianNews.com, where three times a week the team publishes ‘easy’ Italian news stories – that’s to say simplified Italian texts with an accompanying Italian audio recording, all carefully put together by Italian native speakers. “The English translations are Not good… Your translations don’t follow English syntax […]
Bug does vowels
Buondì. Nothing much happens on New Year’s Day, does it? Bug and I walked to the park, around the lake, and back. He slept most of the way, so wasn’t much company. There were a few people running, and some walking dogs, but apart from that, I was alone with my thoughts. Typically, as soon […]