It’s exactly two weeks since I last wrote about my quest to improve my listening (in French, so as to demonstrate to you guys that it’s possible to do the same with your Italian). This afternoon I decided to call it a day. Want to know how I got on? How to improve your listening […]
Let’s speak Italian this week!
If you’d like to practice speaking Italian with an OnlineItalianClub.com teacher, and other students from around the world, register now for one of this week’s FREE sessions by clicking one of the links at the botttom of this article. As promised, we’re offering one session early in the morning (Italian time) hoping to catch you […]
How not to miss out on your free Italian conversation lesson!
Want to practice speaking Italian, with an expert teacher, and students like you from around the world? For FREE? Then look out for tomorrow’s email, which will have the links to register for THREE MORE free online Italian conversation lessons, hosted by our online teacher, Paolo. For the first time, we’ll be trying different time […]
Let’s speak Italian! Register now for one of this week’s free conversation slots
Two more FREE opportunities to join a conversation in Italian, with Paolo (an OnlineItalianClub.com teacher) and other students of Italian from around the world. This week we’re NOT organising the sessions by level. Each session is open to all… Just click the link and fill out the form to register. There are 12 spaces in […]
Memorable new words from Venice
Travelling is a great way to learn new words, isn’t it? So, as I’ve just got back from a business trip to Venice, I thought you might be interested in hearing some of the memorable words and expresssions that I picked up while I was there. Acqua alta ‘La marea’ (the tide) affects the level […]
‘Improve your listening’ Day 7 – improve your listening with… graded readers?
You can go so far with free material found on the Internet, but one day you reach the point when you’ve done all the good stuff. Which means it’s time to SPEND SOME MONEY!! So yesterday I hit my local book store and splurged on graded readers, simplified books which will help me improve both […]
Two more free online conversation groups this week
Last Friday OnlineItalianClub.com ran it’s first online conversation group, by way of an experiment. Paolo, one of our online teachers, hosted the meeting, with me offering technical support. ‘Present’ were students of Italian from many countries around the world: Australia, the USA, Britain, Italy, Slovenia, China, India and Israel. Some participants experienced technical problems with […]
‘Improve your listening’ Day 6 – So how are you doing?
Were you one of those people who accepted my 2014 Improve your Listening Challenge? I haven’t forgotten you, you know…. There were 26 enthusiastic “ci sto”s (Click here and scroll down to read them.) So: Sergei, Sue Stanford, Willem-Jan, John Thompson, Mary-Teresa Branton, Vicki, Lee, Rich, Tom, Stuart Reininger, Dot Read, Dianne Perrin, Julian, Linda […]
Why you should just ignore Italian words you don’t understand
One of the hardest things about learning a foreign language is to get to the point where you know enough words to be able to decipher texts and speech, and to express your own thoughts. So naturally, when we’re just starting out, we do lots and lots of vocabulary study. Preparing flashcards, writing lists of […]
INVITATION: “Parliamo in italiano” Friday, 1 p.m. (Italian time)
You are invited to practice your Italian and make a few new friends from around the world! OnlineItalianClub.com is hosting its first WEBINAR Friday 24th January from 13.00 to 13.30. It’s free! We’re limiting participation to 15 people this time. First come, first served. The session will be hosted by Paolo (OnlineItalianClub.com teacher). Each participant will […]