You’re reading this because you’re interested in learning to speak Italian. And everyone knows that the easiest way to learn a foreign language is to go to the country where it is spoken, and study there, right? Wrong. What may at first be seen as a fantastic opportunity, a holiday of a lifetime, does […]
How to improve your Italian listening comprehension, for free!
Studying Italian grammar and vocabulary is one thing, but actually understanding what Italians say when they speak to you is quite another! But how to improve your listening comprehension in Italian? Well, practice certainly helps, and if you can’t live in Italy or speak the language regularly, doing lots of Italian listening comprehension exercises is a […]
Online Italian Lesson 50% OFF for one week ONLY!
Ciao and buona domenica to you! I’ll keep this short. For just ONE WEEK you can try an online Italian lesson via Skype video conferencing for HALF THE USUAL PRICE. Just €10, for a 30-minute one-to-one lesson, wherever you are in the world. The usual price is €20. The only way to get this special price […]
Cast a Spell on your Italian!
It’ll soon be Halloween in Italy, too. The local kids’ll be dressing up as witches and wizards, making even more noise than usual, and stuffing themselves with candy. And marketing departments will be bombarding us with pumpkin-branded seasonal offers (see below). But witches and wizards are a once-a-year event no longer. Harry Potter mania […]
Where are all the good sites to learn Italian free?
This post was going to be a review of the best sites on the Internet where you can learn Italian free. My young colleague made me a nice list of the most visible “learn Italian free” sites in Google, and I sat down this afternoon to write a review of each one. Except that […]
20 Win Free Skype Italian Lesson!
Announcing the 20 lucky winners of a free online Italian lesson via Skype which you will have received an e-mail about a few days ago: 1. Dana-Similia Cristea – Romania 2. Irina ? – Ukraine 3. Iris Franke – Germany 4. Maia Ramishvili – Georgia 5. Stuart ? – USA 6. Jorma Virtamo – Finland […]
Download Week 4 of the C1 (Advanced) Italian course
Just a quick post to announce the publication of Week 4 of our C1 (Advanced) level free Italian course. There’s grammar and new vocabulary enough even for the keenest student of Italian, plus exercises and solutions to help you consolidate what you study. And all completely free. Topics include: Locuzioni avverbiali Pronomi indefiniti e […]
Italian Government Abandons Bedford
For anyone interested in Italy or living abroad, check out this fascinating article and short film about the Italian community in Bedford, England, who are losing their consulate after more than 50 years. http://www.guardian.co.uk/society/2012/aug/31/bedford-italian-community-consular-services As well as the film and the article, the comments section is also worth a look (scroll down to the bottom […]
Is Skype killing language schools?
“Ormai” (good word that. It means “By now”) the Internet has become mundane. Booking a flight or shopping online is no longer the adventure it once was. And we rely on the web for free resources and information in a way which would once have been science-fiction, but is now unremarkable. But progress means […]
The “Fastest Way to Learn Italian”?
Search for “learn Italian” in google.com today and you’ll find an advert at the top of the page, above the “real” search results, for a service promising a “Fun and Easy way to learn Italian”. Fun and easy is good, but better still the advert follows with: “Try Keewords today. It’s Free!” Click on […]