Buondì. I quite often get told, whether by students of foreign languages, or in learning material aimed at them, that I’ll know when I’m making progress when I can ‘think’ in the language I’m learning. Ergo, if I can’t ‘think’ in a foreign language, I’m doing something wrong, and/or still have a way to go. […]

Buondì. “Improve your Italian the easy way!” Just buy our special course, book some lessons with our fantastic teachers, blah, blah, blah. That’s not what this is about. I was thinking more about choosing ‘easy’ learning activities, rather than ‘hard’ ones. And once you’ve selected a learning activity, making quiet sure that what you do […]

Buondì. This, via email, overnight: “I was on your site – onlineitalianclub.com and enjoy the Dialogues and Conversations but I don’t see where the translation is??” Short answer: it isn’t. Longer answer, much longer, actually: books, courses, apps and so on that are marketed to speakers of a specific language – for instance, Duolingo’s Italian […]

There are just a few hours left of the 2023 January 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: January-Sale-2023 […]

Buondì. Friday 6th is the final day of the 2023 January Sale at our two online stores, EasyReaders.org (for ebooks) and NativeSpeakerTeachers.com (for one-to-one lessons). Until then you can use the coupon code below to save 20% on the online lessons and/or ebooks you’ll need to improve your Italian in the coming year: January-Sale-2023 And […]

Buondì. The 2023 January Sale ends later this week, so I thought you might be interested in hearing what other club members have been spending their ‘learn Italian’ budgets on. Hence the usual ‘best-sellers’ article. E poi, it’s the first Monday morning in January. Who has ideas on the first Monday morning in January?? So […]

Buondì. As we’re busy with the 2023 January Sale right now, here’s an article from our archive. I’ve been both an online teacher and a language learner, so can see things from both perspectives. Here, then, are a few tips for students who choose to include one-to-one online lessons in their language study programs. The […]

Buondì. And how nice that it’s a normal Wednesday, after the festive weekend (and before the next festive weekend…) The shops are open, though daycare isn’t, not this week. No matter, Roomie has taken over my smartphone and is watching Rai YoYo in our bed. My adult children won’t be conscious, so demanding aperitivi or […]

Buondì. The January Sale in our (now two) online stores, EasyReaders.org (ebooks) and NativeSpeakerTeachers.com (1-1 lessons), always begins the week after Christmas. But the way things have fallen this year, with Monday being Boxing Day, messes things up a little. I’m still recovering from yesterday’s lunch, for one thing, and later in the day we’ll […]

Buondì. Regular readers will know that Roomie and I had our wallet stolen, while I was trying to load her and her stroller onto a crowded city-center bus one late-autumn evening. I got the wallet back a week or so later, but only after I’d wasted days applying for new documents (identity card, driving licence, […]