Buondì. You’ll excuse me if I keep this short-ish, and rather commercial in content. I’m writing, wrapped in a duvet, on a chilly Sunday morning in Glasgow, Scotland, with the expectation that, having hopefully passed the Day 2 lateral flow Covid test, which I’ll be poking up my nose later today, tomorrow, that is to […]
Contempt
Buondì. Wednesday’s article elicited this, from club member Richard: “Your contempt for your students is evident in every paragraph. If they sense it—as I’m sure they do—you are doing them more harm than good. They deserve a teacher who genuinely loves the job.” Which seemed a bit strong, but at least provided a topic for […]
Prepositions lesson (& reminder about our new ‘easy reader’)
Buondì. Yesterday evening I was teaching two Italian guys in their forties about prepositions, or rather about why they’ve managed to not learn how prepositions are different in Italian and English, despite thirty years of trying. No one taught them the ‘rules’, they explained. Nonsense, I replied. How would that help? There are thousands, probably […]
Read the comments / New ‘easy reader’ ebook this week
Buondì. All last week was taken up by the FTLO (Free Trial Lesson Offer), but thankfully (because it involved a lot of work) that’s now ended! Thanks to everyone who participated. Some will have already done their free trial, others will be organising a convenient day/time, which can be difficult for certain time zones, or […]
Nov. 2021 FREE Trial Online Italian Lesson offer ends soon!
Buondì. I don’t usually email on Sundays – I’m busy in the kitchen, instead. However, between washing the dishes and making dough for tonight’s pizza, 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 […]
Nov. 2021 FREE Trial Online Italian Lesson Offer: last days!
(This article, or something extremely like it, was first published during our previous ‘FREE Trial Online Italian Lesson’ offer back in February 2020, and republished a year later. But what I wrote then is still true now, so here it is once again! Things will be back to normal next week.) Buondì. Time’s running out […]
Nov. 2021 ‘FREE Trial Online Italian Lesson Offer’ reminder!
Buondì. Today, just a quick reminder about the ‘Free Trial Online Italian Lesson’ offer, which began on Monday. Around eighty people have already signed up, in just the first two days! The offer lasts until Sunday night and the plan is to give away a hundred and fifty free lessons, not just Italian, but also […]
Nov. 2021 FREE Trial Online Italian Lesson Offer this week!
(The articles I’ll be publishing this week are similar to those published in February, at the time of our previous Free Trial Lesson Offer. They worked well then, so I’ll be taking a break and catching up on other work. Things’ll be back to normal on Monday 8th November.) Buondì. As mentioned on Friday, this […]
How are we all doing?
Buondì. I had a sympathetic email from Nancy in Tasmania yesterday, responding to Wednesday’s moan, in particular about my ecommerce order not having been shipped on time (it’s now on its way, they wrote this morning!) But, she said, American ecommerce vendors have had such difficulty getting stuff to Australia recently, that they’ve stopped even […]
Everyone loved Monday’s tips (which is frustrating!)
Buondì. Monday’s article 5 Common Mistakes to Avoid / 1 New Easy Reader Ebook got a very good response, which is worrying, and to an extent, rather frustrating. View the comments to get an idea – “helpful and well explained”, “a bite-sized gem”, “really useful”. While as always there were few comments, I got dozens […]