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“Best of” OnlineItalianClub.com

I’ve been publishing articles at OnlineItalianClub.com every Monday, Wednesday and Friday for a number of years now. That’s approximately a hundred and fifty articles a year.

Most of them are of the ‘here’s a link to today’s new exercise’ type. Instantly forgettable. But there are a few that might be worth another look…

Often I was trying to sell something so the articles contain links that will be long dead, to special offers lost in the mists of time. Nevertheless, I hope you’ll find something to interest you.

(2019)

  • How to get to where you can actually have a conversation in Italian (2019, December)
  • How much do you want to improve your Italian in 2020? (2019, December)
  • Drive-by questions (2019, December)
  • “the information on the net was not well-explained.” (2019, December)
  • Un tris di zuppe toscane (2019, December)
  • I should go to jail, apparently (2019, December)
  • Why you should quit studying (2019, December)
  • Terra incognita (2019, November
  • Ever felt you couldn’t be bothered? (2019, November
  • Start doing these today and see the results in a year’s time (2019, November
  • Stuff that’s useful to know BESIDES Italian grammar (2019, November
  • Reading is passé, it seems (2019, November
  • “How long will it take until I can understand everything I hear?” (2019, November
  • What for? (2019, November
  • Online lesson tips for students (and teachers!) (2019, November
  • ‘How Not to Be a Nerd’ (2019, October)
  • Janet’s question (2019, October)
  • “How do I learn Italian using your site?” (2019, October)
  • Understanding is not the point (2019, September)
  • How machines learn (and how you can, too!) (2019, September)
  • You don’t HAVE TO read this article if you’re TOO BUSY! (2019, September)
  • OnlineItalianClub (not OnlineItalianApp!) (2019, August)
  • Now here’s a winning language-learning strategy! (2019, August)
  • The Perfect App for Learning Italian (2019, July)
  • Training your listeners (2019, July)
  • Serendipity and language-learning (2019, July)
  • Learning, Learning Effectively, Teaching, Teaching Effectively (2019, July)
  • 90% (2019, June)

(İstanbul trip- start at the top and work down)

  • Buondì from İstanbul (no Wikipedia links this time)
  • Two sides of Istanbul
  • You can’t write that, says my wife

(End of İstanbul trip)

  • Obvious (& less obvious ways) to practice Italian on holiday (2019, June)
  • Want more? Different? Better? Here’s how to get it. (2019, June)
  • Is your glass half-full or half-empty? (2019, June)
  • Re-prioritizing (2019, June)
  • The magic ingredient (2019, June)
  • Switching channels (2019, May)
  • The time is money, money is time conundrum (2019, May)
  • Not so frequent, but still sweet (2019, May)
  • Customer Disservice (2019, May)
  • How to keep learning even when you’ve stopped studying (2019, April)
  • Teaching and learning (2019, March)
  • Choices (2019, March)
  • Make a new plan, Stan (2019, March)
  • Flat battery? Or chain reaction? (2019, March)
  • Ever dreamt of building yourself a second home? (2019, February)
  • When is an unemployed Italian NOT an unemployed Italian? (2019, February)
  • It’s frightening how stupid people can be (whoops, what did I say?) (2019, February)
  • How to make your own Italian exercises (2019, February)
  • The Joy of Not Understanding! (2019, January)
  • Stupid, and not so stupid, questions (2019, January)
  • Why you should be READING in Italian (2019, January)
  • A peep in the postbag (2019, January)
  • Listening Comprehension, Lesson #1, Manage Your Expectations (2019, January)
  • What to study? (2019, January)
  • How to measure your language-learning progress in 2019? (2019, January)
  • App attack! (And a January Sale reminder…) (2019, January)

(2018)

  • Worried about Italian tenses? (2018, December)
  • Some good advice from my online Turkish teacher (2018, December)
  • Are you a turtle, a hare, or a cheering spectator? (2018, November)
  • Here’s an easy way to find extra time for language-learning! (2018, November)
  • Essential expressions for ‘taking back control’ (2018, November)
  • Which is your community? How strong are your relationships? (2018, November)
  • This much I know (2018, November)
  • “That’s the teacher’s job!” (2018, November)
  • Do you need a slap? (2018, October)
  • Help! Artificial ‘intelligence’ ate my email! (2018, October)
  • How to use the ‘dead time’ in your day to boost your Italian (2018, October)
  • Does the teacher know best? How to make your OWN study plan (2018, October)
  • “How much have you got in your savings account?” (2018, October)
  • Know How, Start, Keep Going (2018, October)
  • What you’re learning when you’re NOT looking up new words (2018, September)
  • Three things (2018, September)
  • The most useful expression I ever learned (2018, September)
  • Deadlines / Keyboard Maps / Easy Italian News / BotW! (2018, September)
  • Reflections on reading and listening. And a new ebook offer! (2018, September)
  • “There are so many words I don’t know.” (2018, September)
  • Time to ‘benchmark’ my language-learning efforts! (2018, August)
  • Three exercises a week – is that IT? (2018, August)
  • About motivation. And a new ‘Book of the Week’ (2018, August)
  • Excuse me, but how exactly should I learn Italian? (2018, July)
  • Have you ever read a newspaper or novel in Italian? (2018, July)
  • Stuff you do every day vs. stuff you’d do if you only had time (2018, July)
  • What’s your ‘learning Italian problem? (2018, July)
  • New conversation prompts / ‘Summer Sale’ next week (Why use ‘Buondì’? 2018, June)
  • Learning a language – but what to do next? (2018, June)

(2018 Sweden Road Trip – start at the top and work down)

  • Tu e la tecnologia / Greetings from Malmö (2018, June)
  • ‘Cibi e bevande’ audio / The Swedish road trip begins! (2018, June)
  • ‘Emozioni’ listening & transcript / Nörrkoping (2018, June)
  • ‘Sei bravo a…?’ / Stockholm (2018, June)
  • ‘Amici e famiglia’ / Örebro and Göteborg (Gothenburg)
    (2018, June)
  • Superstizioni e credenze / Copenhagen and home!
    (2018, June)

(END of Sweden Road Trip)

  • OnlineItalianClub.com – Instructions For Use (2018, June)
  • I turn off the subtitles. Something surprising happens! (2018, May)
  • Good habits = good results. Ma è come parlare al muro! (2018, May)
  • Time for a change of plan (2018, April)
  • Why the audio quality and speed doesn’t, or shouldn’t, matter (2018, March)
  • Daniel joins the twenty-first century (2018, March)
  • About ‘Customer Service’ (2018, February)
  • To subtitle or not to subtitle, that is the question (2018, February)
  • A follow-up to the recent post on learning by watching TV (2018, February)
  • How fast do fingernails grow? Faster than you think. (2018, February)
  • “How you are managing to improve your vocabulary?” (2018, January)
  • Studying Italian? What’s important, and what’s less so (2018, January)
  • A riff on the value of memorizing vocabulary (2018, January)

(2017)

  • “Congratulations. You are 43% fluent” (2017, October)
  • How to choose study materials for your level in Italian (2017, September)
  • Is your Italian getting a balanced diet? (2017, September)
  • So, did you study Italian this weekend??? (2017, September)
  • Learning Italian? Here are some ideas about what to do next (2017, September)

(2017 Texas Road Trip – start at the top and work down)

  • ‘Dirglielo’, ‘spiegarglielo’ ‘dicendogliene’? Combined pronouns, innit. (2017, June)
  • Describing where places are in Italian. And squirrels! (2017, June)
  • Free Italian Listening & Italian conversation in Austin TX (2017, June)
  • Dreams, and an amazing coincidence! (2017, June)
  • What to do if an armadillo digs up your yard (2017, June)
  • Free advanced Italian listening and road trip update (2017, July)
  • I pronomi dimostrativi, po’ boys & alligators (2017, July)

(END of Texas Road Trip)

  • Italian exams, and why I no longer recommend CILS (2017, April)
  • Tenses in Italian and English (also Buona Pasqua!) (2017, April)
  • How do YOU listen? (2017, March)
  • Watch out for those language-learning ‘ups’ and ‘downs’! (2017, March)
  • Learning new Italian vocabulary – two extremes! (2017, March)
  • What’s your language-learning ‘strategy’? (2017, March)
  • If I were learning Italian, what would I study today? (2017, March)
  • What to do when your Italian study program hits the rocks (2017, February)
  • What to do if your listening comprehension “never improves” (2017, January)
  • Want to Learn Italian? Make Sure You Set Realistic Targets! (2017, January)
  • Want to understand spoken Italian better? Here’s how (2017, January)

(2016)

  • How I started learning a language using only an easy reader (2016, December)
  • Why I want to get you reading in Italian (2016, November)
  • When to learn Italian for free. And when to pay (2016, January)
  • How to improve your Italian? Do this one easy thing today! (2016, January)

(2015)

  • The view from the top of the mountain (2015, June)

(2014)

  • Can I learn Italian for free? (2014, September)
  • Just what IS an e-book, anyway? (2014, August)
  • Why studying grammar and vocabulary is a waste of time (2014, July)
  • Three neglected secrets of writing well in Italian (2014, June)
  • Here’s how to feel more confident speaking Italian (2014, March)
  • Terrified of speaking Italian? Just what exactly are you afraid of? (2014, February)
  • Are you a different person when you speak Italian? (2014, February)
  • Why you should just ignore Italian words you don’t understand (2014, January)
  • What to do if Italians ‘speak too quickly’ (2014, January)

(2013)

  • How to not learn Italian (really, don’t do these things!) (2013, December)
  • How to feel less nervous when speaking Italian (2013, December)
  • Insidious cultural differences that can trip you up (2013, November)
  • The Zen of learning Italian (2013, November)
  • The two reasons why you may never learn to speak or understand Italian (2013, October)
  • Would you pay €3200 to speak really good Italian? (2013, August)
  • The fastest way to learn Italian? (2013, July)
  • Why it’s OK to be scared and make mistakes (2013, July)
  • How to live the perfect life? (2013, July)
  • How to become bilingual in Italian (2013, June)
  • 7 smart ways to find accented Italian characters on your keyboard (2013, June)
  • Don’t have time to learn Italian? Here’s how to find some! (2013, May)
  • Reasons for NOT studying Italian? (2013, April)
  • Discover the secrets that will help you REALLY learn Italian (2013, April)
  • Hundreds Of Italian Verbs To Learn, And One Great Way To Remember Them (2013, March)

(2012)

  • Does Spending More Mean Getting More? (2012, December)
  • Where are all the good sites to learn Italian free? (2012, September)
  • Best Online English-Italian Dictionary? (2012, July)
  • Where to get more audio-books, free! (2012, June)
  • The 3 Tenses You Need To Know To Really Speak and Understand Italian (2012, April)

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