If you have a question about the Autumn Sale, or anything else for that matter, you might find it’s already been answered in our FAQ. It’s worth a read anyway, if only for the sparkling prose. But these days, I ALWAYS read the FAQ, as it gives you a good idea who you’re doing business […]
What’s best value? (& don’t forget the coupon code!)
Buondì. So we’re running a sale, the Autumn Sale to be exact, and you can save 20% on everything. Bet you knew that already. However, if you save 20% on something that is ALREADY DISCOUNTED, then so much the better, right? So… What are the BEST VALUE options in our online shop? If you’re after […]
How to find ebooks for your current (and future) level
(Don’t forget to listen to yeterday’s FREE ‘Easy Italian news’ over on our new site…) What’s your level in Italian? If you’re not sure, take a look at this article, which shows you a simple way to work it out. OK, so I’ll ask again: what’s your level in Italian? Beginner? Mid-A1 End of A1? […]
Easy Italian news, ‘avanzi’, and the joys of online lessons
Buondì. (Tuesday’s Easy Italian News is live since this morning. Have you read/listened to it, yet? Click here!) July/luglio seems a long way back now, doesn’t it? On the 3rd of that month, basically a whole season ago, I was wearing shorts, sandals and shades. The club was running its ‘Summer Sale’ and I wrote an article […]
2018 Autumn Sale: Save 20% on Italian Lessons and Ebooks!
Buondì. (Before I tell you about the 2018 Autumn Sale, here’s something you can do absolutely free – Saturday’s Easy Italian News. Click here to read/listen to it. And if you like it, be sure to fill in the little form in the sidebar of the news website, where it says “NEVER MISS ‘EASY ITALIAN […]
What you’re learning when you’re NOT looking up new words
Before I begin, have you listened to Thursday’s Easy Italian News, yet? If not, listen to it today because there’ll be another one out tomorrow (Saturday) morning. No pressure or anything… The feedback we’ve been getting on the new website has been nearly 100% positive, which is great. And there’s been much MORE of it […]
Three things
Buondì. This morning I have three things to tell you. I’ll try to deal with them as rapidly as I can because I have a Swedish lesson in an hour and I haven’t, yet, done my homework, washed the dishes or prepared the kids’ lunch. 1. The Wednesday rant There’s a new edition of ‘Easy […]
The most useful expression I ever learned
People often write to me that they “don’t know enough words” to express themselves in Italian. And that they therefore feel reluctant to speak. A complaint which seems a little back to front to me. Well OF COURSE you’re not going to be able to communicate in your second language as well as you do […]
Deadlines / Keyboard Maps / Easy Italian News / BotW!
When I was a schoolboy, and then later a university student, I would treat a deadline (say for a homework or essay assignment) as advance warning of some sort of impending disaster. I’d get ready days, even weeks, beforehand. My essay would be completed and ready to hand in before most of my peers had […]
“Remind me not to forget to read and listen to…”
An extremely rare, and very brief, THURSDAY post from OnlineItalianClub.com. Why? Because this morning I published the Thursday edition of ‘easy Italian news’ at our new site EasyItalianNews.com. Then a couple of hours later, I looked at the stats. 203 people have read/listened to the Tuesday edition so far today. About two thousand people saw […]