Buondì. I’ll be brief today, as recent comments have accused me of rambling (but in a nice way, apparently…) Also, because I’m short on time, having spent most of the morning reading and listening to a new, super-advanced level easy reader ebook, more about which in a moment. First, though: girls! But as in young […]
What’s in my inbox that I still haven’t looked at?
I was planning to have finalised my ‘new look’ study program by today and so write about that. But hey… Life got in the way. So instead, here are some extracts from emails I’ve had from club members in the last few days, with suggestions or recommendations. +++ A week or so ago, Anne from […]
Time for a change of plan
Winter’s done, up here in the northen hemisphere at least. We’re over two thirds of the way through the academic year, which is always a cheering thought for teachers. And in the next fortnight we have a couple of holidays: Liberation Day on April 25th, then the first of May. Perhaps I’ll spend them spring […]
One for the stirrup?
According to Wikipedia: Il bicchiere della staffa è l’ultimo bicchiere che si beve prima di congedarsi dagli amici, in genere per recarsi a casa propria per riposare. Si ritiene che l’espressione sia nata nell’Ottocento, quando i signori che si recavano nelle locande bevevano l’ultimo bicchiere quando già avevano un piede nella staffa, pronti per montare […]
A valuable lesson learnt, and another in our ‘Nouns’ series!
Buondì. Apologies to everyone who has written to me since Monday without receiving a reply. I wrote back to the first couple of people who entered our ‘competition’, but then got overwhelmed! A valuable lesson was learnt, though. To get lots of people involved in something, make it easy! And another, I really mustn’t run […]
Una mela al giorno toglie il medico di torno
Buondì. After the end of the Easter Sale (thanks to everyone who participated), it’s back to normal here at OnlineItalianClub.com. Expect articles on Mondays, Wednesdays and Fridays with new materials or inspirational thoughts. But as today I’m all out of the latter, having worked hard all weekend, try this: La mela It’s the sixth in […]
This is your final reminder about the Easter Sale
Tomorrow I’ll be writing about something else, which will be a relief for all of us, I’m sure. Thanks, everyone, for your patience. And for your online purchases, of course. We’ve had about three hundred orders since the start of the sale on March 26th, which is respectable. Very approximately, that means that about three […]
12 Hours Remaining to Save 20% on Italian Lessons and Ebooks
Once, when I was a kid, perhaps about ten years old, we set off on a family holiday to one of Britain’s Channel Islands. This involved a short-ish drive to a nearby port, waiting in a queue with lots of other cars, and then driving up a ramp and into the belly of an enormous […]
Easter Sale – 24 hours to go (but now there’s work to do!)
(N.b. As with yesterday’s email, this one is a ‘repurposing’ of one I sent on the penultimate Saturday of last year’s Easter Sale, though I’ve changed it quite a lot…) Which time zone are you in? Here in Bologna, Italy, as I start writing this, it’s just after four p.m. (on Saturday.) I was teaching […]
Easter Sale on Italian lessons and Ebooks – 48 hours left!
(No, you’re not going crazy! I sent almost the same email on the penultimate Friday of last year’s Easter Sale. But it worked well then, so I thought I’d repurpose it…) We’re on the final lap of the Easter Sale, which ends on Sunday night. I thought I’d update my previous article on what’s been […]