I’ve two things to tell you today. First, we have the publication of our first ever sci-fi Italian easy reader. And then, there’s the link to no. 54 in our Italian conversations series of free dialogues with transcripts. So that should keep you busy this gloomy Monday in February… New Italian Easy Reader: 3, 2, […]
How To Book A Taxi ‘In Italiano’ (plus ‘Book of the Week’ last days)
I’m writing at the speed of light this morning, well almost, as I have to be on the other side of town in 45 mintues for the annual meeting of ASILS, which this year is being held in Bologna. It’s a chance to exchange gossip and moans with other school owners, and there’s always an […]
New dialogue, Paypal vs. Amazon, & Italian easy reader offer
Dialogue 52 in our Italian Conversations series is set in a railway station ticket office. Visualize the scene – lots of irate people with heavy bags, everyone pushing and shoving, the din of a train arriving at platform one, announcements on the public address system detailing the inevitable delays, and when it’s finally your turn, […]
From OnlineItalianClub.com, something old, something new!
New members are joining our Online Italian Club all the time, so I try to recycle things they may not have seen, as well as publishing new materials. Hence today we have something old (a free chapter from our ‘Book of the Week’) and something new (another Italian conversation + transcript). Something old… As most […]
New Italian Dialogue With Transcript: Refusing Invitations!
It’s venerdì, and so time for another free Italian dialogue with transcript from OnlineItalianClub.com! Today we’re continuing the theme of invitations. On Wednesday we were accepting them, whereas today we’re finding excuses not to go… “The pub? Tonight? Nah… Sorry, gotta study Italian!” You get the idea. Here’s the link to listen to today’s conversation: Contesti sociali, Rifiutare […]
Invitations dialogue (plus transcript) & easy reader offer reminder
Today’s new Italian dialogue with transcript is Contesti sociali, invitare qualcuno, which in English would be ‘inviting someone in a social situation’. I have to apologise for the echo on the audio, but it’s otherwise good practice. Listening to and reading the conversations should just take you a few minutes, so do try to fit it […]
New Easy Reader E-Book! / New Italian Dialogue & Transcript
As mentioned on Friday, today we’ve published a new Italian easy reader e-book ‘Segreti e polpette‘ (Secrets And Meatballs). The Agnolottis, husband, wife and two adult children, run a modest trattoria in a town in the south of Italy. They all pull together to make their small restaurant the success it is. But when the […]
New Italian dialogue & transcript: a gym encounter!
Today’s Italian Conversation, number forty-seven in our series, is entitled ‘Contesti sociali, Presentarsi‘. Which broadly translates as ‘introducing yourself in social situations’. There’s a woman and a man, chatting at the gym, exchanging personal details. We find out that she’s married with kids, but he’s single (not found the right woman yet.) What’s she doing talking […]
Let’s go skiing! (New Italian dialogue with transcript)
It’s winter, it’s cold and it’s grey… But there’s snow! At least there is in Italy’s hills and mountains, if not here on the Pianura padana where I live. So let’s go skiing, even if it’s just in our imaginations. Today’s Italian dialogue (& transcript) will sort you out with the equipment you’ll need to […]
Swimming Lesson dialogue, plus new ‘Book of the Week’ offer!
Learn Italian online with the help of our Italian Conversations series of dialogues. First listen to the audio recording, then check your understanding with the transcript. Today we’re taking a swimming lesson at the ‘piscina‘. Here’s the link you need to listen: 45. Sport, Piscina Or find this latest dialogue, along with all those we’ve […]