You have to take the kids to school, work all day, rush to the supermarket, put away the groceries, unload and load the dishwaswer, prepare a meal, help with homework, answer e-mails, log on to Facebook, phone your mom… So, naturally you don’t have time to study Italian, right? Wrong. Learning a foreign language certainly […]
Reasons for NOT studying Italian?
We all have good intentions: become better at our jobs, work harder at our marriages, learn or perfect a foreign language. Wanting to do these things is one thing, but actually doing them, and sustaining the effort required for success, maybe for months or years, is quite different. It’s all too easy to find reasons […]
Discover the secrets that will help you REALLY learn Italian
Do you ever feel that learning Italian could be beyond you? Would you say you are too old, too slow, or simply not “good at languages”? Take heart! Things may not be as bad as you think… We know how you feel, because we are both learners and teachers of foreign langauges, and because we […]
Would a CILS qualification give your resume the boost it needs?
Imagine someone who loves you has organised a surprise party for you, and everyone you know is there. Isn’t that great? (No? Well, not to worry, they’ll all be going home soon.) Look around at their happy faces and ask yourself, how many of these educated, successful people speak a foreign language? Well enough to actually […]
Italian Workout! B1 published today
Thought you’d like to know that Italian Workout! B1, our new intermediate-level e-book / audio package is published today. You can download yours right now from the OnlineItalianClub.com shop at the special introductory price of just €9.99 (in two weeks, the price reverts to €19.99) If you’re into ‘heavy’ Italian grammar, you’re going to love […]
Why You Should Stop By The Forum Later
In ancient Rome, the forum was a central piazza, surrounded by important buildings. It was a natural meeting place, a center for city life. Lots of Italian cities still work that way. Drop by Piazza Maggiore in Bologna, for example, on a Sunday morning and you can’t help but notice the groups of people standing […]
Reminder: these two money-saving offers are expiring!
Ciao a tutti! Just a quick reminder: the special launch-offer for Italian Workout! A1, our new grammar/vocabulary course for beginner-elementary level, finishes this Saturday, 6th of April. The price will then go up, from €9.99 to €19.99! This book is IDEAL for revising the basics of Italian grammar, and although it’s designed to walk beginners […]
Hundreds Of Italian Verbs To Learn, And One Great Way To Remember Them
Ever noticed how so many Italian verbs have a common root with English verbs and so may have the same or similar meanings? Yesterday I was looking at the Italian Verb Conjugator on this site (acutually I was tidying up the messy formatting, it’s much neater now) and I was struck by just how many there were […]
How I finally put my Italian to the test, and how you could too
Think you know some Italian? Did you know that on the CILS (Italian language exams) section of the University of Siena’s website you can download last year’s exams to try for free? Complete with listening, reading, grammar & vocabulary sections? Plus answers? I came across these great resources on a Sunday afternoon and, curious to […]
Italian Workout! Level A1
Hey there! Just a quick one to let you know that OnlineItalianClub.com’s new e-book/audio package has just been released. It’s called… ITALIAN WORKOUT! A1 We wrote it for beginners, or for those at a higher level who’d like to give their elementary grammar and vocabulary a workout! Italian Workout! A1 replaces our old A1 e-book […]