Buondì. (Still got COVID, still feel lousy, and still have Roomie getting under our feet 24 hours a day – so here’s  another rehashed article from a previous sale. Sorry! The coupon codes and links should be good for this one. The sales data isn’t updated, though it’s still a good guide to what’s typically […]

Buondì. I was going to write something new today (to promote this week’s Summer Sale), but the temperatures have been extreme, we have Covid, and so are isolating. Which means being confined to an overheated house with Roomie, who can’t go to daycare, and none of the usual distractions such as parks, and supermarkets. Imagine […]

Buondì. Today we have the start of the 2022 SUMMER Sale, which means that everything at EasyReaders.org (ebooks) and NativeSpeakerTeachers.com (online lessons)  can be had a fifth cheaper than usual. N.b. We’ve separated ebooks/online lessons into two different ecommerce stores so that we’ll be able to focus on one or the other at different times, […]

Buondì. Just checking – for club members that do, or have done in the past, 1-1 online lessons or conversation with native speakers over at NativeSpeakerTeachers.com – did you get an email  yesterday from their teaching management team, with the coupon code for next week’s offer? If not, check your spam, as we like to […]

Buondì. Let it be known that next week, so from Monday 4th July 2022 to Sunday 10th July 2022, our two online shops, EasyReaders.org (for ebooks) and NativeSpeakerTeachers.com (for one-to-one lessons), will be having their Summer Sale. Which means that I’ll be publicising a coupon code which, if you apply it in your shopping cart […]

Buondì. “It’s easy for you. You live in Italy! But where can I find native speakers to practise speaking with?” Actually it wasn’t easy for me, despite living in Italy. For most of my time here, I’ve spoken English at home and English at work, and that had three consequences: 1.) I have three bilingual […]

Buondì. Someone was telling me the other day that adult learners want to be ‘articulate’ when speaking Italian, as they presumably are in their own language. Hence the need for a ‘structured’ approach to study, not the ‘haphazard’ approach she supposes I advocate. It’s also important, naturally, to be ‘accurate’, for making mistakes would be […]

Buondì. I receive plenty of emails, and sometimes people comment on our various websites, with positive feedback, with suggestions, or with criticisms. Given that people have reached out to me, I usually respond to emails, and sometimes to comments. It’s the polite thing to do. Quite often, though, what people write falls on a scale […]

Buondì. I’ll keep this quick, as we’re taking Roomie to the coast this afternoon, on the train (‘ciuf ciuf” she calls it)! The unusual choice of transport might make it feel like a holiday, a great adventure, perhaps. But, in any case, it cuts the risk of getting stuck for hours in a traffic jam […]