Buondì. Thanks to club-member Zsuzsanna, who sent me a link to this reasonably interesting article about language-learning. The article is a comment piece about a ‘scientific’ paper, published in the journal ‘Cognition’, the abstract for which you can find here. I haven’t read the full journal article, because to do so would require payment and […]
Was this ‘the most ‘beautiful’ film ever shown at a festival’?
Buondì. Thanks to club member Paul, who sent a link to an online Italian film festival beginning later this week. It’s free, apparently. You can find details of their program here, and full details of how to participate on their homepage, the gist of it being that they’ll post access details for each film (Italian […]
Setting goals that AREN’T about studying Italian grammar…
Buondì. Thanks to the various club members who emailed me with their reactions to Wednesday’s article Different expectations when ‘coding’ and ‘decoding’ Italian, and in particular to Andrew who left a ‘comment’ (meaning that other people can read his ideas/questions). I’ll reproduce a section of what Andrew wrote here, for those of you who get […]
Different expectations when ‘coding’ and ‘decoding’ Italian
Buondì. This from an explanation given to my class of Italian adults learning English, yesterday evening, after they had spent years, probably decades, failing to understand English tense forms. 1.) OK, so you guys don’t know English perfectly, right? (They agree.) Which means that a lot of the time you’re uncertain about how to express […]
How do children learn a (foreign) language?
Buondì. The Autumn Sale has concluded. If you’re still trying with the coupon code, hoping to get a 20% discount on online lessons or ebooks, then you’re too late, sorry. I closed down the promotion a few hours ago. So, on to the next thing. This afternoon I’ll be catapulted back in time thirty years […]
Just a few hours left of the 2020 Autumn Sale
There are just a few hours left of the 2020 Autumn Sale. Until the January Sale (which begins at the end of December) there will be no further chances to save 20% on the full range of ebooks and online lessons in the club’s online shop. Though we will have some new ebooks to look […]
2020 Autumn Sale, 24 Hours Left!
Here’s a quick ‘aperitivo time’ heads up! There are just 24 hours left for you to save 20% on ebooks and online lessons in the EasyReaders.Org Autumn Sale. Coupon code Autumn-Sale-2020 will reduce the price of everything by 20% Payment options include Credit card/Stripe, Amazon, Paypal or bank transfer (not a good idea unless you have […]
2020 Autumn Sale: This Season’s Bestsellers!
Buondì. As is, ormai, traditional on the Friday of sale week, today I present the EasyReaders.Org Bestsellers List, the idea being that you will be able to identify AT A GLANCE, which particular products or services are hot, and therefore procure some to facilitate your own language-learning, if you so choose. Ready then? Autumn Sale […]
2020 Autumn Sale: Why I Take Three Online Lessons each Week
Buondì. Occasionally people write to me to plead that my regular articles are TOO LONG, and why on earth can’t I write LESS? Others tell me that they enjoy the articles and insist that I keep them coming, just as they are! Beh, I guess that shows that you can’t please all of the people […]
2020 Autumn Sale: Save 20% on Italian Lessons and Ebooks!
Buondì. The Autumn Sale starts today, which means you can save a fifth on online Italian lessons and ebooks for learning Italian (assuming you remember to use coupon code: Autumn-Sale-2020 ). The next sale won’t be until the end of December, which is approximately thirteen weeks away. So if you’re one of our regular online […]