Buondì. Many thanks to John, who ruined my Thursday by writing: I’m enjoying your site. I find the exercises very helpful. However I’m experiencing a problem with accents. They all appear like this: � This renders the exercises useless. Can you please help me with this? Thank you. I told him that the problem was […]
What to do if something’s not working as it should
Buondì. I assume you use one of our websites: OnlineItalianClub.com (the club website – free materials for learning Italian) EasyItalianNews.com (simplified bulletins of ‘easy’ Italian news to read and listen to) EasyReaders.org (our online shop, where we sell ebooks and one-to-one lessons to pay the bills for the other sites) This brief article is about […]
2020’s first half-price ebook ‘Book of the Week’ offer!
Buondì. A new year, and there’s a decidedly ‘back to normal’ feel here at the clubhouse, with the excitement of the holidays, and then the January Sale, but a memory… So what better to get us back into the old routine than one of our periodic half-price ‘Book of the Week’ offers? This week I’ve […]
The two Eyes
Buondì. Here at the OnlineItalianClub.com clubhouse, we’ve had a stressful week due to the unfortunate similarity in spelling between two middle-eastern countries, Iraq and Iran. One is an Arabic-speaking state, currently hosting elements from the armed forces of the USA, the UK and, amongst other countries, Italy and Sweden (supposedly to prevent the resurgence of […]
Another stroll down Memory Lane (part 3)
Buondì. I’ll be brief this morning, as I’ve already spent hours updating the club’s “Best of OnlineItalianClub.com” page. Basically that involved reading through last year’s articles to pick out the ones I think contain something useful (NOT like this one) and add links to them on the “Best of” page. That way they’ll be accessible […]
Riding a fast motorbike slowly
Buondì. Sorry I’m late today. My excuses are: 1.) That I cooked dinner yesterday – a Cornish pasty for an Italian guest who had no idea what it was (we had trouble deciding on suitable anti-pasti…) 2.) The meal generated a moutain of dishes, which I had to wash this morning. There wasn’t time last […]
It’s what you do, not what you spend
Buondì. It’s the final day of the 2020 January Sale (details here) over at our online shop, EasyReaders.org. Use the coupon code below to save 20% on the online Italian lessons and/or ebooks you’ll need to improve your Italian in the coming year: january_sale_2020_save_20% And here are some links to click: Catalog | Italian | […]
Got these ebook best-sellers on your (virtual) shelf?
Buondì. The January Sale is nearly done (thank goodnesss – it’s been a lot of work!) so I thought you might be interested to know what other club members have been spending their ‘learn Italian’ budgets on. Besides the ten-pack of online lesson credits, which is always, always, always the most popular choice (we’ve sold […]
The dos and don’ts of taking Skype Italian lessons
Buondì. Before I get on to today’s theme, ‘the dos and don’ts of taking Skype Italian lessons’, I just thought I’d repost this from Jackie, who was kind enough to leave a comment on Wednesday’s article: Buon capodanno! Well done for getting up on time today to write your regular letter – I always read […]
“despite my initial reservations”
Buondì, and Buon Anno, of course. One of my morning jobs (which were heavier-going than usual today, I admit) is to delete spam comments and reviews on the various websites (the junk must make up 99% of the total.) And to approve anything genuine. Such as this ebook review from Chris: Excellent. I’ve been studying […]
