What’s your ‘learning Italian’ problem? It seems like just about everyone has one, or at least all but the most experienced language-learners. Here are a few, and some suggestions. “I’m not good at languages.” Nobody is, at first. Keep at it and you’ll get better. It’s just a matter of time. One useful tip is […]

Buondì. The people behind OnlineItalianClub.com (mostly me, Lucia and a whole bunch of talented freelancers) also sell ebooks for learning Italian and other languages. You probably heard. But what exactly are ebooks, anyway? And why might you want to study with them? Let’s open that up a little… Our ebooks are .pdf format computer files. […]

Buondì. If you’re a regular at the club, you’ll know that I’ve been taking online lessons myself these last six months. But not in Italian. I’m married to an Italian woman and live in Italy, so no need. I’ve been learning Swedish, and the eighty or so hours of lessons I’ve done have made all […]

Buondì. If today is Monday July 2nd, then it must be time for the SUMMER SALE! Save 20% on everything in our online shop – online Italian lessons with a club teacher, self-study workbooks, Italian easy readers (including our ‘Day in the life of..‘ series and our Classic Italian Movies series), and of course Italian-English […]

Buondì. Now before I go on, a club member wrote to complain that ‘Buondì’ is not standard Italian, which is absolutely true. According to him, and the Italian friends he consulted, I should say ‘Buongiorno’, which IS standard Italian, but is not what people actually say. It’s way too formal. Yesterday, for instance, I was […]

So, I’m back from my holiday in Sweden (and briefly in Denmark, too). I’ve been studying Swedish fairly intensively since January, and more sporadically last year, so for around eighteen months. I’ve certainly done hundreds of hours in total, a mix of self-study and online conversation lessons. Looking at the CEFR level descriptors (find them […]

Buondì. For fans of our ‘Italian Native-Speaker Conversations’ series, here’s another: Superstizioni e credenze Just click the link to go to the page, which has both audio-player and transcript. The ‘conversation lesson’ on which this recording is based can be found here. Previous recordings with transcripts are here. And other ‘conversation lessons’, that is to […]

Buondì. I’m in Copenhagen this morning, yesterday I was in Malmo, and the day before in Gothenburg. It’s all a bit of a whirl, I admit, and hard to find the time to write much. I still haven’t had a chance to reply to all the kind club members who have emailed suggestions and feedback […]

Buondi. Today I have another recording of Italian native-speakers asking and answering questions from our series of free Italian conversation lessons. If you haven’t tried them with friends from your Italian class, you should! To get better at speaking, you need to speak. Over the last five or six months, I’ve been using this approach […]

Buondì. Lunedì again, though it doesn’t feel like it when you’re on holiday. Today is our final day in Stockholm, Sweden, but more about the road trip later. First though, here’s another of those conversations between Italian native-speakers, accompanied by a transcript so you can figure out what they’re saying. Today’s topic is ‘Emozioni‘. Click […]