Buondì. I’m late today because I’ve been busy scrolling through the 230-page ‘COMMON EUROPEAN FRAMEWORKOF REFERENCE FOR LANGUAGES: LEARNING, TEACHING, ASSESSMENT – COMPANION VOLUME WITH NEW DESCRIPTORS‘. If you’ve got a couple of days to spare, do take a look. Or… You could just look at Appendix 2, the Self-Assessment Grid, which is only a […]
Want that? Do this.
Want to feel fitter? Walk for thirty minutes each day. Want to enjoy a comfortable retirement? Save as large a chunk of your monthly income as you can, from as young an age as possible. Want a happy marriage? Be willing to compromise. Insomma, identify what you want, then figure out what action or actions […]
If someone had said to me, what you need to do is…
Buonasera. I have a new rule about not working on Sundays (I cook and study Swedish instead.) But it does mean having to do more on Saturdays, which is a drag. Oh well, just a quickie, then. Sixty-nine club members have taken up the Free Trial Online Italian Lesson offer so far this week. But […]
Free One-To-One Italian Lesson! (& “The audio is too fast!”)
Buondì. I’ll start today with a reminder about this week’s Free Trial Online Italian Lesson offer. Odds are you haven’t booked yours yet. And time’s running out… The opportunity to try a free lesson with a club teacher ends on Sunday, and is not to be missed!! Your next chance won’t be until November… Click […]
Step away from that mousepad!
Ever tried cleaning your teeth with the ‘wrong’ hand? Or towel-drying your hair using only one arm? (“Why don’t you use the hairdryer, dad?”) If you’ve ever suffered from tennis elbow, you’ll know what I mean, My elbow (gomito) ‘fa male boia’, as the old lady I was chatting to yesterday put it. She had […]
‘Salute’ and Free Trial Online Italian Lesson offer!
Italians say ‘Salute!’ when they raise their glasses of spumante or prosecco to toast their good-fortune. And why shouldn’t they? They were, after all, born in the world’s best country, one to which no other nation can compare. Undeniably, Italy has the most attractive coasts and landscapes and the most interesting and significant history. It’s […]
Are you supersititious? Some coarse language. And adverbs!
Buondì. Are you superstitious? Yes? No? A little? Well, I’ve another free set of Italian conversation prompts for you. This one’s on Superstizione, credenza e destino (supersition, belief and destiny). Try it with friends from your Italian class, perhaps over coffee and donuts. Or, if you’re taking online Italian lessons, why not suggest it to […]
Guess I must be a really angry person!
I’ve just finished publishing a new, free Italian conversation lesson. The topic is ‘Cosa ti fa arrabbiare?‘ (What makes you angry?) So, I was reading through the questions, checking the formatting of the page, and so on. “Do you get angry when…?” Yes, yes, yes and yes! “Does THIS make you angry?” Of course! “And […]
Are you a ‘good’ student? Or a ‘bad’ one, like me?
Buondì. Gotta be quick today as I have an online lesson with my Swedish teacher in precisely one hour and nineteen minutes, and I haven’t yet done my homework… Les, a club member and regular ebook buyer, wrote to share his approach to using our ‘easy readers’. Hi Daniel—just finished reading this [ Caravaggio nei […]
About ‘Customer Service’
‘Customer Service’ can be a bit of a misnomer, can’t it? For example, the company that charges us too much to send out our emails, three times a week, on Mondays, Wednesdays and Fridays. Recently, I had a problem with an Australian ‘Internet service provider’ called Telstra. If you live in Australia and have an […]