In spare moments over the last week or two I’ve been working my way through Duolingo‘s Swedish course. For anyone new around here, the reason I’m studying Swedish (yes, I know – it’s the online ITALIAN club…) is because I already know Italian fairly well but I thought I should be practising what I preach […]

Excuse me for disturbing you yet again, and on a Sunday, too! But today’s the last day of our Autumn/Fall Sale. Lucia and I wanted to be sure that no one misses out. In previous years there’s always been someone that emailed on Monday to ask if they were too late to get the discount… […]

Today’s the final day of our Autumn/Fall sale. So you might be curious to know what other students of Italian from around the globe have been spending their allowances on… Top of the list is our excellent value pack of online Italian lesson credits. Ten thirty-minute one-to-one Italian lessons with a native speaker teacher would […]

It’s Staturday in Italy (probably where you are too). Not having to go to the office, many Italians will have dressed up in their finery, jumped into shiny automobiles (Audis, BMWs and Alfa Romeos are the favourites) and headed to the mall/’centro commerciale’ to shop for the latest styles and most ostentatious consumer electronics. How […]

Buondì. The clock is ticking on our Autum/Fall Sale, which ends on Sunday night. Lucia (our teaching manger) and I are standing by, today and over the weekend, to send out your ebooks and organise your online Italian lessons. So here’s a summary of the information you need to save 20% on your language-learning this […]

A ‘bundle’, in marketing parlance, is when a seller puts together various products, in this case ebooks for learning Italian, and prices them at a discount. It’s like when you go to the store and buy two tubes of toothpaste rather than the one that you had scrawled on your shopping list, so as to […]

Buondì. One of the dubious pleasures of running OnlineItalianClub.com and the company’s various other websites for language learners is that, when I wake of a morning, my first task is to deal with emails that have come in during the night. Most of these are automated spam, which can just be deleted, though it takes […]

It’s been four decades since I was last a child, but it seems like yesterday. Doesn’t life just whizz past in a way that, when you’re young, you never imagined could happen? They did warn me but, of course, I didn’t listen. Anway, one vivid memory of being a boy is of Christmas, and of […]

Buondì. As I mentioned last week, today we start our seasonal autumn/fall sale. The idea is to set you up for the next couple of months’ language learning, making sure you have everything you need to progress, and at a handsome saving, too! With the sale this week, you can save 20% on online lessons […]

Buondì. Today, some advice on how to choose the right study materials for your level in Italian. But first, a problem. ‘Level’ is a slippery concept. The idea of ‘knowing’ a language is itself problematic. Let’s imagine you walk into a university department in the capital city of your country. Walking down the corridor, there’s […]