Into the final straight of the Easter Sale, which ends on Sunday night, and I thought I’d feedback on what’s been most popular with club members since the sale began last Friday. By ‘club members’ I mean the roughly six thousand of you from around the world who receive thrice-weekly emails about learning Italian (this […]
Support that supports? Help-desks that help?
Customer ‘service’? You’re kidding. The Customer Service Department is organised to serve the company, not the customer. What did you expect? Support that actually supports? A help-desk that can help? If you even get a reply, it’ll likely be a link to an online FAQ or ‘help’ article that seems to have no relevance to […]
The ‘Easy Readers’ Bargain of the Century!
Just a quick one this morning, as I have to go to school for a staff training session. Sigh, the holiday’s more than half over! But at least there’s a beautiful blue sky, after yesterday’s rain. Also more than half over is our Easter Sale (details below), which ends on Sunday 23rd. Hurry, hurry, get […]
How to unzip/decompress attachments & some to practice on!
Buondì. I’m back at home after the holidays (sad face). But the Internet connection here in Bologna is WONDERFUL! Attachments containing ebooks, which took ages to upload at the seaside, are done in a flash. The joys of fast broadband, huh? That said, computers can be anything but straightforward. Several people have written to me […]
OMG, what to study next? (The joy of course books!)
Last day of my seaside holiday. Sunday morning we got out on the boat. The waves were modest, the sun was shining and there was a steady breeze to fill our sails. Lovely! So, with the sailing, and with the work involved in our Easter Offer, there hasn’t been much time to start on the […]
Tenses in Italian and English (also Buona Pasqua!)
Easter Sunday afternoon. Having enjoyed a good lunch of tagliatelle al salmone affumicato followed by parmigiana di melanzane (do take a look at the recipes and videos), my wife has departed down the street to drink coffe with her cousin, leaving me alone at the computer to write about… Tenses! And specifically, why they are […]
Another funny thing about Italy…
I don’t know about where you live, but in the UK, where I come from, if you buy a litre or so of milk you pay, say £0.66. Whereas if you buy the two litre pack it will cost you less, perhaps significantly less, in this case just £0.44. In my local supermarket in Bologna, […]
Did you know Good Friday is NOT a holiday in Italy?
Did you know that Good Friday is NOT a holiday in Italy? No kidding. It’s just a normal working day here. The kids are off school, of course, but only for a week. Easter isn’t a long school holiday here, as it is in the UK. Monday IS a ‘giorno festivo’. It’s known as ‘Pasquetta’ […]
Easter Sale starts on Friday (& free listenings to do!)
Buondì. It’s the first day of the school holidays for me. Hurrah! So I’m finalising the details of our Easter Sale, which will (definitely) start on Friday. There will be a week-long promotion, so if you’re not learning Italian any more, or if you’d prefer not to hear from us, please unsubscribe from this list. […]
Follow up from Friday (Easter Sale postponed a few days!)
Thanks to the many club members who wrote in following Friday’s article ‘Anyone else having technical problems with our exercises?‘ Several of you pointed out that there WAS an issue with question no. 5 in the first exercise linked to, an extra space before the right answer that would mean that an otherwise correct response […]