Buondì. Thanks to everyone who supported us with purchases of last week’s ‘Book of the Week’ offer, Roma città aperta. The half-price promotion has now finished, but if you missed it, it’s still worth taking a look, even at the full easy reader price of £7.99. Click here for more information or download the free […]

Buondì. I’m later today, sorry about that, as I had to go to the COOP and the CUP before settling down at my laptop. So half the morning’s gone, already! But anyway, here are two more old listenings, with new tasks. They’re both ‘advanced’ level, but listening practice is always good. And with the transcript […]

Buondì. A question for you. Who was Giuseppe Mazzini? Some sort of Italian Che Guevara? He must have been someone important as, according to Google, there are streets named after him in Verona, Milano, Bologna and Torino. Beh, listen to my daughter’s take on the issue, part of our ‘Italian street names’ series of audios […]

Where I come from, Garibaldi is a type of biscuit. But according to my daughter, he was one of the most important people in Italian history! And so, of course, there are plenty of streets named after him. Find out why with today’s first ‘street name’ listening: Garibaldi. And for dessert, another victim of fascism: […]

On Wednesday I linked to a listening about Giovanni Amendola, anti-Fascist activist, which includes the information that he was born in Napoli. Whoever recorded the audio for us (it was years ago, so I don’t recall), changed that to Salerno, and several of you wrote in to point out that this is incorrect. My fact-checking […]

Buondì. First, an apology. One of the listenings I linked to on Monday had an issue with the answers (they were mostly incorrect.) A club member wrote to let me know, and I got it fixed. But if you were quick off the mark, you may have found yourself scratching your head and wondering why […]

I’m running about 7 hours behind schedule today, as it’s not a normal Monday. 1st May is a holiday in Italy. Buona festa dei lavoratori del primo maggio! Hence we slept in a bit, went for a walk in the park, and had a family lunch. Not that it’s exactly a day off – I’m […]

A lady in the USA wrote to me this week asking for feedback on her study plan, which involves getting to B1 (intermediate) level and taking the CILS exam in December this year. This sort of query is bread and butter for anyone who works in a language school, as I do, so . We’re […]

Last week we had the school Easter break, which was very welcome. I went sailing, and ate too much. Then yesterday was Liberation Day (which celebrates the end of the military occupation in WW2.) So today it’s back to normal: the ‘reentry’. If that makes you think about spaceships, then fair enough. But ‘il rientro’ […]

The Easter Sale is over, and it’s back to normal here at onlineitalianclub.com. Thanks to everyone who supported us with your purchases of online Italian lessons and/or ebooks for learning Italian. This week, and for the immediate future, I’ll be writing on Monday, Wednesday and Friday, as always. And, until I’ve had time to prepare […]