Buondì. As I mentioned the other day, I have a young lad helping me at the moment. His name’s Matt, and he’s one of those irritating college graduates who, at the age of about twenty, seem to speak several foreign languages perfectly. Anyway, I have him working on adding tasks to the listening material that […]

Buondì. This week I’m back to teaching, which pays the mortgage. But I’ve also been working on the club website. You’ll recall that I asked for comments and suggestions? The response was very postive! As each email arrived, I copied the comments so I could pick out the most obvious changes to make. And this […]

Monday 9th of January and it looks very cold outside of my window here in Bologna. So, naturally, my enthusiasm is not at it’s highest ever level. Nevertheless, there’s lots to be done, so I’d best get on. One of the top items on the list is completing the reorganisation of onlineitalianclub.com. We’ve made some […]

Buondì. I’m later this morning because I’ve been working on a change of look for the club website. It was stressful, but (hopefully) successful. But you should tell me that. Perhaps you’d take a look and email me some feedback? Click this link to visit the new look website: https://onlineitalianclub.com/ It SHOULD work just fine […]

Buondì. First week of January and it’s very quiet around here. I’ll be back teaching again on Saturday, then working normally from Monday onwards. In the meantime, though, there’s lots to do, and just three more days to do it in! I’ve finished my second Swedish easy reader and, just for fun, have also worked […]

Buon anno a tutti! Thanks to Stuart, Harold and Janet who pointed out the spelling mistake in the first line of this exercise, which is now fixed. Thanks also to Maria Elena and Ann who enquired about my flu, now mutated to just being a heavy cold. But anyway, New Year, new start? You’ll have […]

Here we go with the last onlineitalianclub.com email of 2016! I was planning to email each day during this sale period. But here at the clubhouse, the primary topic of conversation is still influenza. So frankly, I don’t have the energy. I think we could all do with a break, don’t you? A couple of […]

Buondì. I’m back home after our Christmas holiday on the Adriatica coast. Unfortunately, colds and flu kept us in the house almost the whole time. If Rimini got painted red during our visit, we weren’t helping. It’s nice to be home, though with a house full of sick kids sneezing and blowing their noses, I’d […]

Thanks to the various people who wrote in on Friday with their gut reactions to my suggestion about orientating people to the mass of materials on our site. Sorry, I don’t have all your names handy, as I’ve been ill, but I think I did manage to reply to each of you personally. Everyone was […]

Thanks to Elsbeth, a UK Italian teacher and talented proof-reader, who has found yet another glitch in one of Monday’s exercises, now corrected. Many thanks also to Steve, who wrote to me about a typo that even Elsbeth hadn’t spotted! Goes to show, however many times you get something checked, there are always more mistakes […]