Buondì. Deb emailed. I got permission to share her missive here, and have added my replies (IN CAPS), hoping that it might be helpful more generally to club members, some of whom, no doubt, have similar issues. +++ I’m … wondering if you might talk about, in a future message, on the importance of immersion, […]

Buondì. I’ll be brief and commercial today as we had a brutally bad night. Something was bugging Bug, who screamed in agony for what felt like hours at a time throughout the night. We took turns, so did sleep some, in short bursts at least. But the total hours of ‘sonno’ couldn’t have been more […]

Buondì. (DO NOT USE A DICTIONARY WHILE READING THIS) Imagine you’re new in the world. Sure, you’ve been you as long as you can remember, though the concept doesn’t mean a lot yet. But the context has recently changed. Now you’re you some place different. The main things that interest you right now are stomach […]

Buondì. We’re exhausted this morning, and worse, it’s a local holiday in Bologna, where I live. October 4th is San Petronio – he’s Bologna’s patron saint. The enormous unfinished church in the even-more-enormous central piazza is named for him. On this day each year our Italian school is closed (courses of one or two weeks […]

Buondì. A quick one today, as I’m exhausted after all the extra work involved in last week’s (now concluded) Autumn Sale, and because of a new house guest, who’s been keeping us up at night. Club members who’ve been with us for a while, so the majority, will remember Roomie, so-called because she shared our […]

There are just a few hours left of the 2023 Autumn Sale. Today is the final day, so the last chance to save 20% on everything at our online stores, EasyReaders.org (ebooks) and NativeSpeakerTeachers.com (one-to-one lessons). The coupon code you need to save 20% on the online lessons and/or ebooks is: 2023-Autumn-Sale-20%-Off And here are […]

Buondì. Sunday 1st October 2023 is the final day of the 2023 Autumn Sale at our two online stores, EasyReaders.org (for ebooks) and NativeSpeakerTeachers.com (for one-to-one lessons). Until then you can use the coupon code below to save 20% on the online lessons and/or ebooks you’ll need to improve your Italian in the coming year: […]

Buondì. The 2023 Autumn Sale ends this weekend, so I thought you might be interested in hearing what other club members have been spending their ‘learn Italian’ budgets on. Hence the usual ‘best-sellers’ article. Let’s begin with our top selling product, which is not an ebook at all – it’s the ten-pack of online lesson […]

Buondì. As we’re busy with the 2023 Autumn Sale right now, here’s an article from our archive. I’ve been both an online teacher and a language learner, so can see things from both perspectives. Here, then, are a few tips for students who choose to include one-to-one online lessons in their language study programs. The […]

Buondì. Today we have the start of the 2023 Autumn Sale! Which means that everything at EasyReaders.org (ebooks) and NativeSpeakerTeachers.com (online lessons) can be had a fifth cheaper than usual. All you have to do to discount the price of anything in either store by 20% is to copy and paste this coupon code into […]