Do you ever feel that learning Italian could be beyond you? Would you say you are too old, too slow, or simply not “good at languages”? Take heart! Things may not be as bad as you think… We know how you feel, because we are both learners and teachers of foreign langauges, and because we […]
Would a CILS qualification give your resume the boost it needs?
Imagine someone who loves you has organised a surprise party for you, and everyone you know is there. Isn’t that great? (No? Well, not to worry, they’ll all be going home soon.) Look around at their happy faces and ask yourself, how many of these educated, successful people speak a foreign language? Well enough to actually […]
Why You Should Stop By The Forum Later
In ancient Rome, the forum was a central piazza, surrounded by important buildings. It was a natural meeting place, a center for city life. Lots of Italian cities still work that way. Drop by Piazza Maggiore in Bologna, for example, on a Sunday morning and you can’t help but notice the groups of people standing […]
Hundreds Of Italian Verbs To Learn, And One Great Way To Remember Them
Ever noticed how so many Italian verbs have a common root with English verbs and so may have the same or similar meanings? Yesterday I was looking at the Italian Verb Conjugator on this site (acutually I was tidying up the messy formatting, it’s much neater now) and I was struck by just how many there were […]
How I finally put my Italian to the test, and how you could too
Think you know some Italian? Did you know that on the CILS (Italian language exams) section of the University of Siena’s website you can download last year’s exams to try for free? Complete with listening, reading, grammar & vocabulary sections? Plus answers? I came across these great resources on a Sunday afternoon and, curious to […]
Italian Workout! Level A1
Hey there! Just a quick one to let you know that OnlineItalianClub.com’s new e-book/audio package has just been released. It’s called… ITALIAN WORKOUT! A1 We wrote it for beginners, or for those at a higher level who’d like to give their elementary grammar and vocabulary a workout! Italian Workout! A1 replaces our old A1 e-book […]
The Tenses You Need To Speak Italian
The e-book “The Tenses You Need To Speak Italian” is finally ready! For students of Italian from beginner to intermediate level this is a complete run through of the tenses you need to actually speak and understand the language, plus exercises to practise with. 112 page .pdf with 9 audio files (for the listening exercises) […]
New Free Italian Listening Exercises At Your Level
Heads up! OnlineItalianClub.com has some new Italian listening exercises created by Daniele and his team. First of all, there’s an excellent mini course for beginners, useful also for anyone wanting to revise the basics or just get a bit of extra listening practice: Free Italian Course For Beginners Then, at intermediate level, there’s a discussion […]
New Interactive Italian Exercises
Ciao e buon anno! A quick post to tell you about the new interactive Italian exercises on our site. It’s been such a long time since the last post I wrote (at New Year) because we’ve been busy with the changes we promised then. What changes? The site’s now on a new hosting, so it’s […]
How OnlineItalianClub.com will help you learn Italian in 2013
Felice Anno Nuovo ..from all the team at OnlineItalianClub.com. 2012 has been a great year for us, and we have big plans to help you learn Italian in 2013. Another year over… Thanks to the hiring of our first paid staff member, and to a team of enthusiastic undergraduates doing work experience placements, 2012 saw […]