Buondì. If you read Wednesday’s article How to read in Italian (and why you really should!), you may – or may not – be wondering if I’ll publish Chapter 2 of next Monday’s new ebook ‘easy reader’, ‘Quando suonano alla porta‘ by Roberto Gamberini. It’s Friday, the sun’s shining, and the temperature in Bologna is […]

Buondì. People have lots of daft ideas about language learning, what they should and shouldn’t do, why that will or won’t help, and so on. Two of the most misunderstood areas are reading and listening in/to your foreign language. The other is pronunciation. I could list the the daft ideas people have about reading here […]

Buondì. I’m back, though a shadow of my former self, hobbling through the house, fearful lest an uncontrolled movement or unexpected cough set off agonies in my groin. This not helped by the fact that, having been sent home from hospital, the day after my operation, with six sachets of a potent non-opiod pain-killer (to […]

Buondì. I’m in a pensive mood today. Having got out of bed early, had a healthy breakfast, and walked for the prescribed thirty minutes – to the local park, around the lake, and back again – I got to reflecting that, despite the legions of bastard doctors, things seem to be less stressful lately. In […]

Buondì. I’m going to keep this super-quick, as I’ve got a pile of medical stuff to deal with. That because, yesterday, I was summoned to meet a surgeon, who will graciously operate on a hernia that popped out of my groin in the middle of one night last spring, when I was lifting a thrashing […]

Buondì. For the first time, almost in living memory, I had a relatively relaxing weekend. With the Spring Sale over, with no wild animals to wrangle, and with two-thirds of my adult kids off doing their own thing, there was, surprisingly, time. My wife went off to meet a friend, while I went for a […]

Buondì. I’ll keep this short, as we have Swedish guests coming this afternoon, which means a.) I have to do all the day’s work in the morning, and b.) I’m preparing something suitably ‘Italian’ for this evening’s meal. They are, after all, on holiday in il Bel Paese, so sausage, egg and chips would disappoint. […]

Buondì. The Spring Sale is over, thank goodness, as it was a lot of work. Thanks to everyone who supported us with lesson or ebook purchases. So now we’re back to normal, right? Whatever normal is. Actually, what IS normal around here? There seems to be some confusion. If you’re reading this in an email rather […]

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