Buondì. This time two years ago I remember feeling a little disorientated, lost in the mists of pre-history and discussions on the origins of Rome. This time last year, similarly, I was reluctantly coming to term with the fall of the western Roman empire and the seemingly endless succession of confusingly-named Italian kings that succeeded […]

Buondì. And so, the Summer Sale is O.V.E.R., no more exhortations to buy stuff, for a while at least. But long live the Summer Series, which starts today, and is FREE! We’ve done Summer Series in two previous years, each time thirty free articles, three a week for ten weeks, from July to September. The […]

There are just a few hours left of the 2022 Summer 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: 2022-Summer-Sale-20%-Off […]

Buondì. I tested positive again yesterday, though my wife was negative, which meant she could put Roomie in her stroller and go buy beer. Roomie’s status is ‘presumed negative’, as she doesn’t have symptoms and, in any case, no one who values their eyes and fingers will contemplate twirling a cotton tipped plastic stick in […]

Buondì. (Still got COVID, still feel lousy, and still have Roomie getting under our feet 24 hours a day – so here’s  another rehashed article from a previous sale. Sorry! The coupon codes and links should be good for this one. The sales data isn’t updated, though it’s still a good guide to what’s typically […]

Buondì. I was going to write something new today (to promote this week’s Summer Sale), but the temperatures have been extreme, we have Covid, and so are isolating. Which means being confined to an overheated house with Roomie, who can’t go to daycare, and none of the usual distractions such as parks, and supermarkets. Imagine […]

Buondì. Today we have the start of the 2022 SUMMER Sale, which means that everything at EasyReaders.org (ebooks) and NativeSpeakerTeachers.com (online lessons)  can be had a fifth cheaper than usual. N.b. We’ve separated ebooks/online lessons into two different ecommerce stores so that we’ll be able to focus on one or the other at different times, […]

Buondì. Just checking – for club members that do, or have done in the past, 1-1 online lessons or conversation with native speakers over at NativeSpeakerTeachers.com – did you get an email  yesterday from their teaching management team, with the coupon code for next week’s offer? If not, check your spam, as we like to […]

Buondì. Let it be known that next week, so from Monday 4th July 2022 to Sunday 10th July 2022, our two online shops, EasyReaders.org (for ebooks) and NativeSpeakerTeachers.com (for one-to-one lessons), will be having their Summer Sale. Which means that I’ll be publicising a coupon code which, if you apply it in your shopping cart […]

Buondì. “It’s easy for you. You live in Italy! But where can I find native speakers to practise speaking with?” Actually it wasn’t easy for me, despite living in Italy. For most of my time here, I’ve spoken English at home and English at work, and that had three consequences: 1.) I have three bilingual […]