Buondì. +++ INTRODUCTORY NOTE Someone wrote to ask why on earth I have to write so much. Why should she waste time reading in English when she could be reading in Italian, she wanted to know. Why indeed? If you’ve been asking yourself the same question, then go here, or here, or here and find […]

Buondì. Bottom-up or top-down, which is your preferred way of doing things? No, I’m not trying to be smutty, I’m talking about reading in Italian. Do you start from the bottom, so at the level of individual words and phrases, or even their component parts (suffixes showing conjugations of verbs, gender, plurals of nouns, etc.), […]

Hey there, OnlineItalianClub.com members! Today we have the third part, the second chapter, of our ‘riassunto’ of Umberto Eco’s book: ‘Il nome della rosa’ – Capitolo 2 – Come un labirinto It’s linked to from our Literature page, too. And there, you’ll find the ‘Nota introduttiva’ and the first chapter, if you missed them. There […]

Buondi. Chapter 1 of our ‘riassunto’ of Umberto Eco’s ‘Il nome della rosa’ is ready. Find it here, along with page references to the real book, for those of you who have bought it and are reading it. It covers the ‘Primo giorno – PRIMA’ and ‘Primo giorno – TERZA’ sections of the book. If […]

Buondì. And we’re off! It’s the beginning of the long-awaited Book Club – we’re reading Umberto Eco’s bestseller, ‘Il nome della rosa’ together! Perhaps this is the first time you’ve read a ‘real’ book in Italian, or maybe you’re an old hand like me. Either way, it’ll be a challenge – it’s a long book, […]

Buondì. This yesterday, via email, from Angela, which I thought might be of general interest: Please can you advise me re learning Italian. Like most of the world I am at home for a long indefinite period and want to move on from domestic organising which dominated the first week and challenge myself to something […]

Buondì. The Spring Sale is over and the tidying up has begun: making sure every order has been processed, dealing with loose ends, and so on. If you haven’t heard from our teaching manager, Lucia, about organising your online lessons, first CHECK YOUR SPAM/JUNK FOLDER to see if she actually has written to you already, […]

There are just a few hours left of the 2020 Spring sale. In April, May and June there will be precisely no chances to save 20% on ebooks and online lessons in the club’s online shop. Though we will have some new ebooks to look forward to, which are discounted at 25%, plus the occasional […]

Here’s a quick ‘aperitivo time’ heads up, followed by a more serious P.S. There are just 24 hours left for you to save 20% on ebooks and online lessons in the EasyReaders.Org Spring Sale. Coupon code Spring-Sale-2020 will reduce the price of everything by 20% Payment options include Amazon, Paypal/credit card, and bank transfer The […]

Buondì. It’s human nature to want what other people have, not in the tenth commandment sense of coveting your neighbours’ goods but, for example, as with fashion, which we’re very into, here in Italy. So possessing the most new-fangled, the perceived-to-be-the-best, the generally hottest, the most-enviable. Think iPhones, back before the fall, or the colors […]