Buongiorno a tutti. Here I am, back from the beach, and keen to cross a few things off today’s ‘To Do’ list! So, first things first: our new Italian easy reader ‘L’amore ai tempi del supermercato‘ is out today. As usual, it’s 25% off the normal easy-reader price for this first week only. The level is […]

When I first came to Italy, about twenty years ago, I remember my (British) father joking with my (Italian) wife about how Italians would shoot any sort of bird, no matter how small, rare or inedible. He’d say that each Autumn/Fall, bird-watchers all over Europe would watch sadly as migrating species headed off to Africa […]

Imagine climbing a really high, really difficult mountain. Finally you get to the top. How do you feel? Tired probably, but not too tired to look around for a few minutes, enjoy the view, maybe take a photo or two. If you been with us since the start of OnlineItalianClub.com (back in 2013) you ought […]

Our last easy Italian reader, Ladi di biciclette, was a great success. Maybe it was because it tells the story of a famous film, or perhaps just because it’s an engaging story about a man fighting the odds to do the best for his family. Whatever the reason, we sold enough copies in the launch […]

A traditional white wedding? Or better to live together first? Via al dibattito! Click here for the 6th in our series of advanced listening practice exercises. Or discover free exercises for learning Italian at all levels, here. P.S. Our next Italian easy reader should be published next week… If you’ve visited our online shop, you’ll […]

There are just a few days left to buy our new Italian easy reader, ‘Ladri di biciclette‘, at the special launch price of just €7.50. You get the simplified story of this classic film in eight, easy-to-read chapters. Plus an exercise for each chapter, with solutions of course. And a glossary of words you might […]

Not sure if ‘al volo’ is the correct translation of ‘just a quick one’ (read the wordreference.com forum discussion here if you’re that interested…) However, due to technical problems with the site, and the fact that I have to jump on my motorbike and go over to the other side of the city to teach […]

Half of Italy is on holiday today, whether officially or unofficially, as tomorrow is June 2nd which IS a public holiday. And when there’s a public holiday on a working day, we try to make a ‘ponte’ (bridge) and so extend the weekend to include the public holiday. That way, a weekend and a day […]

E’ incredibile ma vero! At least according to our latest Italian listening exercise. What? So do the exercise and find out! Click here for today’s task Follow this link to explore all of our free  materials for learning Italian P.S. Have you downloaded your free sample chapter of our new Italian easy reader yet? Just […]

Buon giorno a tutti! I’ve been busy over the weekend, preparing a new series of Italian listening comprehension exercises. They’re getting harder… today we begin a series of eight B2 (upper intermediate) level tasks. ‘Roba seria’! I’ll paste the link to today’s new exercise below, but first I want to mention our new Italian easy […]