Last week I met a new student. She is American and has studied Italian for a year, achieving a B1 level. But when she speaks, her level is that of a beginner. It brought me back to the time when I moved to Brighton six years ago. I had studied English at school for five […]
Month: January 2021
Quindi, infatti, davvero, inoltre – how do you use them?
When I start a class I always have a chat with my students, both to get them to practice normal everyday conversation and to build rapport with them. Then, when it’s really time to start, most of the time I start by saying, “Quindi… iniziamo la lezione!” (“So, let’s start the class!”) Punctually, by the […]
Discover your language level
What is your level of Italian? A1 or B2? Did you know that the level of a language can be classified with acronyms ranging from A1 to C2? And that knowing your level is essential when studying a language? When I lived abroad, I had no idea what these abbreviations meant, however from an A2 […]
12 objectives for learning a language in 2021
What is the difference between the italian word obiettivo and obbiettivo? Nothing! Obiettivo, which in Italian means “goal”, can be written with one or two bs! in the past the first form was the correct one, but now both are accepted. Do you have an obiettivo, a goal? I’m talking about your goal for 2021, […]
