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Ciao– As I  gear up for my “holiday & food” end-of-series fall Italian conversation and culture classes, I have turned to the web for inspiration in preparing lessons on my personal favourites of simple and yummy Italian cuisine. The two … Continue reading →

Italian hand gesture for “What the bleep?” An expressive addition to your resource kit to learning Italian is the book by Bruno Munari: “Speak Italian: The fine art of the gesture”. I definitely recommend adding this humorous tool to your … Continue reading →

Buon giorno a tutti! Read on for… A recap of class #6 A special assignment for Thanksgiving Important announcements Remember–no classes the week of Thanksgiving! There are two classes left in the Fall 2009 series: Tues/Wed Dec 1/2, and Dec … Continue reading →

Italian proverb: Chi canta a tavola e fischia a letto, è matto perfetto! Translated this means: “He who sings at the dinner table and whistles in bed, is perfectly crazy”.  It is meant more as a fun expression that rhymes than … Continue reading →

Salve studenti! Read on for… A recap of class #5 Outside-of-class assignments/activities Important announcements Buona giornata. Ci vediamo martedi/mercoledi prossimo! (Have a good day. See you next Tuesday/Wednesday, depending on your class location.) Jodina What we studied/practiced: Special Italian words … Continue reading →

One more way to get your fix of things Italian is to join the “Italian” group on Yahoo Groups. Here is how the group describes itself: “Italian is a group of adults at different stages of learning the Italian language. … Continue reading →

This is a fun social group dedicated to “speaking Italian and learning as much as we can while eating and drinking ourselves into fluency!” It’s an informal way to meet others interested in la bella lingua and cibo buono. (It … Continue reading →

Buon giorno ragazzi! Read on for… A recap of class #4 Outside-of-class assignments Important announcements. Che passiate una buonissa settimana–ci vediamo martedi/mercoledi prossimo! (Have an excellent week — see you next Tuesday/Wednesday… depending on your class location!) Jodina What we … Continue reading →

Nel blu dipinto di blu… Alitalia is offering special fares, round trip, starting at $500, departures from Boston. Must be purchased by Nov.9, travel by March 24, 2010.  March/April is a nice time of year to be in Italy. Spring’s … Continue reading →