Every time I go to the beach and see a sailing boat, I wish it was me on it! Sailing, even a small boat for an afternoon, is one of life’s greatest pleasures. In life, I think we need to stop saying “I’m not able to do this”, when we haven’t even tried. As we grow up, we can be full of…
Oggi parleremo di alcune espressioni comuni nella lingua italiana: annoiato, noioso, infastidito. Questi termini sono spesso utilizzati in conversazioni quotidiane e possono causare confusione se non si conoscono le differenze tra di loro. Quindi, cominciamo! Lo sapete come si dice in italiano noisy? Lo sapete come si dice in italiano annoyed? I falsi amici o false friends sono quelle espressioni…
Live the real experience in Italy: choose here where to study. Click and meet Silvia, Enrico, Roberta, Maria, Virginia. Learn & practice where Italian is spoken. Montepulciano, Toscana Maremma, Toscana Roma Lecce, Puglia Not all classrooms have four walls. Studia in Italia: scrivimi Benvenuto on my blog! I am glad you found me, let’s the journey to learn the language of…
Ciao ragazzi! With over 450 articles since 2010, this has become a big blog, or a small book, or perhaps a chunky magazine. How does it work? Posts are listed with the newest at the top of the “blog” section. You go back in history as you scroll down, but that may not be what you want to do. Instead,…
Whenever I ask my students about the Italian music they like and remember, they sing me cheesy songs from the eighties, or even before. It is fascinating to me to know why some songs resonate with my students more than others. So I’ve started to note down the songs they remember and compare the success these songs had abroad with their success in Italy. Let’s start with Ricchi & Poveri. A pop band born out of and made…
ITALIA DOC returns to the Bloomsbury Studios for its 3rd series of FREE documentary screenings. 15 January-Arrivederci, Saigon – FREE screening All screenings are in Italian with English subtitles. Book here All screening are followed by an informal Q&A session with the documentary director All of them, bar one, were under age, they were going to be big on the international…
After the runaway success of its first edition that registered complete sell outs for all screenings, ITALIA DOC comes back to London.The only official UK series of screenings of contemporary Italian documentaries starts again on 21st November 2017 at 7pm!Thanks to an important collaboration between UCL University College London and FilmItalia, all the screenings, which will take place at The…
Italian Inspirations” è una serie di otto incontri in cui un autore britannico parla di uno scrittore italiano, classico o contemporaneo, che ammira in modo particolare. Curato e moderato da Boyd Tonkin, ogni evento sarà una conversazione alla scoperta dei modi in cui un autore legge e si confronta con i suoi illustri precursori, o con i suoi autorevoli contemporanei.…
“Italian Inspirations” is a series of eight encounters in which a prominent British or UK-based author talks about an Italian writer – either classic or contemporary – whose work they especially admire. Curated and moderated by Boyd Tonkin, each event will take the shape of an informal conversation about the ways in which writers read, and respond to, their great…
Michela has been teaching Italian for more than 12 years, in an Italian language school and as homestay teacher. She has taught all ages and all levels. For the students, she is the ideal host teacher. Michela makes you discover the wonderful world of Mesagne in Puglia and above all, makes you feel part of her lovely famiglia. Michela, your…
