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If you are here and reading this post is probably because your goal is to travel to Italy and feel at home. Becoming fluent in Italian or any other foreign language can give you a sense of personal achievement and improve your life in many...

I love learning languages solo, or at least I used to be. These days with my busy schedule, I find it harder and harder to find the time and the focus to concentrate on language learning on my own. This is why I have been hiring Portuguese and German online tutors to...

If you are a great auditory language learner (you learn very well what you are listening to) or you are just a music lover, you want to dig more into the world of Italian contemporary music.  There are tons of reasons why learning by listening to...

My students often ask the best way to break the intermediate plateau and bridge the gap between what they know and what they speak when you have little time to spend learning a language, and you can't attend lessons regularly. There is no secret recipe,...

Our time is precious. Learning Italian effectively is not an option. It is just the best way to become fluent in Italian with ease and in a short time.  The following five hacks are the core of my learning/teaching approach as a lifelong learner and teacher in my...

Conversation blends together speaking and listening skills.  Tuning up your Italian listening skills is as crucial as training your pronunciation and speaking. If you are keen on improving your Italian listening skills, my number one piece of advice...

I don't think so. Being an experienced language coach and a polyglot, I have concluded over the years that speaking is not necessarily what you lead you to fluency in Italian or any foreign languages.  Writing, instead, it is. Let's see why. How writing in...