11 Great Italian Short Stories for Beginners (CEFR A1–A2)
How to Get the Most Out of Reading These Short Stories Stories: Six Proven Tips from Serena 1. Read and listen at the same time.Start by following the text while listening to the audio. This is the most powerful way to train your ear, improve pronunciation, and...
Best Italian B1 Resources for Italian Learners
Italian B1 Resources for Italian Learners If you’re learning Italian and you’re around B1 level, you probably recognize this feeling. You understand a lot… but speaking and putting sentences together is still hard.You can read, but listening and speaking feel...
The secret to truly learn Italian by Melissa Muldoon (Studentessa Matta)
This guest post is written by my friend and colleague Melissa Muldoon (writer, teacher of Italian, designer and study trips lead in Italy), a well-known figure in the Italian-learning community. I invited her because she’s a great example of how adults can become...
How to Improve Your Italian Listening Skills (Beginner & Intermediate Guide)
How to Improve Your Italian Listening the Smart Way by Serena Capilli, Italian Teacher & Author If Italian conversations feel like they “blend together,” or you catch individual words but miss the meaning… you are not alone.Listening is one of the most challenging...Why Most Italian Conversation Practice Doesn’t Work — And Why Learning Through Stories Does
Why Most Italian Conversation Practice Doesn’t Work When learners tell me they want to improve their Italian conversation skills, they usually mean: studying more grammar memorising vocabulary practising predictable “question–answer” sessions with a tutor But when...About
Ciao! I'm Serena, and I'm the creator of Smart Italian Learning. I am the head teacher of a small language school. We offer online, in-person and video courses for Italian learners, with a focus on adult English native speakers. Our courses are based on our passion for teaching and our experience as long-term adult language learners. You can meet us online, or in person in Rome.