How to improve your Italian listening skills efficiently
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...
5 learning hacks to study Italian smarter
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...
Is conversation what you need to improve your Italian? Maybe not…
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...
Come creare un’abitudine e automatizzare lo studio dell’italiano in 6 passi
Un proverbio slovacco dice che “le abitudini sono la corazza dell’uomo” – (the habits are the shild of a man) Alzi la mano chi non è non d’accordo. Diciamo la verità, a nessuno piace cambiare la propria routine dall’oggi al domani. Nonostante i continui...
Why is knowing your learning style important for your Italian?
Everyone says that you need to listen to a podcast or watch a movie to grasp the Italian Language or even doing an Italian immersion trip. What if it does not work for you? Is there something wrong with you? No. The odds are you are more of a visual learner than an...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.