Learn To Understand Italy And Italian Better Through Engaging Stories And Real-Life Dialogues
The problem
Having spent the last eight years teaching Italian to native English speakers, I’ve come to realize that the most challenging part of learning Italian is putting all of the bits and pieces of grammar and vocabulary all together to form flowing Italian sentences.
What happened next?
All my Italian short stories are easy readings and include an audiobook narrated by me and a flashcard set which I made. They’re designed for beginners and intermediate learners and created with native English speakers in mind. They are also culturally relevant and will aid you in your understanding of Italy and Italian through real-life dialogues and situations.
The solution
A few years ago, after trying different teaching approaches, I decided to use simplified Italian content in the form of stories as a way to provide my students with something to talk about during our classes. After a few classes using this method, I was already able to tell that the more my students would talk about the stories they had read and heard, the easier it became for them to construct complete sentences. Due to reading and listening to simple Italian texts and dialogues multiple times, they would learn the correct order of words in sentences. In addition, it was also evident to me that by selecting the right stories (taking into account my students’ interests and levels), I would always provide my students with new and relevant vocabulary to discuss in our classes (instead of using the same old, boring conversation topics).
Improve Your
Italian Listening
and Vocabulary
Effortlessly
Due Amiche e un Album di Fotografie (A1)
This book is optimized for beginners and advanced beginners and includes:
- Bite-sized chapters with slow audio narrated by a native speaker (which you can download for free online)
- Downloadable online flashcards
- Interesting facts about the one of the most beautiful alpine Italian regions: Alto Adige
- Insights on relevant vocabulary and grammar, with exercises
- Review questions for measuring comprehension
- Optimized for beginners and native English speakers
Le Avventure di Paul a Roma (A1-A2)
- Bite-sized chapters with slow audio narrated by a native speaker (which you can download for free online)
- Downloadable online flashcards.
- Interesting facts about Rome.
- Insights on relevant vocabulary and grammar.
- Real-life dialogues and experiences you’ll commonly encounter in Rome.
- Review questions for measuring comprehension.
- Optimized for advanced beginners and intermediate learners.
Incontri in Sicilia (A2+)
- Bite-sized chapters with slow audio narrated by a native speaker (which you can download for free online)
- Downloadable online flashcards
- Cultural Insights about Sicily.
- Insights on relevant vocabulary and grammar, with exercises.
- Review questions for measuring comprehension.
- Optimized for beginners and native English speakers.
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What you can expect from my story learning method

I am Serena, a Certified Italian Language Teacher, avid language student, and polyglot.
A little over six years ago, I started my own small online school with the goal of inspiring English native speakers to successfully learn and speak Italian. Today I work with a fantastic team of hand-picked teachers who’re helping in achieving my goal of making Italian learning enjoyable, motivating and doable for non-native speakers.