Posted in Articles on Apr 27th, 2016
Online translators are becoming more and more common and they are making our life and our travels easier. We ca argue that they are not always very accurate, but we can’t deny that they represent a tremendous resource for language learners and for travelers. For example if you have some text in a language that […]
Posted in Articles, Bilingualism on Jul 9th, 2015
Guest post by Laura Caputo-Wickham It’s a warm sunny day in the south of England, and I am enjoying a cup of coffee with some other mums that I met at my antenatal course. We make a point to meet up regularly and so far we have managed. Our babies are now toddlers and are […]
Posted in Articles on Dec 5th, 2014
Stop studying without stopping learning Most of us do not enjoy reading grammar books, memorize new vocabulary using flashcards, and sit down and do language tests. Rejoice: there is relief in sight. Next time you feel you can’t spend another minute repeating foreign words and reading verb conjugations, turn your internet browser on, and start […]
Posted in Articles on Sep 30th, 2014
It is important to know how each student learns in order to make the teaching effective. It is also important to know how you learn, so you can make progress with your language learning in a more efficient way. What are learning styles? They are the way an individual learns and include all the ways […]
Posted in Articles, Books, language tools on Jul 2nd, 2014
Benefit of bilingualism Raising children bilingual and bicultural is one of the main benefits that parents and educators can provide them. Although the common understanding of exposing children to more than one language is often equal to slow development, confusion and damage to the use of the first language, in reality bilingual children […]
Posted in Articles on Apr 15th, 2014
Guest post by Daniele Bondi It’s a fact that Italians played a key role in the discovery, exploration, settlement and destiny of the Americas. Cristoforo Colombo (I don’t know why his name was translated into Christopher Columbus: nobody will ever translate American names like Jimmy Carter, Bruce Springsteen, Jack Lemmon,…) was from Genova (Genoa) and was the […]
Posted in Articles, Italian culture on Feb 6th, 2014
Did you know that in Italy some days can be fat? In fact Tuesday, Thursday and Saturday have this privilege! But this happens only during Carnival, that time of the year when anything goes. Carnival officially starts in January and lasts till the end of February, but it varies every year, since this celebration follows […]
Posted in Articles on Dec 23rd, 2013
Have you ever felt that you would like to find a place where you can live life to the full? The good news is that such a place exists. It is called Italy. If you take the time to learn the language and discover all of its charms and mysteries then you will find somewhere […]
Posted in Articles, Italian culture on Sep 17th, 2013
The translation of the word “child” In Italian is “bambino”. Often, people will use a different word: “pupo”. It is a more affectionate way of calling a child, perhaps a younger one, like a toddler. This is different from a baby that in Italian is called with the French word “bebe’ ” and also with […]
Posted in Articles, Italian culture on Mar 29th, 2013
Italians like to give chocolate eggs as Easter gifts. The eggs are hollow and contain a small surprise inside. The surprise can be a little toy for a child or a piece of jewelry for a loved one. Pastry shops make custom eggs to order, so people can have names and sugar decorations applied to […]
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