Hard at work!
I couldn’t resist taking this photo of two of my students who were hard at work!
Category: Italian Blog
Oggi e’ il primo marzo!
Oggi e’ il primo marzo! – Today is the 1st March! Whist grapping a quick cuppa i noticed I need to change the calendar and thought I would share this lovely photo of Il Duomo a Milano! Have you ever visited Milan? If not it is certainly worth while! Una bellisima citta’!
Say no to the use of English words in Italian – part 2
Following on from my last blog “Say no to the use of English words in Italian” I have started to notice more and more anglitaliano words! However I could quite believe my eyes when I read the following blog! What would Dante Aligheri, the Father of the Italian Language think about this! http://www.culturediscovery.com/tuscany-umbria-cooking-vacation-blog/culture/anglitaliano-english-words-everyday-italian/ In an […]
Say no to the use of English words in the Italian language!
News WORLD NEWS English words are killing off Italian, say experts By Nick Squires in Rome THE Italian language is under assault from the infiltration of English words, the abandoning of verb tenses and a shrinking vocabulary, and could be driven to extinction altogether, the head of the country’s most illustrious language institute has warned. […]
Il quiz di Halloween!
Buongiorno tutti! Do you remember the Halloween vocabulary I put on my last blog? Now it is time to see how much you can remember. No cheating! Put your answers on the comments to this blog, on Facebook or let me know in class. Buon divertimento! Pumpkin Witch Spider web Spider Skeleton Haunted House Ghost […]
Halloween in Italy!
In Italy Halloween is celebrated to honor the dead and deceased. Otherwise known as All Saint’s Eve, it is becoming a popular day for costume parties and events in Italy. While the main holidays are still All Saints Day on November 1 (an Italian holiday) and All Souls Day on November 2, the custom of […]
Italian Cookery Evening at The Modern Language School with Cafe Umbria
A great night was had by all at the first Italian cookery evening of the new term. A big Grazie to Tabby and Simon from Cafe Umbria who were fantastic and of course to everyone who attended! The food you made was delicious. Here is a short video of the evening. https://www.facebook.com/vicky.addy.5/videos/10154623824571518/?l=134511664796579629 Thank you also to […]
Travel Apps for Italy
At the Modern Language School it is not only important to us that you have fun learning great languages but also that you make the most of your next trip to Italy. Check out this interesting article about the best Apps to use when in Italy. Don’t forget it is not too late to enrol […]
A quick way to learn lots of Italian words!
If you are thinking about it or you have already sign up for a course then let’s look at something which makes learning Italian easy! Yes I said easy! As you will probably know there are a group of words in Italian which are very similar to English! I often laugh with my students about […]
Let’s listen to some Italian
Starting back this week we have been talking about the benefits of listening to Italian. Here is a good link detailing different podcasts available. Remember even having it on in the background can help. http://www.mosalingua.com/en/the-best-podcasts-for-learning-italian/