How to speak Italian?
Monthly delivery of effective strategies for speaking a foreign language (Italian in the first place). Tested on people. Written by a language lover: teacher and learner.
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How to deeply connect with Italy during your next visit (opens the original)
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Ciao!This month’s guide comes from a special guest: , a wonderful educator and entrepreneur based in Italy. Elfin hosts mindful retreats in quiet Italian towns, and through both her travels and her Substack, Italy’s Coffee Secret, she opens the door to an authentic, slow-paced slice of Italy you won’t find in the guidebooks.<a class="image-link image2 is-viewable-img" href="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!f9ba!,f_auto,q_auto:
An apron, a disastrous stand-up show in Spanish and the Back to the Future trick. (opens the original)
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Ciao!Today joined our live wearing an apron!He had just made gazpacho in his kitchen in Madrid. But the apron also had a message: “Substack is the one place where you can just be yourself.” (And it was the only piece of clothing that held his microphone at exactly the right distance. Perfectionism, anyone? 😄)Richard is a British language coach, a stand-up comedian and one of my favourite people here on Substack. We met here and quickly realised we see language learning in a very similar way. We
Italy for non-Italians: an insider/outsider conversation with Eric J. Lyman (opens the original)
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Ciao!If you missed our live, here’s the full replay 🎥 (50 minutes).My guest was Eric J. Lyman, an American journalist who has lived in Rome for over 20 years. He has covered papal conclaves, G7 summits and elections for The Wall Street Journal, National Geographic and many others. He also writes one of my favourite Substacks, The Italian Dispatch. I’m a paid subscriber myself, and
How to Start Studying Italian Again — Without the Stress (opens the original)
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Milano a tavola: tutto quello che ci ha consigliato Gianmarco (opens the original)
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Martedì abbiamo fatto una diretta con Gianmarco Senna, ristoratore milanese, proprietario della trattoria nel quartiere Isola di Milano. Ci ha raccontato la sua città attraverso la tavola: i piatti, il dialetto, le case di una volta.Durante la diretta sono uscite tantissime parole belle. Alcune le trovate in qualsiasi dizionario, altre le sentirete solo a Milano — e forse solo da qualche signora anziana.Ve le ho raccolte tutte qui. Leggetele con calma: alla fine c’è un piccolo esercizio.1. Dove
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