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3 Ways to Boost Your Italian at Women In Language 2020

3 Ways to Boost Your Italian at Women In Language 2020

Hello! Lindsay Williams of Lindsay Does Languages here. Cher has kindly let me hop onto the site to share this post with you.  I’ve been co-hosting Women In Language now for over 2 years. Women In Language is now heading for its third major annual event, and we can’t wait to bring it to you…

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Recommended Italian Teachers and Tutors

Recommended Italian Teachers and Tutors

One of the most common questions that we get is if we have any teachers or tutors to recommend both while students are abroad in Italy and while they’re home.  To answer that question, I turned to all of you – the members of The Iceberg Project community – to ask about your most highly…

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Books to Read for the Beginner Italian Student

Books to Read for the Beginner Italian Student

  We get a lot of readers who check out Cher’s top 10 books she loves in Italian and many who read about how to discuss these beloved (or hated) libri but both of these articles are for the more advanced learner. After seeing emails come through asking for beginner books, we thought it would…

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75 Vocabulary Words for Talking About Sports in Italian

75 Vocabulary Words for Talking About Sports in Italian

When you think about sports in Italy, I’ll bet the first one that comes to mind is the infamous calcio, or soccer. And if you have spent any length of time obsessing about Italian culture or in Italy–or both–team names like Juventus and Gli Azzurri will come to mind. But beyond calcio, there are lots…

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How to Supercharge Your Vocabulary Flashcards for the Digital Age

How to Supercharge Your Vocabulary Flashcards for the Digital Age

I have a confession to make: I hate language learning flashcards. Well, I used to, anyway. Before you reach for your pitchforks, hear me out: The traditional vocabulary flashcard suffers from two key problems. Flashcards are, in my opinion: — Cumbersome – Flashcards take up space, and lots of it. If you’re using index cards,…

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Worksheet: Phrases to Talk About Your Italian Lessons

Worksheet: Phrases to Talk About Your Italian Lessons

Click play on the player at the bottom to listen to this podcast or listen to it on Stitcher or Apple Podcasts.We snaked our way through the streets of Florence as we made our way to il mercato di Sant’Ambrogio. I turned toward Mary, “Com’è andata la tua lezione? – How’d your lesson go?” She responded,…

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Chi sono i “falsi amici”??

Chi sono i “falsi amici”??

No matter whether it’s your first foreign language or your fifth, the rules of the Italian language can be really confusing. Plus, there isn’t a whole lot of material out there in Italian that offers comprehension practice targeted at English speakers. That’s why I ask my team to create original content in Italian constantly, like…

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What to Do When You Fall Off the Italian Studying Wagon

What to Do When You Fall Off the Italian Studying Wagon

It can happen quickly. You miss a few days of studying here and there and then you look up and realize that you haven’t really studied in something like three months. Or you hit a plateau and you start wondering what the point of all of this studying is for. While there may be lots…

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Sei cose da fare per imparare l’italiano durante i tempi morti

Click play on the player at the bottom to listen to this podcast or find it on Apple Podcasts. Ciao ciao! Benvenuti sul podcast “30 Minute Italian”, oppure trenta minuti di italiano. Oggi abbiamo il secondo episodio che è completamente in italiano. Il primo episodio trattava delle sagre, e questo, invece, tratta delle cose che…

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How to Use Italki to Become Conversational in a Foreign Language with Sam Bleakly

Here’s an episode from our archives about how to use Italki to become conversational in a foreign language! Sam Bleakly is no longer with Italki, but this episode provides some great tips on how to use this amazing language learning resource. Click play on the player at the bottom to listen to this podcast or listen…

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3 Steps to Making Quick & Satisfying Progress in Italian

Click play on the player at the bottom to listen to this podcast or find it on Apple Podcasts. Click play on the player at the bottom to listen to this podcast or listen to it on Stitcher or iTunes. The fall semester of various universities in Italy started recently, and it got me thinking…

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Is there really a formula for learning Italian? YES.

Is there really a formula for learning Italian? YES.

Click play on the player at the bottom to listen to this podcast or find it on Apple Podcasts. Click play on the player at the bottom to listen to this podcast or listen to it on Stitcher or iTunes. Is there really a formula for how to learn a language well…to reach a level…

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