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12 Ways to Motivate Yourself to Learn Italian

Need more motivation for learning Italian? I’m speaking at an online conference called Women in Language on the topic “Are you making the most of your language lessons?” It miiiiight be the push you need to get back to the grindstone with your studies. Other talks cover topics like: Memory for Conversation, Why You’re Struggling…

10 Italian Love Songs

I LOVE LOVE. I’m really good at falling in and out of it, talking about it, and looking for more of it. 🙂 That’s why we’ve written articles about love every Valentine’s Day since The Iceberg Project has started. Turns out, you love love as much as we do — especially when it helps you…

How to Shop at a Market in Italy

Click play on the player at the bottom to listen to this episode or find it on Apple Podcasts. Rachel and I walked behind Giacomo, Mary, and Hannah as we snaked our way through the Sant’Ambrogio market in Florence. Giacomo, our cooking teacher and chef, was leading us to a vegetable stall to buy ingredients for…

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…

Our Favorite Places to Visit in Florence, Italy

Confession time: When I first visited Florence, I wasn’t impressed. To be fair, I was also 21 and had very little appreciation for history or art. Don’t get me wrong, seeing the Duomo made my eyes big + shiny, and my jaw definitely dropped. Back then, though, I just didn’t think it was “authentic” enough….

Attenzione agli errori!!

Phrases to Buy Jewelry in Italy

Have you ever been to Florence? If so, you’ve likely noticed that gorgeous old bridge, Ponte Vecchio, full of glistening gold and jewels. You may have even wanted to buy something or just step inside one of the historic shops to look around. You may also have been intimidated not knowing the words to use…

How to Talk About Where You Live

Click play on the player at the bottom to listen to this podcast or listen to it on Stitcher or Apple Podcasts. “Where are you from? – Di dove sei?” It has to be one of the top ten most frequently asked questions when you meet somebody while abroad in Italy. And while you could just simply say,…

Italian Vocabulary for the Environmentalist

Given all that’s happened recently with natural disasters and politically, the environment — or the destruction of it — is a hotter topic than ever. (Pun NOT intended.) If you want to discuss this with your language partner, a friend, or family member, how can you express your concerns in Italian? What are the specific,…

You’re not the typical tourist – stop learning like one.

There are a lot of people who will give you language advice that sounds like this, “You have to live in a country to learn the language.” I would disagree with them. I 100% don’t believe you need to live full-time in Italy to learn Italian to a point where you can be understood, have…

Dialogue: Vacationing in the South at the Beach, Pt. II

At The Iceberg Project, we believe the only way you can truly learn a language is by using it in real life. (We also believe that Italian is the best foreign language to learn.) To help you get that real-life experience, we put together this dialogue for you. It’s about a couple — one Italian…