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[Italian Grammar] Three Uses of the Future You May Not Know

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Sometimes verbs and tenses are used in non-standard ways.

In most cases, when we teachers teach a grammar rule, we initially focus on the standard. Grammar rules are already complicated, and there’s no need to make things worse for the student by listing all the possible exceptions or non-standard uses.

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Do You Know I Write Italian Practice Books?

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I have been teaching Italian for many years, focusing mainly on conversation.

All these years, I have always used graded readers, which are novels specifically designed for language students. They usually include a simple and engaging story and a series of exercises.

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Three Italian Movies About Life in Remote Italy

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Movies are always a great way to learn more about life in a certain country.

Obviously, movies are not documentaries, so they offer only a fictionalized representation of life. However, they can still offer an insight into daily life or habits, ideas, and problems of a certain culture.

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Book Club Pick: Un ragazzo normale by Lorenzo Marone

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My first book club has recently ended, and it’s been a truly wonderful experience.

As you may know, I am a passionate and avid reader. Books are probably my biggest love, which means that I am always reading something. Reading has been really beneficial in my English-learning journey, and I strongly believe that books are a powerful tool for practicing a foreign language, improving comprehension, and enriching vocabulary.

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[Italian Grammar] Il Periodo Ipotetico: The Conditional Clauses in Italian

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Mastering the use of the conditional clauses in Italian is important if you want to have deeper and more meaningful conversations with Italian speakers. 

If you want to take your conversation to a higher level and be able to talk about your desires and make assumptions about the present and the past, it is mandatory to know the use of the conditional clauses in Italian. Obviously, you can have fun and communicate very easily without knowing them, but if you want to be fluent, you have to tackle this grammar topic sooner or later.

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Book Club Pick: Pista Nera by Antonio Manzini

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Are you interested in reading an Italian book with other students?

Well, you’re lucky because I have recently launched Leggiamo insieme, my first Italian book club, and the book I picked for the first session is Pista nera by Antonio Manzini.

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Practice Italian with Instantly Italy: New Programs for 2026

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I sent a survey to my newsletter readers at the end of last year. 

After a couple of years in which personal issues made it difficult for me to focus properly on work, 2025 was the year when I finally felt I could regain control of my work life. I focused mainly on 1-on-1 conversations, which are the core of my teaching activity, but I started feeling I could finally add more projects to my teaching services.

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