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Italian Sayings That Come From American Movies and TV Series

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You probably already know that foreign movies are dubbed, here in Italy.  

This is a horrible habit and one of the reasons why Italians have such a low command of English but we can’t help it. That’s how it has always been, how it is and probably it’s a tradition that will never change. I am sure the future will bring significant changes in Italian society but movies will always be dubbed.

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#italianwritingchallenge: A Monthly Challenge to Practice Your Writing Skills in a Fun Way

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Who is up for a challenge? 

This week’s blog post is a bit different from the others but, after the success of #tiregalounaparola, I have decided to incorporate more creative projects into this blog.

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Italian Vocabulary for Social Media and Smartphones (Downloadable PDF and Audio File Included)

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Smartphones and social media are a huge part of our daily life, nowadays. 

We use them constantly and we probably couldn’t live without them. They play such an important role in our life that we undoubtedly talk about them quite frequently in our conversations and, if we do so in a foreign language, we need to know a specific set of words and phrases.

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#tiregalounaparola: A Creative Project To Use Your Italian (and Make New Friends Too!)

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Studying languages is undoubtedly nice but the real fun begins when you put them into use. 

Spending time on books and apps to learn grammar and vocabulary is great but the satisfaction that comes from finally being able to make yourself understood is unbeatable.

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What is “Ti aiuto io”?

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There is a new service I have been wanting to offer for a while and, finally, the time has come.   

When I started Instantly Italy, I was still working as a translator full time and the only service I could offer here, besides the e-courses via email, was Chiacchieriamo.

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Italian Language For English Speakers: English-Italian False Friends (Adjectives, Adverbs and Verbs)

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It’s time for a new round of English-Italian false friends. 

As I told you in my previous post about English-Italian false friends, there are so many of them that I had to split the topic in two to avoid writing an incredibly long post.

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Practicing Italian in Italy: A Three-Day Experience in Sanremo

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Learning languages is fun, we all know that, but it is also a real challenge.

You may study a certain language for ages and even feel quite confident but the real test is when you visit the country where such language is spoken.

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Italian Language For English Speakers: English-Italian False Friends (Nouns)

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I am sure you have come across many posts about English-Italian false friends while googling language resources online.

This is the type of post you usually find on language learning blogs, right? Well, when I came up with the idea of writing a blog post about English-Italian false friends, I first thought that this was a very ordinary idea. But I keep on seeing my students making little mistakes due to these tricky words and I’ve decided to give it a go.

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Ricomincia la scuola! A List of Useful Italian Words and Phrases That Are Related to School (Downloadable File Included)

I have prepared a pdf file with all the Italian words and phrases you’ll find in this post. You can find it in Your Italian Toolbox, a section of Instantly Italy where you’ll find Italian learning materials. You can get access to it by subscribing here.

It’s September and school is about to start again, here in Italy. 

The air is getting chillier and everybody is getting ready for a new school season, you can really feel it in the air even if you have no kids. It’s that time of the year when you wish your only thought was to go to the nearest stationery store and buy all you need for the new year.

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[Italian Phrases] Ne parliamo a settembre!

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Some popular Italian phrases have more meaning than they may seem.

If you are not a native Italian speaker or if you haven’t been living in Italy for a while, you may hear and understand them, but you may lose some of their meaning.

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