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How to Talk Art in Italian: Italian at the Uffizi, Borghese, and Italian Museums

Do you need to know how to talk art in Italian to visit Italian museums and art galleries? Usually, no, because large museums and art galleries like the Uffizi and the Borghese label all their exhibits in English. But what if you wanted to go somewhere off the beaten track

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How to Learn Italian Through Playing Italian Card Games

Want to learn Italian through playing Italian card games? Check out this article to learn rules for three different playing card games, variations, and useful vocabulary!

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Learn Italian Food Words: How To Order At Italian Restaurants and Cafés

A key part of Italian culture and the reason why people A key part of Italian culture and the interest it holds for foreigners is Italian food, so learning Italian food words and how to order in Italian restaurants and cafés will help your Italian language learning.

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The Ultimate Guide to Benefits of Being a Bilingual

The goal of this article is not only to bring you motivation relating to language learning, but also to focus on and illustrate the many ways in which bilingualism can improve your lives and the lives of others around you. Throughout this post, we are going to present you with

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How To Learn Italian as a Visual Learner

This article will discuss how to learn Italian as a visual learner: how to make the most of your visual learning style when learning Italian grammar and vocabulary, and how to learn to speak Italian and practice Italian listening comprehension when you are not an auditory learner.

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How to Learn Italian Verbs and Basic Italian Grammar

Grammar, along with vocabulary, is an important tool in learning a language. Italian grammar is not the most difficult of grammars and learning its rules will help you learn Italian. Below, we have a guide to Italian grammar for beginners—enough grammar to allow you to master the basic points

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How to Learn Italian Online for Free

Learning Italian online can be more difficult than learning in a traditional classroom setting, but it is not impossible, as we would like to show you in this article.

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How to Write a Formal Letter in Italian

There are several situations in which you might need to write a formal letter, *una lettera formale*, in Italian, such as cover letters, formal emails, and scholarship applications, and this article will give you the formal letter writing skills for them all.

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How to Learn Italian With Italian Music Terms You Already Know

In this article, I will show you how to use Italian music terms to improve your Italian, especially your Italian grammar, which turns up surprisingly often in music terms.

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The Ultimate Guide to Italian Accents (Sicilian and 4 Other Regions)

Italian accents and dialects are very useful for Italian language learners to know. In this article, learn Learn Italian accents to help you communicate with Italians more easily.

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Top 10 Essential Italian Hand Gestures for Italian Language Learners

Italians often use hand gestures as an alternative form of communication. Hand gestures form an important part of Italian communication and, in particular, are vital to understanding colloquial Italian and Italian idiom.

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Top 20 Italian Slang and Idioms for Speaking Italian like a Native

The key to speaking Italian is knowledge of Italian idioms and phrases that Italians use in everyday life. Idioms are a wide category that includes proper idioms (i.e. sayings), idiomatic phrases and slang.

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How to Learn a Language Staying at Home During the COVID-19 Global Pandemic

The global pandemic sweeping through communities across the world has propelled a mixture of panic, fear, confusion, and anxiety. With most nations on either lockdown or under strict social distancing measures, most of us are experiencing heightened stress and a colorful range of emotions due to living in an unfamiliar

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101 Basic Italian Phrases for Travel in Italy

We often assume that everyone in Europe can (or wants to) speak English. This is not true, even in the popular tourist destination of Italy, so it is useful to learn some basic phrases and words to help you communicate with Italians. As a recent traveller in Italy, I have

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10 Best Italian Songs for Practicing Your Italian Speaking

Listening to Italian songs is a great way to work on comprehension as well as practice pronunciation and speaking.

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Top 5 Language Learning Mistakes and Myths Debunked

Like any other activity that requires time, effort and skill, language learning is saturated with strong theories and opinions about what can or cannot be done. "Move abroad, otherwise you won't learn the language." "Forget your native language, otherwise you won't be successful." "I am

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7 Best Books All Italian Language Learners Must Read

Check out these seven Italian books in order to practice your language comprehension skills and acquaint yourself with Italy's rich culture and history.

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What Italian Language Learners Can Learn From Pasta

Take a tour of Italian language and culture by way of your stomach by learning the meanings behind these popular Italian pasta shapes, sauces, and dishes.

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Top 10 Italian Movies for Italian Language Learners

Watch Italian movies to practice listening comprehension and learn about the country's art and culture.

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The Ultimate Italian Pronunciation Guide for Language Learners

Italian is known the world over for its charming, melodious sound, and the key to achieving that as a language learner is by understanding the rules of Italian pronunciation.

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3 Steps to Master Pronunciation in Any Language

Pronunciation can take its toll on our self-confidence. The awkward silences and the way our tongues just seem to be against us when it's time to actually talk! And all because of a couple of sounds...how frustrating is that? Well, great news! Pronunciation does not have to be your