Why a level test is the first step in learning Italian, what the CEFR levels from A1 to C2 mean, and where to take a free Italian level test online.
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What the Italian residence permit is, who needs one, the main types, how to apply and the A2 Italian test for the long-term permit, plus the key Italian words.
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Raphael’s Liberation of Saint Peter (Vatican, 1514): the many light sources, the political meaning and a B2-C1 Italian workshop on expressing simultaneity.
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My method for teaching Italian to foreigners: a humanistic-affective, eclectic approach built over 20 years of lessons. Here is how it really works.
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Italian adverbs of manner explained: how -mente adverbs are formed, irregular bene and male, adjectives used as adverbs (piano, forte), word order, a dialogue and exercises with answers (A2-B1).
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E or è? Perché or perchè? All the rules for Italian accent marks: grave and acute accents, one-syllable words with and without accents, how to type a capital È, with an exercise.
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Italian adverbs of frequency from sempre to mai: the frequency scale, position in the sentence, the double negation non… mai, useful expressions, a dialogue and exercises with answers (A1-A2).
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Italian modal verbs dovere, potere, volere and sapere: meanings, present tense, pronoun position, the auxiliary in the passato prossimo (ho dovuto / sono dovuto), common mistakes and exercises with answers.
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Raphael’s School of Athens in the Vatican: Plato and Aristotle, the philosophers and hidden portraits, Bramante, Michelangelo and subjunctive practice.
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Italian demonstratives explained: questo, quello and codesto, the forms of quel, quello, quell’, quei and quegli, adjectives vs pronouns, common mistakes, a dialogue and exercises with answers.
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The informal Italian imperative with tu and voi: regular and irregular forms (va’, fa’, di’, sii), the negative with non + infinitive, pronouns attached to the verb, common mistakes and exercises with answers.
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