I’m getting ready for my trip to the beautiful Italian Dolomites at the moment. I’ll be gone for three weeks, and I’m pretty sure I won’t be able to post during that time, so I wanted to do a quick Musica Italiana post before I go. And this song certainly gets me in the mood [...]
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ER has written 29 articles so far, you can find them below.
Spotlights
Spotlight: Dolomites
Well, my new project, How To Say In Italian, in addition to a trip I will soon be taking, has reinvigorated my desire to blog, so here I am writing a new post. In less than a week, I will be leaving for Italy and Europe for the first time in over 5 years, and [...]
Blog
Announcing How To Say In Italian!
After developing Dreaming In Italian and the italian slang dictionary, I have again moved on to a new area, and I just launched How To Say In Italian.
Have you ever looked around online for a certain word or phrase in Italian and find yourself unsatisfied with what you’re finding? Maybe you saw the word in [...]
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Blog Update
Well, it’s been almost two months since I’ve posted anything here, and I’m sorry for that. I read an article a few weeks ago on blogging, and niche blogging in particular. The author argued that niche blogging is a difficult thing to do over time. You start out with a ton of ideas about your [...]
Spotlights
Spotlight: Verona
Verona is a city with incredible history and multiple claims to fame. Shakespeare’s most famous play, Romeo and Juliet, is set in Verona. The city has l’Arena, which is one of the best-preserved ancient Roman structures in the world and is now world-famous for its unique opera experience. And the famous poet Dante spent time [...]
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Blogs about Italy II
This is the second post in my series on blogs about Italy. Click here to see the first post in the series.
I continue to stumble across great blogs about all things Italy seemingly everyday. One of the best ways to do so and to join the growing community of Italy-bloggers and other Italy-lovers is on [...]
Language Tips
Using flash cards to learn foreign language vocabulary: pros and cons
When you are learning a new language, one method that can be very effective for learning and retaining vocabulary is using flash cards. I’ve used flash cards to increase my vocabulary with Japanese, Italian, and Spanish, and it works well in some cases but not so well in other cases.
The method itself of using flash [...]
Language Tips
Announcing italian-slang-dictionary.com!
A while ago, I created an ebook on Italian slang that I have been offering here. I’ve decided to open up the contents of the ebook and share them with everyone, for free. The new site can be found at http://www.italian-slang-dictionary.com.
One of the most interesting things (to me, at least) about learning a new language [...]
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Blogs about Italy
I decided to start Dreaming In Italian on a whim. It wasn’t until after the first post was up that I started looking around for other people blogging about Italy, and I was surprised (though I probably shouldn’t have been) to find that there is a large, vibrant community of Italy bloggers. Some have followed [...]
Italian Culture
Musica Italiana: Laura Pausini
In this post, we’ll look at a couple of songs by Italian artist Laura Pausini. Laura comes from the Emilia-Romagna region of Italy and has been called the “Queen of Italian pop.” She has recorded music in five different languages (Italian, Spanish, English, French, and Portuguese) and she has sold over 45 million records.
Glenn, who [...]
