Learn Italian for Travel

The pleasure of teaching Italian! It's been an honor and absolute pleasure to share this beautiful language and culture with my many students over the past 25 years. 

A brief story of the moment we met my Dad's cousins in the Tuscan village where my grandfather was born. Check out the photos that go along with the story on my instagram, learnitalian4travel.

As today is Veterans Day, I'll share a story about my Italian grandfather Enzo DiPietro, who fought in World War 2 for America, and met my Italian grandmother during the time he was stationed in Europe. 

Here we are in Milan! Go to my Instagram page to see the picture that goes along with this story! (learnitalian4travel)

Taking a walk with Rocco. Check out my picture on Instagram @learnItalian4travel that goes with the story!

Listen to Mike Warren highlight aspects of his journey walking from Puglia to Padova with his dog Beau. Mike wrote and published 'The Italian Walk' chronicling this epic adventure. His book is available on Amazon in paperback format as well as an audiobook, as well as on Goodreads. 

Ileana Gantt shares her expertise on language learning based on her experiences as an immigrant, language learner, Spanish professor and chair of the World Languages Department at Butte College. 

A fun conversation with polyglot and Brazilian native, Luciana Crawford about the importance of language learning and utilizing language for travel as well as for a better life experience. 

Explore the many uses of this very short but very important word. 

Learn phrases to wish people well, including saying congratulations, good luck, happy birthday and many more.

Learn when to use and how to form the imperfect past tense, through the presentation of vocabulary and the sharing of a short personal story. 

I'll introduce relevant vocabulary and then tell the story of the first time I went to Italy. 

Learn to construct the present perfect tense utilizing the verb 'essere'

In this first podcast, I will be introducing vocabulary included in the story, as well as explain various grammatical rules. The vocabulary, Italian transcript, and translation are found in the blog section of my website: learnitalianfortravel.com. Grazie!