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Issue #33 May / June 2018
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Lasciare Andare –
Learning Italian And The Art Of Letting Go
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Some people were born in the wrong country and life finds a way to correct this. Author Melissa Muldoon tells how she has adopted Italy.
A New Sicilian Author on the Horizon
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Life has a way of taking us on paths we never expected but ended up being somehow right. Bestselling author Mary Ann Vitale tells how her life brought her to writing children's books.
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Lasciare Andare –
Learning Italian And The Art Of Letting Go
Some people were born in the wrong country and life finds a way to correct this. Author Melissa Muldoon tells how she has adopted Italy.
A New Sicilian Author on the Horizon
Life has a way of taking us on paths we never expected but ended up being somehow right. Bestselling author Mary Ann Vitale tells how her life brought her to writing children's books.
COLUMNS
Letter From The Editor
Italian Women
This special issue on Italy spends some time looking at it through the eyes of three women.
News Brief
Get the latest in world language news.
Mark Your Calendar
Find notices of upcoming language events.
In Others' Words
Deborah Caruso
For this special Italian issue, Teddy Nee interviewed Italian translator and tutor, Deborah Caruso.
Celebrations
Giostra del Saracino
Thousands of people participate in the Birkebeinerrennet, a long distance cross-country ski marathon, each year to commemorate the saving of the infant heir to the Norweg...
In Focus
Arezzo, Italy
See pictures from others' travels here and be inspired to embark on your own journeys.
Book Look
Acquisition of Word Formation Devices in First & Second Languages” (2017)
A review of Endri Shqerra's book "Acquisition of Word Formation Devices in First & Second Languages (2017)".
Book Look
Waking Isabella: Because beauty can't sleep forever
A review of Melissa Muldoon's book "Waking Isabella: Because beauty can't sleep forever".
At the Cinema
Life is Beautiful
In "Life is Beautiful", a Jewish bookstore owner protects his young son against the horrors of a Nazi concentration camp using imagination and humour.
Proverbs from the World
Italian
Proverbs add spice to languages. Tarja Jolma shares some from Italian here.
Language Puzzles
Join us here every issue for a new language puzzle
Basic Guide to Sicilian
Sicilian is a Romance language spoken by around 4.7 million people on the island of Sicily and the islands around it, which are found off the coast of southern Italy.
At A Glance
Quick look at various language websites and resources
IN OTHER ISSUES
Religion in Culture
While we recognize people have many different religious views, or none at all, we sometimes overlook the way religion forms much of the culture around us.
Why I Will Never Learn the IPA
The International Phonetic Alphabet is a valuable tool for learning how to properly pronounce words. It is also something one person says he will never learn. Read Erik Z...
Coming Home to Faroese
The Why and How of Learning a Small Language
Why learn the language of a remote archipelago? Miranda Metheny explains why she learned Faroese and how it added immeasurable richness to her summer on the islands – a...
At the Cinema
Around the World in 80 Days
Traveing the world is a grand adventure, something we can thoroughly enjoy. The same cannot be said of Disney's adaptation of Jules Verne's novel "Around the World in 80 ...
Language Learning Methods
Internet
The fifth in our series of articles about language learning methods is about one of the most powerful forms: the internet.
Playing Games with Language
Learning vocabulary for a new language can be boring and tedious. But what if it was fun, like a game, and you got rewards for doing it? Enter the newest trend in learnin...
We Are The Linguists
Linguists and students come together for their own version of the song "We Are The World".
Cracking the Code
Reading is the first skill most serious language learners master, but that doesn't mean it is easy. Its a matter of finding what works with that language and how it conne...
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