June 24, 2007

More Italian content from Radio Lingua?

I've had hundreds of emails requesting a second stage of MDP Italian and we're delighted that you've enjoyed using this podcast to such an extent. I have to say that there are no immediate plans to develop a second stage immediately, but this may be something we would consider later in the year. In the meantime, would other Italian language content be of interest? Here are some ideas:

• Italian grammar "chunks" - perhaps with some exercises
• Italian vocbulary builder
• Italian verbs: building linguistic confidence through understanding the bones of the language

We don't have easy access to native speakers for recording purposes, but if you can give us some feedback in the meantime then it will help the longer term planning. Your thoughts are appreciated!

June 08, 2007

Allora, è finito!

Well, that's My Daily Phrase Italian finished for just now. How did you find it? Do you feel that you've learned lots? Give us some feedback here and let us know what you thought.

For Premium Subscribers, there are still a few bonus items that you will be receiving over the next week.

I've had many emails about whether we're going to be going on with a second level of the course. At the moment we don't have plans to do this, but maybe after the summer I could be convinced... In the meantime check out our German programme and our flagship Coffee Break Spanish podcast. Coffee Break French coming in September!

We'd like to take this opportunity to thank everyone for their enthusiasm about this programme and to say to you all in bocca al lupo for your forthcoming trips to Italy! If you do use your Italian while travelling, remember to let us know how you got on!

March 16, 2007

Half way there...

Felicitazioni! Well done on getting this far! We hope that everyone is enjoying the course and finding it useful. Do you feel you've learned a lot? Is the pace too slow? Too fast? Just right? Anything you've particularly enjoyed? Anything you've not enjoyed?

We hope that you are finding MDP Italian good fun and, if you're lucky enough to be heading off to Italy soon, we hope that the course is proving to be excellent preparation for your visit.

Give us your feedback! We appreciate all comments.

February 02, 2007

Week 4 - Comments

So how do you feel things are going now? You're a fifth of the way through the whole programme. Do you feel as if you're learning things? In response to listeners' comments, I've changed things significantly in the past couple of days, so now you just get a very short introduction before the learning content and you're straight in. Hopefully you like this better!

Premium subscribers get an extra bonus today - a puzzle to check how much they've learned in the past four weeks. If you're interested in subscribing, our special price of £20 GBP will end next Friday, 9th February; thereafter the premium membership will be at its normal price of £25. This covers you for all 20 weeks of the programme and you get daily pdf guides, weekly review podcasts and other little Easter Eggs like today's puzzle!

January 19, 2007

Week 2 - Comments

We've now completed two weeks of My Daily Phrase Italian. How are you finding the course? Do you feel you're learning something? Is the length of the programmes ok? How are you using the programmes? Do you listen every day, or do you save up the programmes and listen to them at the weekend? Let us know what you think by posting a comment here. We'll be very pleased to hear how you feel you're getting on!