Do you want to learn Italian at your own time? Do you want to learn the language of
love, music and passion? You can
do that withouth false steps! Why? Read further to
discover
TheSecretsof
theItalianLanguage
Dear Aspiring Italian learner,
Close your eyes and imagine how you will feel by speaking another language, a
different one than yours. Sense all the feelings you can feel. You will listen
to yourself uttering different and pleasant sounds. You will see people
astounded around you because of this new skill of yours. Will you be
excited? Happy? Of course you will be!
I will be excited for you too, because for me it is so rewarding to see peple,
who couldn't speak a word before, conversing in my own language. That is
the real joy for me and I mean it from the heart.
I am Antonio Libertino, born and lived in Tropea, Italy and I share with you a
passion for foreign languages and world cultures.
Antonio's lessons were
always well planned...
I
was lucky enough to have Antonio as my teacher when I stayed in the
beautiful town of Tropea last year. Antonio's lesson were always well planned,
structured and really good fun. I'm a teacher of English as a foreign
language so it was good to find an Italian teacher who really understands
and uses different teaching and learning methods - his lessons
were always varied and covered all the different skills, focuses and
objectives needed for learning a foreign language. I would recommend Antonio to
anyone wanting to learn Italian, at whatever level - he has great patience and a
sense of humour that ensures his lessons are e a pleasure for all.
Justine (Rome/Winchester)
It all begun when I realised that I couldn't communicate
with a foreign girl I fell in love with, if I didn't know at least English. What
did I do? I took the first cassette course I could find and started learning as
fast as I could do. I was really motivated to do that. What am I suggesting?
That you should get an Italian boyfriend or girlfriend? That wouldn't be
a bad idea too, but there are a lot of other ways of learning my language. And I
can reveal them to you at your place.
I went on, I learned how to speak English. That love story was over, but it
started my passion for foreign languages and cultures. Then, Francesco, the
director of an Italian school for foreigners asked me to teach Italian in
his school. I asked: "How am I going to do that?". "I'll give you the book", he
said. I soon realised it wasn't with just a book that I could teach people...
I wanted to teach people and to let them feel at ease.
..an excellent teacher..
To whom it may concern:
I had the
pleasure and privilege of visiting Tropea, Italy, and attending
the (************) Italian Language School from April 7 to June 17, 2005. My
group instructor was Antonio Libertino, and from day 1, he showed himself to
be an
excellent instructor/teacher who was committed to teaching us the Italian
language and culture.
Our group consisted of two students from Germany, one from Switzerland, one
from France, and myself from the United States, all of us in the beginner class,
all speaking different languages, so you can imagine the difficulty of preparing
the lessons, let alone teaching them. Antonio was professional,
courteous and had the personality that won us all over and made coming to
class each day a pleasure. The lesson plans covered all areas, to make sure we
got an overall understanding of language, history, music and culture, to use in
everyday situations.
I enjoyed our lessons so much, that upon a recommendation from another
student, I decided to sign up for private lessons. During this time,
Antonio was not only a teacher to me, but became a good friend, as he was
to all the students, which made this class even more special, as you felt he was
truly interested in each student accomplishing their goals. For me, I was in
Italy to find my family history, and Antonio put in extra time and effort
to help me in this. He helped research the area, called families in the town,
and set up visits for me to meet with the people of Grimaldi. Again, this was
going far beyond his duties and took a genuine interest in helping me.
The outcome was amazing, and he is now a part of the success in finding my
family heritage, which I am truly grateful. I am already making plans to return
next May for lessons with him.
He also speaks German and English very well, and I filmed a presentation he did
for his school, in front of 30 Germans, who were interested in attending
(***********). The entire presentation was in German, and he received a standing
applause.
I am President of a consulting company, and would highly recommend
Antonio Libertino for any position, and wished he wanted to come to America,
as I would offer him a position immediately, without hesitation. His
intelligence, professionalism and personality would make him an ideal employee
for any company.
Please do not hesitate to contact me for any questions, at any time.
During the years, I went on teaching in Francesco's school,
till I decided to work on my own. The teaching passion brought me to obtain the
Ditals certificate Level II which is issued by the University of Siena for
Foreigners, and it tests theoretical and practical knowledge of candidates in
the fields of teaching Italian to foreigners.
Sometimes it seems that an invisible force guides you to develop your passions
and discover tricks and secrets to learn and teach a language
We can't deny we are living a learning revolution
and especially in learning languages we can't use anymore the teaching methods
we used ten years ago. Today we have multimedia computers, internet, cd-roms,
skype and old but fantastic tools like
mindmaps and memory techniques. What are they? Here you can see a
mindmap I created to look at Italian
structures in a glimpse.
What about memory techniques? They're fun and they
will help you remember words. Both memory techniques and mindmaps are part of "I
segreti della lingua Italiana per stranieri" a book, available on paper or
as ebook. Here I
am in the video below. Click on it to watch.
Do you want to learn Italian? Do you want to speak a musical language?
Enjoy a taste of the book here:
The most
engaged and creative language teacher!
"It
might sound a bit exaggerated, but Antonio is by far the most engaged
and creative language teacher I´ve ever met!
To me it was
just a matter of time for him to publish his own text book, and here it
is. The headline "Turn your perspective!" expresses 100 percent his
creative and unusual - nevertheless very successful! - approach. There
are a lot of modern methods out there using mnemonics for all kinds of
study fields. Antonio takes it serios and applies them straight to the
teaching of Italien without compromises. I love your work, Antonio!"
Peter Einrich, German
creative teacher at www.easydaf.de
Antonio Libertino is an excellent teacher in person. I studied la lingua
italiana with him for 1 month and learned so much. However, that is not
a guarantee that his book will be wonderful.
But guess what? It is fantastic. The illustrations work
well. the pace and path of the learning makes sense and it is the next
best thing to be studying in person with Antonio. This is a great book
for beginners as well as for those of us who know "un poco" and we want
to improve. I plan to buy another book for my friend. Grazie Mille
Antonio!
M. Ricci, Minneapolis, MN, USA
"I Segreti della Lingua Italiana" contains a highly effective and
enjoyable approach to learning basic Italian. The book's
bilingual layout (English & Italian text) combined with its use of
pedagogical aids, such as mind-maps, simplify and elucidate the basic
structure of the Italian language allowing the reader to effortlesslyabsorb and internalise its content. The concepts introduced
cannot only be applied to develop the reader's competency in Italian but
are crucial keys to unlocking the secrets of learning in general. This
book is both highly effective and fun - a superb combination for
language learning!
C.Clyne
Antonio is my favorite Italian teacher ever! He is enthusiastic,
knowledgeable, and creates a really fun learning environment. He helped
inspire my love and passion for all things Italian- the language, the
people, and the culture. My experience with Antonio was hugely rewarding
and I highly recommend this book to anyone interested in learning
Italian.
C. Morgan, USA
Antonio has some of the best tricks around for learning Italian! Not
only does he help you to learn grammar in an easily understandable way
but he also makes memorizing vocabulary a breeze. I highly recommend his
methods for beginners.
K. Panuska, USA
Are you ready to get something different? Here's the cover
of the book!!!
Whether you are a beginner or you already have
some experience of the
language, this book will change the way in which you learn Italian. Using
a combination of the besttechniques for learning a
foreign language, I will reveal to you how to:
◊ learn Italian having fun
◊ fix words in your memory
◊ represent words by drawing even if you are not Leonardo
◊see grammar from another point of view
◊ use flash cards in a new way
By buying the book you will get lots of
FREE
BONUS,
which are much more worth than the price of the
book itself:
Audiobook complete version to
download to your Ipod
