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.
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
