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Art of Loving Italy

Art of Loving Italy

Art & Beauty are all around us.

Learn Italian with Melissa

See How!

Learning Italian and keeping language skills alive
is like nurturing a growing plant.

Are you looking for ways to keep your Italian alive and thriving?
Visit the Studentessa Matta Dual Italian/English Blog

The Matta Italian Blog has many ways to
help you practice Italian language skills

To learn and maintain a language, it is important to practice! As with any new skill, to really master something you have to dedicate hours and hours to become proficient.

Remember that 10,000-hour rule about
becoming an expert on something?

It seems an excessive amount of time… but learning a language does take time and practice. But when you are having fun, believe me, time flies by and you become proficient sooner than you ever thought possible! The key is to stay with it and find interesting ways of practicing and ways to stay motivated.

Melissa has lots of ways
to keep your Italian flourishing.

Learn with Melissa on-line and in Italy

Andiamo in Italia!
Travel & Study with Melissa in Italy — Small Group Program

Melissa takes language learners of all levels to Italy to practice Italian and immerse in Italian culture in small group language programs. Study at Melissa’s partner school in the mornings and then participate in special activities and excursions, she organizes to keep the Italian conversation practice flowing.

Sign up now! Spots are limited to 10 individuals.
Price: $3,850

Arezzo June 2020
Lucca September 2020

Chat Italiano!
One-on-One  Conversation Practice via Skype

Looking for a language partner to practice your conversational skills? Melissa is available to chat with you in Italian to keep your language alive and well. 1/2 hour chat sessions are available for all levels of Italian language learners and can be scheduled via an easy sign-up calendar system. Payment is accepted via Paypal.

Sign up for a one-time, weekly or monthly chat sessions.
Price: $25 / 30 min.

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At Home in Italy
Italian Homestay Language Vacation in Italy

Live and learn in the comfort of your Italian teacher’s home in Italy. Organized much like Melissa’s small group immersion programs, an Italian language homestay vacation is customized for 1 or 2 people. Melissa partners with and organizes homestays for you with Italian teachers from Milan, Liguria, Florence, and Rome to the Amalfi Coast all the way down to Sicilia to provide you with a range of instructors located in exciting locations.
Price: $1000-$1,500 Week

Click for more information and to view all the teachers’ bios.

The Matta Blog has lots of
FREE resources, too!

To learn Italian well, you have to practice reading and writing,
as well as audio and conversational skills.

Read the Dual-Language Blog

Every week, Melissa posts new articles in both Italian and English. Subscribing to the Matta Blog, you will learn about Italian culture, music, art and wine, and other fascinating current topics—as well as tips to learn the language. What could be more rewarding than having an “ah-ha!” moment when you realize your reading comprehension has improved simply by diving deeper into another Matta post! Melissa loves it when you leave a comment, too!

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Matta YouTube Channel

To improve her own Italian speaking skills, Melissa began the Matta Youtube Channel. It not only combines her love of the language but her passion for theater, drama, music, and art! Each Youtube video is followed up with a blog post so that you can follow along with Melissa by reading the text of the video in both Italian and English

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Matta Podcast

Not sitting in front of a device with a monitor? Stuck in traffic in your car? Then listen up! Melissa also has a Podcast channel, and you can download the audio of past and previous episodes. These days, Melissa converts her Youtube videos into sound so that you can listen along at your convenience.

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Who has read, Waking Isabella? Let's take a look a Who has read, Waking Isabella? Let's take a look at her:

Available on Amazon.  Link in bio. 

Waking Isabella is a story about uncovering hidden beauty that, over time, has been lost, erased, or suppressed. It also weaves together several love stories as well as a few mysteries. Nora, an assistant researcher, is a catalyst for resolving the puzzle of a painting that has been missing for decades. Set in Arezzo, a small Tuscan town, the plot unfolds against the backdrop of the city’s antique trade and the fanfare and pageantry of its medieval jousting festival. While filming a documentary about Isabella de’ Medici—the Renaissance princess who was murdered by her husband—Nora begins to connect with the lives of two remarkable women from the past. Unraveling the stories of Isabella, the daughter of a fifteenth-century Tuscan duke, and Margherita, a young girl trying to survive the war in Nazi-occupied Italy, Nora begins to question the choices that have shaped her own life up to this point. As she does, hidden beauty is awakened deep inside of her, and she discovers the keys to her creativity and happiness. It is a story of love and deceit, forgeries and masterpieces—all held together by the allure and intrigue of a beautiful Tuscan ghost.

#authormelissamuldoon #melissamuldoon #readingtime #newread #bookaddict #books #bookshopping #bookshelf #amazonkindle #amazonfinds #amazonreaders #happythursday
La parola del giorno: la Fiaba / le Fiabe Cappucc La parola del giorno: la Fiaba / le Fiabe

Cappuccetto Rosso e Cenerentola sono fiabe. 

"Ma tu credi ancora alle fiabe che ti racconta tuo fratello?"

Un alto uso di fiaba: "Fits like a glove." Questo vestito ti sta una fiaba! #fiaba #italianvocabulary #Italianimmersion #studentessamatta #learnItalian
Happy Monday! Today, I am sharing a snippet from m Happy Monday! Today, I am sharing a snippet from my book, Waking Isabella. It's a great day for a new book!
Link in bio.

#melissamuldoon #authormelissamuldoon #happymonday #mondayvibes #mondaymood #newread  #newreadingmaterial #booksandcoffee #booksandtea #booksofig #fictionwriter #fictionbook
Texas snowmen Texas snowmen
Snow snow snow Snow snow snow
Snow in Austin! Snow in Austin!
è stato molto divertente pubblicare una parola de è stato molto divertente pubblicare una parola del giorno durante il mese di dicembre. Quindi ho deciso di continuare la abitudine! 
Ecco la parola del giorno per questo venerdì, l'8 2021: Pizza da asporto = takeaway pizza.
Chi va di fretta o non vuole rinunciare alla pizza di qualità anche a casa propria, potrà telefonare e passare a ritirare la sua pizza da asporto in pochi minuti. #learnitalian #studentessamatta #studyinItaly #Italianimmersion #Italianword #vocabolarioitaliano

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