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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.

Click for more information.

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!

Subscribe to the Matta Blog

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

Subscribe to the Matta YouTube Channel

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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Pizza night! Facciamo una pizza… o due… o tre! Pizza night! Facciamo una pizza… o due… o tre! Che bella festa!
Matta Parole della settimana Sfogarsi = let of st Matta Parole della settimana

Sfogarsi = let of steam

Tesoro, sfogarsi è una parte importante del matrimonio.
Honey, venting is a very important part of marriage.

Sarete in grado di sfogarsi, e non nascondere la rabbia.
You will be able to let off steam and not hide anger.

Credo che avesse solo bisogno di... sfogarsi un po'.
I suppose he just needed to spout off for a while.

LEARN ITALIAN. Learn Better. Learn more. 

• At HOME Conversation Practice, Lessons, Group/Private Bookclubs

• In ITALY small Group Lang Programs

• In ITALY HOMESTAY Programs

#ItalianVocabulary #StudentessaMatta #ImproveItalian #LearnItalian #PracticeItalian
Today I'm featured on Women Writer's Women's Books Today I'm featured on Women Writer's Women's Books online journal in a guest post I wrote: Thoughts on Writing and the Creative Process: How I am inspired by Italy and its Inspiring Women.

In this post — I explain my passion for Italy and why I write about Italy and famous Italian women like Sofonisba Anguissola, Artemisia Gentileschi, Isabella de’ Medici, and Sophia Loren. I also explain what I’ve been up to lately — teaching Italian, my Italian immersion programs, why I started an Italian book club, and the opportunity to interview Silvia Zucca (her book has been adapted into the hit Italian Netflix show). I talk little bit about why I write and my creative writing philosophy. I also talk about where the ideas for my past books came from and that I’m in search of my next Italian heroine for my next book.

You can find links to my author page and my author facebook page and links to the post in my Bio

#MelissaMuldoon #MelissaMuldoonAuthor #IndieAuthor #WomenWriters #WomenBooks #AuthorsInstagram #CreativeProcess #bookstagram #bookitaly #novelitaly #novelsetitaly #italyfiction #womenwritingfiction
New Blog Post on the Studentessa Matta Site: Revie New Blog Post on the Studentessa Matta Site: Review of 4 Metà (Four to Dinner): Netflix Italian Film, 2022

In a new romantic Netflix comedy, “4 Metà,” (Four to Dinner) director Alessio Maria Federici tackles the complex and burning question “do soul mates exist?” Follow four singles as they are paired up in two parallel existences, see their lives play out and decide for yourself if there really is just one person out there for each of us. Watch in original Italian, or in English

Practice vocab in the post on the Matta Quizlet site. Link in the post

Find the link toread the post on the StudentessaMatta.com site in Bio

#PracticeItalian #LearnItalian #StudentessaMatta #ItalianLanguage #ItalianFilm #AlessioMariaFederici #fourtodinner #4metà
Matta Parole della settimana Camerini = dressing Matta Parole della settimana

Camerini = dressing rooms

Dove sono i camerini per provare gli abiti da ballo. / Where are the dressing rooms to try on the ball gowns.

Il primo attore è nel suo camerino. / The lead actor is in his dressing room.

Ho sempre voluto sapere come sono i camerini di Broadway. / I’ve always wanted to know what it's like in a Broadway dressing room.

LEARN ITALIAN. Learn Better. Learn more. 

Tips, advice, and practice on the StudentessaMatta.com website. Links in Bio. 

• At HOME Conversation Practice, Lessons, Group/Private Bookclubs

• In ITALY small Group Lang Programs

• In ITALY HOMESTAY Programs

#ItalianVocabulary #StudentessaMatta #ImproveItalian #LearnItalian #PracticeItalian
Cin cin! Cin cin!
Andiamo ad Ascoli questo settembre. Learn Italian Andiamo ad Ascoli questo settembre.

Learn Italian small group programs in Italy. Arezzo in June, Lucca in sept, Ascoli in Sept. StudentessaMatta.com 

Links in bio

#studentessamatta #learnitalian

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