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Galoppa galoppa, o bel cavalier — la Giostra del Saracino fa venire!
Tutti Matti per l'Italiano! - April 15, 2023 01:49 - 5 minutes ★★★★ - 24 ratingsGet ready! Hold on to your horses (or should I say your lance?) because I'm going to tell you about the Giostra del Saracino. This most thrilling and exciting event occurs in Arezzo every June and September! What is the Giostra del Saracino? It's a medieval jousting tournament that dates back to...
Ascoli Piceno Small Group Italian Program
Tutti Matti per l'Italiano! - July 29, 2022 00:04 - 11 minutes ★★★★ - 24 ratingsIn a new podcast, I take to Ascoli Piceno, where I’m planning a new Italian Language Program this September. Here is a chance to meet some of the teachers and the school director with whom I am partnering this September to organize a small group Italian language program in le March in the town...
Five language learning difficulties and how to overcome them
Tutti Matti per l'Italiano! - April 28, 2022 02:45 - 16 minutes ★★★★ - 24 ratingsThe Studentessa Matta discusses 5 learning difficulties that many language students encounter and the things they can do to keep their "language learning" boats from faltering and sinking but instead keep their boats afloat, getting them back on track so they can continue full steam ahead!! Foll...
Book Club Chat with Silvia Zucca, author of “Guida astrologica per cuori infranti”
Tutti Matti per l'Italiano! - April 28, 2022 02:41 - 42 minutes ★★★★ - 24 ratingsThis was an incredibly delightful day! The Studentessa Matta Bookclub met Silvia Zucca the author of “Guida Astrologica per cuori infranti” to discuss her book that inspired the hit Netflix series of the same name! In the beginning, when I had this idea to start an Italian book club and I chose ...
Ascoli Piceno 2022 Italian Language Immersion Program
Tutti Matti per l'Italiano! - April 28, 2022 02:08 - 14 minutes ★★★★ - 24 ratingsLearn more about Ascoli Piceno, the town in le Marche, where I plan the next "Matta" Italian Language Immersion Program with the Accademia Linguistica Scuola directed by Antonella Valentini and her staff of dedicated teachers. Join me in this charming town, immerse in language and culture, and t...
La leggenda della Donna Bianca
Tutti Matti per l'Italiano! - December 02, 2021 23:55 - 10 minutes ★★★★ - 24 ratingsIn this podcast, la studentessa matta recounts for you the legend of "la donna Bianca" the beautiful fantasma that is trapped inside a castle in Italy. Learn also what the expression "sognare ad occhi aperti" means. Read more Italian legends and learn about Italian culture in Melissa Muldoon's n...
Parole, Parole! Vocabolario di novembre 2021
Tutti Matti per l'Italiano! - December 01, 2021 16:27 - 3 minutes ★★★★ - 24 ratingsDuring the month of November 2021, every week I posted a word or an expression combined with an image on the Studentessa Matta Facebook page. In this video, with my special guest Hazel the Bull Dog I present the words of November. These are random words that I came across while reading or that I...
Search 9+ Avatar image All the ways to learn Italian with la Studentessa Matta
Tutti Matti per l'Italiano! - November 24, 2021 21:26 - 12 minutes ★★★★ - 24 ratingsCiao a tutti! Benvenuti al mio canale. Sono la studentessa matta. Welcome to the Youtube channel. I’m the crazy student of Italian. I'm home again after spending seven weeks in Italy. I got my Italy fix and loved spending time in my happy place! To hear about some of my adventures and learn rece...
Parole di Ottobre 2021
Tutti Matti per l'Italiano! - November 24, 2021 21:19 - 3 minutes ★★★★ - 24 ratingsDuring the month of October 2021, every week I posted a word or an expression combined with an image on the Studentessa Matta Facebook page. At the end of the month, I compile these word memes on the Studentessa Matta Website. Here is a short video to help you with the pronunciation of these fun...
Gli scioglilingua. Tongue twisters.
Tutti Matti per l'Italiano! - November 24, 2021 21:13 - 36 seconds ★★★★ - 24 ratingsTongue twisters are phrases that intentionally challenge our ability to pronounce them. Tongue twisters also exist in English. They are like word games and the fun part of a tongue twister is that they challenge us to pronounce them as quickly as possible without making mistakes. But the real f...
Artemisia Gentileschi - La Caravaggista!
Tutti Matti per l'Italiano! - July 08, 2021 18:53 - 10 minutes ★★★★ - 24 ratingsCaravaggio in his day was a controversial figure - both for his style but also for his personal life. Today, however, he is considered an artist who elevated the art of painting and who influenced a generation of painters. I would like to tell you about one of these painters, who is not a man, b...
The changing role of Italian Women and their Families after 1945
Tutti Matti per l'Italiano! - July 02, 2021 20:18 - 10 minutes ★★★★ - 24 ratingsI'm Melissa the crazy student. Welcome! I am glad you are here with me. Through the Studentessa Matta Podcast channel, we practice Italian together. You can follow the dialogue both in Italian and English on the StudentessaMatta.com website. https://www.studentessamatta.com/italian-women-righ...
Celebrate the Italian way!
Tutti Matti per l'Italiano! - June 15, 2021 03:13 - 12 minutes ★★★★ - 24 ratingsItalian cities throughout Italy celebrate civil and religious festivals, historical re-enactments, local festivals, and events particularly linked to a city or country. But the one event that stands out above them all, at least for me, is the Giostra del Saracino that occurs in Arezzo twice a ye...
Italian chat about the Italian Macchiaioli and the French Impressionists
Tutti Matti per l'Italiano! - June 15, 2021 03:05 - 20 minutes ★★★★ - 24 ratingsThe Macchiaioli who closely resembled the French Impressionists never received the same international acclaim. Let’s take a look at the painters Giovanni Fattori and Claude Monet and compare the two 19th century artistic movements and discover how the invention of paint in tubes change the cours...
La leggenda del Bue
Tutti Matti per l'Italiano! - April 16, 2021 20:47 - 7 minutes ★★★★ - 24 ratingsOx-heads and betrayed husbands… what have they got to do with Florence's Duomo?? Did you know that on the Santa Maria dei Fiori Cathedral in Florence there is the head of an ox that looks down on from on high? What is the meaning of this? In a new post and Youtube Video, Melissa—the Studentessa ...
Austin, Texas
Tutti Matti per l'Italiano! - April 16, 2021 20:45 - 5 minutes ★★★★ - 24 ratingsIn a new Studentessa Matta Video, in Italian, I talk about my hometown of Austin, Texas. This is where you can find me when I'm not in Italy! Learn about this funky Texas city, which is also the state capital. Visit the Studentessa Matta website to view transcripts of this video in English and I...
Friends from Arezzo
Tutti Matti per l'Italiano! - April 16, 2021 20:42 - 7 minutes ★★★★ - 24 ratingsIt's been a while—13 months in fact—since I last made a video in Italian! Time flies when you are busy publishing a novel, producing Audiobooks, and waiting out the pandemic. But, now after a year, as things begin to sort themselves out and travel seems possible again I thought I'd brush off my ...
The Secret Life of Sofonisba Anguissola: Interview with author Melissa Muldoon by Sheri Hoyt for Reader Views
Tutti Matti per l'Italiano! - December 07, 2020 20:57 - 35 minutes ★★★★ - 24 ratingsSofonisba’s life is as fascinating as her character and clearly Muldoon has done her homework in terms of research. A genuine 16th century ambiance permeates the pages as Muldoon takes us on a virtual tour through the settings of King Phillip’s court in Spain, Sofonisba’s hometown of Cremona, It...
La leggenda di Porsena — il re etrucso
Tutti Matti per l'Italiano! - January 08, 2020 21:45 - 7 minutes ★★★★ - 24 ratingsI have always loved a good legend, filled with mystery and intrigue, and last year when I visited Chiusi, my friends were happy to tell me the story of Porsena the Etruscan King, who was as rich as he was benevolent. But whatever happened to his tomb?
Benvenuto 2020
Tutti Matti per l'Italiano! - January 02, 2020 19:36 - 5 minutes ★★★★ - 24 ratingsThanks to everyone who reads the Matta Blog and who follow the Youtube Channel. I am eternally grateful that through the internet I have the chance to meet so many people who continue to enrich my life. All of you… and the love I feel for Italy — for her art, language and her people — are the re...
The Wisdom of the Trees. Legends & useful information
Tutti Matti per l'Italiano! - November 08, 2019 17:30 - 5 minutes ★★★★ - 24 ratingsDiscussing the legend of Apollo and Ciparisso, a wise saying about trees and a little Italian grammar lesson. After a long break during which I published my third novel set in Italy and translating my second into Italian, I'm back to say ciao! and thank everyone for following the Studentessa Mat...
L’arte del merletto al tombolo - Anna Maria ci spiega tutto
Tutti Matti per l'Italiano! - August 27, 2018 21:21 - 7 minutes ★★★★ - 24 ratingsWhat exactly is merletto al tombolo? Well, it is a very old art form that harks back to the age of Caterina de' Medici. It is an antique way of making lace by hand. Anna Maria Gherardi, who lives in Arezzo, has done this type of work since she was a girl and during her childhood, Debora remember...
The Dog Days of Summer — La canicola estiva
Tutti Matti per l'Italiano! - August 27, 2018 21:13 - 5 minutes ★★★★ - 24 ratingsThe hottest days of summer are called the dog days of summer. In Italian, the expression is La canicola estiva. In this Youtube video find out reason why! Hint: it has something to do with the brightest star in the summer sky - Sirius AND the ancient Romans! For text and translation visit: www...
In Cucina con Daniele
Tutti Matti per l'Italiano! - April 02, 2018 20:11 - 22 minutes ★★★★ - 24 ratingsLast week my friend Danielle Palermo from Sicilia came to visit me. Our last day together, we decided to roll up our sleeves and cook an Italian meal together. Not just an Italian dinner, however, as Daniele corrected me — a Sicilian meal! He decided to prepare for me Arancine and Sfingi for des...
Il vino fa cantare: Italian food and Wine Expressions
Tutti Matti per l'Italiano! - March 02, 2018 04:59 - 10 minutes ★★★★ - 24 ratingsItalian expressions that have to do with food and wine! Visit the StudentessaMatta.com website for more information, transcriptions and text in Italiano and English. http://www.studentessamatta.com/italian-food-idioms-detti-cibo-italiano/ For information about Melissa's programs to learn Ita...
Interview with Melissa Muldoon - Author of Waking Isabella for Inside Scoop
Tutti Matti per l'Italiano! - February 17, 2018 05:46 - 38 minutes ★★★★ - 24 ratingsInterview with Melissa Muldoon - Author of Waking Isabella with Inside Scoop Topics of conversation: Isabella de Medici Research for the book in Arezzo, Italy Giostra del Saracino - Annual Jousting Festival held in Arezzo Suppression of Artists and Hitler's Obsession during WWII Mel...
Mattiniero vs Nottambulo
Tutti Matti per l'Italiano! - February 17, 2018 05:30 - 6 minutes ★★★★ - 24 ratingsMattiniero vs Nottambulo: What kind of person are you? Are you a morning person or an evening person? I just created subtitles in Italian! Yay! turn on the captioning button to see the Italian words! For more information, language learning tips and translations check out the Studentessa Matta Bl...
Italian Chat with Melissa
Tutti Matti per l'Italiano! - February 17, 2018 05:05 - 8 minutes ★★★★ - 24 ratingsChatting in Italian about Carnival, masks and costumes. You can find the post on the StudentessaMatta.com website with English translations. Studentessa Matta Facebook page to join the conversation group: https://www.facebook.com/studentessamatta Visit the Matta Blog to learn more about Ital...
Andare a Cavallo
Tutti Matti per l'Italiano! - February 16, 2018 01:12 - 5 minutes ★★★★ - 24 ratingsAndare a Cavallo - taking a ride on the beach on a horse in Half Moon Bay in California. Learn new Italian vocabulary for things that have to do with horses and their gear. Follow along as I talk about my weekend adventure on horseback. Visit the Matta Blog to read the transcript in Italian and ...
Moglie e buoi dei paesi tuoi
Tutti Matti per l'Italiano! - February 16, 2018 01:03 - 10 minutes ★★★★ - 24 ratingsColorful Italian idioms that have to do with animals. Italian expressions to help make your conversation more lively and make you sound more like an Italian native. For the written transcript visit the StudentessaMatta.com blog. http://www.studentessamatta.com/moglie-buoi-dei-paesi-tuoi-italian-...
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