It can be challenging for non-native Italian speakers to really understand the difference between these three common words: bello (beautiful, nice, pretty), buono (good) and bene (well, fine). In this first part of three, Daniela explains the difference between bello and buono.

More spring cleaning! Marika shows us how to dust, and what materials to use. She goes on to wash the windows, and then the dishes.

How do three buddies, who happen to be oxen, get eaten by a lion? Adriano tells the tale, complete with the lesson to be learned. Have you guessed? It's one of Aesop's Fables.

Adriano shares with us the story of the fox and the cicada. Apart from the usefulness of the story itself, there's a good selection of verbs in tenses we don't use every day, but which are used in storytelling.

Spring is here and Cettina is enjoying the outdoors. Flowers are starting to bloom, trees are getting leaves, and the sunshine is warm enough to go without a jacket.

It's time for spring cleaning. Marika shows us how, and more importantly, she gives us the names of the tools we'll need.

Daniela explains how easy it is to form the plurals of feminine nouns, even if you don't know their meaning.

What are the rules for the masculine plural articles? Daniela explains them to her class, and to us!

Daniela has already taught us the singular definite articles in Italian. Today she starts teaching us the masculine plural definite articles.

If the masculine article seemed a bit complicated, rest easy. The feminine singular definite article is much simpler. Daniela will explain.

There's still more to know about the masculine singular definite article. After IL and L with an apostrophe, there's a third kind, LO. Daniela explains two simple rules to follow.

Cettina shows us how to make a very basic nativity scene.

Daniela tells her students about the masculine singular definite article in its three forms, "Il, L' and Lo."

Cettina and Alex show us how they decorate their Christmas tree.

What's one of the first things you think of when talking about Italy? Food! Daniela tells us about the sagre (festivals) having to do with every kind of food imaginable.