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Hello Listener, Thank you for learning with ItalianPod101. Through your ongoing feedback and requests, we continue to improve the way we deliver your Italian lessons. Take for example... Lesson Page Layouts – Completely redesigned based on last year’s survey. Mobile Web App – You requested a mobile friendly version of ItalianPod101. Progress Tracking Dashboard – You wanted to track your progress. We thought it was a great idea. So, if you have 5 minutes to spare, please help us improve ItalianPod101 by taking this short survey at the link below. Click here to take the ItalianPod101.com September Survey! Good, bad or ugly, we will read every single answer. Thank you for your feedback... Show more

Hi Listener, I hope you weren’t expecting expensive textbooks, surprise quizzes and Italian conversations completely irrelevant to real life. None of these are in any of our ItalianPod101 lessons. In fact... no textbooks necessary; all the Italian lessons you’ll ever need are on the site. No surprises. This is stress free, at-your-own-pace learning. And best of all, we only focus on real life Italian conversations. Now that we’ve covered these crucial basics, you’re ready to learning. In fact, your Italian lessons start today with the Back to School Sale. Take your first sample lesson here: ItalianPod101.com/Lesson Back To School Sale: Master Italian This School Year at 24% OFF! Want to jump into speaking and... Show more

Hi there listener, You’re regularly exposed to Italian speakers and conversations in ItalianPod101 lessons. But do you actively practice pronunciation and the proper accent? If not, now’s the time to start. How would you do it? Simply listening and repeating Italian speakers isn't enough. You need to hear how you actually sound as opposed to how you think you sound . So, naturally, recording and comparing yourself is one of the best ways of knowing how close your Italian is to native Italian. In fact, you can start doing this with your Italian lessons at ItalianPod101. We've upgraded & re-added the Voice Recording Tool into your lesson pages. If you’re a Premium member, you’ll find the Voice Recorder in the... Show more

Hello Listener, All 30 languages are yours inside one app! Yes, Italian too! So anywhere you go in the world, we have you covered. And anytime you’re ready to start the next language, you have 30 languages and over 16,500 words instantly available on your iPhone or iPad. And no, you can’t have this app yet. It’s coming soon. Visual Dictionary Pro - Learn 30 languages, presented by InnovativeLanguage.com, comes with 30 languages, including Italian, that you can easily download with an internet connection. Master Italian and 29 other languages with real-life scenarios! Visual Dictionary Pro - Learn 30 languages is coming soon to iTunes! Master over 550 must-know words in 30 languages by exploring 26 scenarios, one-by-one.... Show more

Hi listener, Improving Italian is on every learner’s summer to-do list. That is... if you even have one! Oh, you don’t!? How’d you know what you’ve accomplished so far? Do you want to speak Italian without thinking? Want to understand real life conversation? And have Italian native speakers teach and guide you step by step? Write these goals and tasks down! Then, start learning Italian with ItalianPod101 this summer! Summer Survival Sale! Get 30% OFF Basic & Premium Subscriptions ‘til July 26th, 2013! Learn more Italian for less this summer! All ItalianPod101 Basic & Premium subscriptions are 30% OFF. Get 24-month Premium for as low as $7/month! Click here to learn Italian with the 30% DISCOUNT! And... Show more

Hi listeners! Looking for new language to study? Aside from ItalianPod101, there are 26 other languages that you can learn the fast, fun and easy way! And now that we’re done updating our lesson layouts, we’re adding even more languages! There are 2 new language sites and a whole lot of new content on EnglishClass101 coming July 1st and we’re revealing it here first! What are they? Based on user requests, we’re introducing British English, Persian, and Swahili. These new additions will bring the Innovative Language family to a total of 29 sites! British English? That’s right. We have EnglishClass101.com just for our English learners. British English itself has over 58 million speakers in the UK and opens you to... Show more

Hi Listener, Want to speak more Italian? You need exposure to native Italian conversation. And you need an Italian speaker to explain it all - the words, the grammar, and cultural nuances. That’s every ItalianPod101 lesson. And there’s more on the way! Starting July 8th, 2013, we’ll be publishing brand new seasons and lessons to get you mastering Italian the fast, fun and easy way! Want to know what you can expect? Here’s a sneak peek at what you can look forward to: Monday: Lower Beginner Series Thursday: Throwback Thursday Friday: Advanced Video Series - Italian Holidays Remember, ItalianPod101’s newest lessons are free for the first three weeks! You have three weeks worth of lessons at any given time. Oh, and the... Show more

Hi listeners, Last week we made the switch to cleaner, friendlier lesson-page layout! If you’ve completely missed the big news, click here to take a lesson and see for yourself! In the meantime, we’d like to thank you for all of the fantastic feedback. We took your suggestions to heart and over the past week, we’ve rolled out three updates with more on the way. View Comments Report A Problem All Languages Tab for Line-by-Line Dialogue View Comments & Report A Problem Some of our listeners pointed out that comments disappear when you’re in the Lesson Materials section or the Review Section. We’ve went and added a way to easily access lesson comments from any section on the lesson page. ... Show more

Hi listener, Where will you be in 6 months? And your Italian? Successful students plan ahead. They don’t leave learning Italian to luck. So, when 2014 comes around and most people are just starting their Italian resolutions, you’ll be 6 months ahead (if not more!) Forget the 2014 Resolution, start Italian now! Grab 6 months of ItalianPod101 Premium for $66 - that’s 45% OFF! With Premium, you unlock 780+ Italian lessons (new lessons published weekly), PDF lesson notes, Premium Tools and Exclusive Inner Circle Access! Click Here To Start Right Now! You Speak Italian From Day One. Want to speak quickly and confidently? You need to be exposed to conversation right now. In every ItalianPod101 lesson, you instantly jump into... Show more

Hello Listener, When you’re out to learn Italian... you want to get straight the point. You want to jump directly into the lesson from day one. Why wait? Now, you don’t have to. These past few months, we’ve been busy redesigning the website and new lesson pages are coming June 12th! And you get straight to the point - you want to learn Italian with the effective ItalianPod101 lessons you’ve come to love. With the new design, you jump right into our fun and effective audio and video lesson library and tools. So, want a quick preview of the new designs? Of course you do! Here’s what’s coming soon! On June 12th, you’ll be switching from this... (Sample screenshot taken from ArabicPod101.com) ...to the new layout.... Show more