Galoppa galoppa, o bel cavalier — la Giostra del Saracino fa venire!
Get 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 thri...
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Tutti Matti per l'Italiano! - Italian Podcast - Improve Italian language skills with this podcast that is presented in Italian and features stories, clips & conversations with native Italian...
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Ascoli Piceno Small Group Italian Program
In 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 o...
Five language learning difficulties and how to overcome them
The Studentessa Matta discusses 5 learning difficulties that many language students encounter and the things they can do to keep their "lang...
Book Club Chat with Silvia Zucca, author of "Guida astrologica per cuori infranti"
This was an incredibly delightful day! The Studentessa Matta Bookclub met Silvia Zucca the author of "Guida Astrologica per cuori infranti"...
Ascoli Piceno 2022 Italian Language Immersion Program
Learn more about Ascoli Piceno, the town in le Marche, where I plan the next "Matta" Italian Language Immersion Program with the Accademia L...
La leggenda della Donna Bianca
In this podcast, la studentessa matta recounts for you the legend of "la donna Bianca" the beautiful fantasma that is trapped inside a castl...
Parole, Parole! Vocabolario di novembre 2021
During the month of November 2021, every week I posted a word or an expression combined with an image on the Studentessa Matta Facebook page...
Search 9+ Avatar image All the ways to learn Italian with la Studentessa Matta
Ciao 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...
Parole di Ottobre 2021
During the month of October 2021, every week I posted a word or an expression combined with an image on the Studentessa Matta Facebook page....
Gli scioglilingua. Tongue twisters.
Tongue twisters are phrases that intentionally challenge our ability to pronounce them. Tongue twisters also exist in English. They are like...
Artemisia Gentileschi - La Caravaggista!
Caravaggio in his day was a controversial figure - both for his style but also for his personal life. Today, however, he is considered an ar...
The changing role of Italian Women and their Families after 1945
I'm Melissa the crazy student. Welcome! I am glad you are here with me. Through the Studentessa Matta Podcast channel, we practice Italian t...
Celebrate the Italian way!
Italian cities throughout Italy celebrate civil and religious festivals, historical re-enactments, local festivals, and events particularly...
Italian chat about the Italian Macchiaioli and the French Impressionists
The Macchiaioli who closely resembled the French Impressionists never received the same international acclaim. Let's take a look at the pain...
La leggenda del Bue
Ox-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...
Austin, Texas
In 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...
Friends from Arezzo
It'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 Audiobo...
The Secret Life of Sofonisba Anguissola: Interview with author Melissa Muldoon by Sheri Hoyt for Reader Views
Sofonisba's life is as fascinating as her character and clearly Muldoon has done her homework in terms of research. A genuine 16th century a...
La leggenda di Porsena — il re etrucso
I 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 t...
Benvenuto 2020
Thanks to everyone who reads the Matta Blog and who follow the Youtube Channel. I am eternally grateful that through the internet I have the...