I have had a crush on Italy and Italian since I visited Sicily for the first time in the late 1970's. The view from the window of my modest "pensione" was soul-stirring. The fragrance of perfume in the fresh air from the overwhelming amount of flowers in Taormina in the Springtime, had an memorable impression on my senses.

However what really impressed me was Italian as a language: The words soothed me like a sweetheart's touch - even though I did not understand Italian. The reason I am revealing to you this message, is to show that in order to master a language: you need motivation. And what better drive is there than being passionate?

So far so good! Now all I wanted was a system to learn Italian without actually being in Italy. So I set about looking for the best method to learn Italian online.

If you want to speak Italian, in my opinion, as a qualified language teacher, you have two choices. You can do it the difficult way or the simple way where you can have fun while you're doing it. No need to ask me, what I would vote for!

By doing it "the hard way" I am talking about to formal class training using books that makes you yawn and are full with tons of traditional grammar rules. It has been proven that fewer than 5 percent of language students are able to stand the tiring nature of regular school training to carry on studying Italian for more than a couple of years.

Having fun while you are learning Italian can be achieved in several ways. Absolutely the perfect way is to learn Italian is to visit Italy and interact in real life with Italians. The second best method to learn Italian is online, is with an interactive internet course. It is a very entertaining technique of studying.

By hearing native Italians speaking up-to-date Italian, you will understand the spoken word much more easily. The learning games also help you increase your vocabulary and learn and memorize the Italian verbs. The huge advances in technology available in these modern times combined with the interactive games makes them not only educational but great fun also.

The most attractive thing about this way of learning is that when you have found your best method of learning Italian online, you can access your class whenever it is best for you.