Think in ItalianReviews of thinkinitalian.com

Think in Italian is without doubt the best language learning experience I’ve had to date. The program is brilliantly simple without a moment’s wasted time… simply listen and repeat and the learning will progress naturally! As written by Stefano Lodano, the sentences are structured both to teach and to reinforce what came before, creating a natural progression of useful language right from the start. No time is wasted on typing in the responses, matching games or guessing. Listen and repeat… it really is that simple… but it takes a highly competent language teacher to write the program which cannot be easily copied and duplicated. Before taking the trial program I read all the reviews; read the five star reviews for all the details I’ve missed because I agree with them all! A month with think in Italian is better than a year of weekly private lessons and far, far better than Rosetta Stone, Duolingo, Babbel or any of the other courses I’ve come across. And best of all, Stefano is available and responsive when it comes to questions. His grammar explanations are clear and simple, and all the provided materials are worthwhile. Highly recommended!!!

Hmm, everybody here gives 5 stars. I'm surprised. "Ripeti con me!" promises to be different than the other courses and to lead to spoken fluency. Stefano has a lot of good lesson content on grammar and I like the graded "Leggi con me!" But, I don't believe that passive spoken repetition of a teacher is the best path to spoken fluency. I prefer methods where you are prompted to think of a correct reply and then to speak it. At least one well-known course teaches languages this way. I don't think "Ripeti con me!" passive spoken repetition is as effective. Stefano replies below that his program is active. It is not. If you are interested, there are many good articles easily found on the internet that address active vs. passive language learning. S criticizes me for not properly following his method. I investigated his approach and decided that it was not the best method, so I have moved on. Think in Italian has much to offer, but it is not the best course for me.

Of all the programs I have tried, babbel included, Stefano has been the most helpful. I recommend it for anyone that wants to make an honest attempt to speak Italian.

Due to my advanced age, I am IT challenged and not only do I love this way of learning and feel Italian come flooding back into my ancient brain (I used to speak it badly fifty years ago) But also: Stefano replies in a very sympathetic, competent and prompt manner to my anguished cries for help and solves my tech problem!! Nancy, NY,USA

I started learning Italian with Stefano‘s course 3 weeks ago. It‘s a fabulous concept, I seem to pick up new words every day without apparent work! And I feel good about talking right from the beginning, I‘ve never experienced anything comparable when learning a language so far.

Stefano has created an incredible system for people who actually want to talk and communicate with Italian people. It's both fast and easy as well as nuanced, in-depth and measured. I employ several different methods from watching films to talking with a tutor twice weekly, but ThinkinItaltian is the basis of my study and the basis of my progressive learning. I'm now at lesson 146 and I leave for Italy in 7 weeks. Non vedo l'ora!

Read the other reviews, I highly recommend it!

After taking 40 (out of 250) 'Ripeti con Me' lessons I find the course enjoyable and highly useful. Each lesson has a focus on broad-usage forms (e.g. the correct use of when/while, before/after); in the meantime, vocabulary is enlarged, and grammar is introduced as if 'thru the back door.' Every lesson contains new material but also builds on material already learnt. Far from being a mere collection of phrases, this is in fact a very sophisticated method that for me works extremely well. Personally I can say that my progress from one lesson to the next is substantial.