Reviews About Conversational Italian Series:
Fra Noi Magazine, Chicago, November 2019
Don’t speak Italian? Planning your trip to Italy? Kathryn Occhipinti’s pocket travel book may be just what you’re looking for. “Conversational Italian for Travelers: Just the Important Phrases: is accessible and humorous while offering a tried-and-true-method for understanding and remembering important Italian phrases. Small and lightweight, it slips easily into a pocket or purse. The book covers pronunciation, basic vocabulary… and much more.
From the blog: “Our Italian Journey” by Ilene and Gary Modica, March 2020
Author Kathryn Occhipinti has become a friend through social media. She sent us this book to get our thoughts about it. We love it. It is a great little book – packed with just the right information. A must as a traveling companion in Italy.
https://ouritalianjourney.com/my-favorite-travel-tools/
Conversational Italian Review + Giveaway June 26, 2018 by Aein Hope
The benefit of the Conversational Italian books by Kathryn Occhipinti is that they take a real-life, friendly approach to learning which is something I love! It is very welcoming to encourage Beginners to use the books.
Keep reading below for a giveaway for an amazing little phrasebook! https://italianselfstudy.com/conversational-italian-review-giveaway/
French Book:
From Beth Haslam’s blog: Follow Beth’s Life in France
Author of Fat Dogs and French Estates series of books
Kathryn Occhipinti guest blog Saturday, July 4, 2020
https://bethhaslam.blogspot.com/
Kathryn’s vision to develop an easy method to learn Italian was realised in the publication of Conversational Italian for Travelers: Just the Important Phrases. With the help of Nada Sneige Fulihan, a French teacher in the US, she has used the same formula with French. Conversational French for Travelers: Just the Important Phrases was published last year – and I think it’s a terrific guide.
PostcardZ from Victoria January 2018
With this handy phrase book you can easily find the topic you need (starting with the basics and offering exactly what you need when you need it (e.g., Travel, Transportation, At the Restaurant, At the Hotel, etc.). Worst case, if you can’t pronounce it, just point and smile! >>Read more
Fra Noi Magazine, Chicago March 2017
La Nostra Lingua Spotlights Italian Language Instructor Kathryn Occhipinti
La Nostra Lingua Spotlights Italian Language Instructor Kathryn Occhipinti Pam DeFiglio spotlights Italian Language instructor and author of Conversational Italian for Travelers books for Fra Noi Magazine. Fra Noi ® has been the publication of choice for Chicago’s Italian-American community for more than half a century. . >>Read more
Live and Learn Italian January 2017
Dr. Kathryn Occhipinti is a radiologist of Italian-American descent who has been leading Italian language groups in the Peoria and Chicago areas for about 10 years. During that time, she founded Stella Lucente, LLC, a publishing company focused on instructional language books designed to make learning a second language easy and enjoyable for the adult audience. >>Read more
Fra Noi Magazine, Chicago September 2016
Italian Pocket Pal for Travelers
Grazie mille Fra Noi magazine for your review of Conversational Italian for Travelers: Just the Important Phrases (with Restaurant Vocabulary and Idiomatic Expressions) in the September 2016 edition of your magazine! >>Read more
Timeless Italy July 2016
7 Reasons Conversational Italian For Travelers is Your Best Bet.
L’idea Magazine.com March 2016
Learn Italian Travel Italy And Rediscover Your Roots ! A New Series Of Books By Kathryn Occhipinti
We have discovered two interesting books that are optimal for our readers who are in love with everything Italian but do not have a good handling of the language and that gives them an handicap when traveling. We contacted the author, Doctor Kathryn Occhipinti and asked a couple of clarifications regarding these books…. >>Read more
Sherry Rentschler, Author February 2016
This is awesome and so much easier to use than the dictionary… a book like this is so welcome and necessary and can make the difference when you travel. People appreciate when you try to speak with them in their language.
Margie In Italy February 2016
Occasionally I like to introduce an author or feature a book about Italy or anything Italian. Today I am honored to recommend a book I recently discovered, and I think you’ll like it too. Conversational Italian for Travelers Just the Important Phrases by Kathryn Occhipinti is the perfect travel companion for your trip to Italy. >>Read more
Travelling Weasels January 2016
Ciao! Any of you who have read our post about Hello Pal will know that, as a transnational couple, we are always interested in untraditional language learning methods. >>Read more