Anna Calvi

Anna Calvi

OU associate lecturer and materials writer. I have written materials on business communication, Academic English and Italian.

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  • Anna Calvi replied to Rosa Graciela Gámez Schirripa
    Adjectives of nationality

    venezuelana

  • Anna Calvi replied to Teresa Thiel
    Describing a person

    Lavora in un centro giardinaggio

  • Anna Calvi replied to Cathy Magden
    Describing a person

    La mia amica

  • Anna Calvi replied to Ana Luiza Petillo Nery
    Describing a person

    @AnaLuizaPetilloNery Studia Medicina all' Università di São Paulo (USP); è brasiliana e abita a São Paulo

  • Anna Calvi replied to sandra prieto
    Speaking practice

    spagnolo

  • Anna Calvi replied to Joanna Leeder
    Speaking practice

    Molto brava! Just check the pronunciation of 'inglese' https://www.collinsdictionary.com/dictionary/italian-english/inglese

  • Anna Calvi replied to Christopher Bisping
    E tu, dove lavori?

    saltimbocca alla romana

  • Anna Calvi replied to Ruth Jellings
    E tu, dove lavori?

    @RuthJellings Sono in pensione. Prima delpensiomento, facevo l'assistente sociale.

  • Anna Calvi replied to Rosa Graciela Gámez Schirripa
    Saying where you work

    Lavoro

  • Anna Calvi replied to Mark H
    Introduction to the course

    Benvenuto @MarkH

  • Anna Calvi replied to Marília G
    Join us!

    Prego, @MaríliaG

  • Anna Calvi replied to sandra prieto
    Next steps

    Good luck with your future studies, @sandraprieto Details of the Open University language courses can be found here http://www.open.ac.uk/courses/short-courses

  • Anna Calvi replied to Anna W
    Next steps

    Prego, @AnnaW

  • Anna Calvi replied to Anita Yorke
    Next steps

    I hope you enjoy your trip to Sicily in a not too distant future @AnitaYorke If you want to keep up to date, I recommend reading a national paper such as La Repubblica https://www.repubblica.it/ You can try to understand some words and phrases and then right click and select 'Translate to English'. The Coronavirus situation in Italy can be found...

  • Anna Calvi replied to martin bleakley
    Next steps

    Grazie, @martinbleakley. I hope to be able to travel too. They seem to be doing better than the UK at the moment but the situation keeps changing everywhere. If you want to keep up to date, I recommend reading a national paper such as La Repubblica https://www.repubblica.it/ You can try to understand some words and phrases and then right click and select...

  • Anna Calvi replied to Joanna Leeder
    Next steps

    Here is the live link to the badged courses: http://www.open.ac.uk/courses/short-courses.

  • Anna Calvi replied to Anita Yorke
    E tu, dove lavori?

    volontario

  • Anna Calvi replied to martin bleakley
    E tu, dove lavori?

    scuola secondaria

  • Anna Calvi replied to sandra prieto
    E tu, dove lavori?

    in una scuola primaria

  • Anna Calvi replied to Valeria A
    E tu, dove lavori?

    studio legale

  • Anna Calvi replied to Mateusz Niemiec
    E tu, dove lavori?

    uno specialista

  • Anna Calvi replied to Joanna Leeder
    E tu, dove lavori?

    ..in pensione
    Mi piace anche cucinare...

  • Anna Calvi replied to Cathy Magden
    Saying where you work

    Lavoro da casa

  • Anna Calvi replied to Cathy Magden
    Saying what you do for a living

    e sono anche una scrittrice

  • Anna Calvi replied to Nirmala PS
    Saying what you do for a living

    Ero giornalista/Facevo il giornalista

  • Anna Calvi replied to Joanna Leeder
    Saying what you do for a living

    in pensione

  • Anna Calvi replied to Ruth Jellings
    Saying what you do for a living

    il volontario

  • Anna Calvi replied to Valeria A
    Nouns denoting professions traditionally dominated by men

    @ValeriaA This is a widely debated issue in Italy. Some people are against making traditionally masculine words feminine because they think it might be incorrect. There are also women who think that being called ministro adds more value and calls for more respect than ministra. However, linguists say that it is time to recognise that society has evolved and...

  • Anna Calvi replied to Terry P
    Introduction to the course

    You have a very good source of motivation, @TerryP !

  • Anna Calvi replied to Isabel Meireles
    Introduction to the course

    As you speak Portuguese, Italian won't be too hard for you @IsabelMeireles

  • Anna Calvi replied to Sarah Dejey
    Introduction to the course

    This is your chance, @SarahDejey

  • Anna Calvi replied to Patrick Anzac
    Italy’s minority languages

    It could be the country where you live and/or the country where you were born. In other words you are asked to write about a country you are familiar with.

  • Anna Calvi replied to Cathy Magden
    Italian vowels (le vocali)

    I have passed this on. For the time being, to enlarge the content of a screen, use Ctrl+

  • Anna Calvi replied to Patrick Anzac
    Italian vowels (le vocali)

    Ciao Patrick, I agree that it is an advanced skill. Just note it and don't worry about learning this pronunciation. Vowels may be pronounced differently in different regions.

  • Anna Calvi replied to Nadya Pilitsyna
    Talking about yourself

    parlo il russo

  • Anna Calvi replied to Valeria A
    Talking about yourself

    Sto imparando l´ olandese e mi piacerebbe

  • Anna Calvi replied to Tri Yuniarti
    Talking about yourself

    l'indonesiano

  • Anna Calvi replied to sandra prieto
    Talking about yourself

    Insegno

  • Anna Calvi replied to sandra prieto
    Talking about yourself

    Sono uruguaiana.. Parlo spagnolo e inglese.
    Insegni l'inglese in una scuola. Studio l'inglese.

  • Anna Calvi replied to Ruth Jellings
    Talking about yourself

    l'italiano

  • Anna Calvi replied to Stephen Guy
    Talking about yourself

    Remember the accent on 'e'.
    Studio l'italiano...

  • Anna Calvi replied to Vanu Bosio
    Talking about yourself

    ...abito a Santa Fe
    Pronunciation is good but in 'abito' the stress is in the first syllable 'a' https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lm4MOmfDRfo&ab_channel=HTItalianNames

  • Anna Calvi replied to Irene McKenzie
    Talking about yourself

    .. e parlo un po'..

  • Anna Calvi replied to Rosa Graciela Gámez Schirripa
    Talking about yourself

    venezuelana

  • Anna Calvi replied to Patrick Anzac
    Talking about yourself

    Molto divertente

  • Anna Calvi replied to Mateusz Niemiec
    Talking about yourself

    Bene!

  • Anna Calvi replied to Roberto Durán
    Speaking practice

    non c'è male - Have a look at the Reverso dictionary: https://context.reverso.net/translation/italian-english/non+c%27%C3%A8+male

  • Anna Calvi replied to Zofia Everett
    Key phrases

    Molto bene, grazie

  • Anna Calvi replied to Gail T
    Nouns and their gender

    @GailT This page explains the origin of the word https://www.etymonline.com/word/coffee

  • Anna Calvi made a comment
    Where are you from?

    Bravissimi!
    Keep posting !

  • Anna Calvi replied to sandra prieto
    Where are you from?

    uruguaiana

  • Anna Calvi replied to sandra prieto
    Adjectives of nationality

    uruguaiana

  • Anna Calvi replied to Cathy Magden
    Welcome to Week 3!

    That's correct, @CathyMagden : Di dove siete?

  • Anna Calvi replied to Teresa Thiel
    Welcome to Week 3!

    sono nata
    You haven't studied the past yet, but 'nata' needs to be feminine. A man would say 'sono nato'.

  • Anna Calvi replied to SHWETA BODARE
    Welcome back!

    @SHWETABODARE That's what my yoga teacher does at the end of our sessions.

  • Anna Calvi replied to Stephen Guy
    Welcome back!

    Molto divertente!

  • Anna Calvi replied to Luke M
    The rules for plural nouns

    @GregDyche @LukeM @CarlosRodríguez That's correct. You don't need to follow the English grammar rules when you write/speak in Italian

  • Anna Calvi replied to Zofia Everett
    The rules for plural nouns

    @ZofiaEverett Due acque minerali

  • Anna Calvi replied to Joseph Chivatsi Lewa
    Indefinite article un/uno/una/un’

    It's actually un ragazzo

  • Anna Calvi replied to naureen amjad
    Italian coffee houses

    @naureenamjad See my comment above.

  • Anna Calvi replied to Becky G
    Italian coffee houses

    @BeckyG See my comment above.

  • Anna Calvi replied to Nirmala PS
    Italian coffee houses

    @NirmalaPS They are a part of the Italian culture and some of them are also beautiful places with a lot of history. If this was a course about British English, there would be a few activities and texts about pubs.

  • Anna Calvi replied to Nirmala PS
    Saying hello and goodbye
  • Anna Calvi replied to Ruth Jellings
    Some famous Italians of the past

    Great names!. There are also film producers such as Fellini, De sica, Bertolucci, Visconti, Tornatore, Rossellini and many others.

  • Anna Calvi replied to Coralie Creevey
    Some famous Italians of the past

    In the past, women mainly worked behind the scenes but in the last century, we have had some excellent writers. This page lists the most famous https://www.donnesulweb.it/cultura/cultura-libri/le-scrittrici-italiane-piu-famose-della-storia/ If you open it in Google, right-click and select 'translate to English'.

  • Anna Calvi replied to Maria Carolina Ferrari
    Next steps

    @MariaCarolinaFerrari The purpose of the task is to check that you understood what you heard. It is often possible to repeat what you heard without understanding it so the task asks you to answer in English.

  • Anna Calvi replied to Zofia Everett
    Next steps

    It is a pastry. It is a masculine noun so it is preceded by 'il'. This page tells you something about it: https://www.tavolartegusto.it/ricetta/baba-ricetta-originale/ If you access it via Google, right-click on the page to see the translation.

  • Anna Calvi replied to Irene McKenzie
    Italian coffee houses

    @IreneMcKenzie You are not expected to understand without the recording. You just need to answer the questions in the quiz.

  • Anna Calvi replied to Teresa Rizzo
    Italian coffee houses

    @TeresaRizzo Please read my advice above. You are not required to understand every word.

  • Anna Calvi replied to Cathy Magden
    Italian coffee houses

    @CathyMagden Note that the activity in the next page only asks you to recognise the name of the city where each bar is located. If you also would like to understand everything, I recommend that you listen several times while reading the transcript and then without reading it. Looking up words is good practice but we don't expect you to do this.

  • Anna Calvi replied to Yasemin Sicim
    Italian coffee houses

    @YaseminSicim See my advice above.

  • Anna Calvi made a comment
    Italian coffee houses

    Make sure you listen only to answer the questions in the quiz - nothing else!
    First, just listen to it once. Then listen again to answer the questions.
    You are not expected to understand every word or do tasks beyond the one in the next page. When you go to Italy, you will find that people speak fast so you need to learn to just focus on what you need.

  • Anna Calvi replied to Ruth Jellings
    Historic Italian coffee houses
  • Anna Calvi replied to Zofia Everett
    Historic Italian coffee houses

    @ZofiaEverett Sono d'accordo! (I agree)

  • Anna Calvi replied to Zofia Everett
    Speaking practice

    Yes, it is. The answers should follow the rules of capitalisation.

  • Anna Calvi replied to Nirmala PS
    Speaking practice

    @NirmalaPS I've checked both the transcript and the recording and both say 'una birra'. When spoken, words often merge so you cannot hear them completely. The same happens in English.