British Gentlemen in Italy.

Sorry girls - I’m not talking about Colin Firth here but there are nevertheless a dapper couple that are spreading a refreshing change to traditional teaching methods. Report has started doing a feature at the end of the programme which offers English lessons by John Peter Sloan.

This is in fact the latest in a series of attempts by the British born actor and comic to correct the most common mistakes that Italians make while speaking English. He must be very busy, not because you guys make lots of errors of course (!), but because he not only writes a monthly column in Speak Up called Culture Shock http://www.speakuponline.it/articoli/tag/Culture+Shock but has also devised entertaining courses including Instant English http://www.instantenglish.it/ , complete with podcasts and downloads ( particularly good the podcast on GET, TAKE and BRING ) Inglese Essenziale http://www.ingleseessenziale.it/ and Speak Now http://www.speaknow.it/ with la Repubblica and L’Espresso. You can also look him up on Youtube for his performances on Zelig.

Another stylish Brit ( love the bowler hat! ) is Clive Malcolm Griffiths with his Speak Easy on Radio Montecarlo http://video.radiomontecarlo.net/tv/channel/show/id/5

A great way to learn English through analyzing the lyrics of your favourite pop songs. You can also find him through Famiglia Cristiana http://www.famigliacristiana.it/iniziative/speakeasy.aspx and of course good old Youtube.

Let me know what you think and if you know any interesting videos, websites or other resources for learning English please comment.

Thanks and goodbye for now - Anna