Whilst hunting about on Technorati, I came across this blog – Italy from the Inside, and there is some interesting stuff there.

Stop reading, start speaking
Stop translating in your head and start speaking Italian for real with the only audio course that prompt you to speak.
It’s also written by an Italian Microsoft employee, in English. Yet more proof that a) Italian’s go places and b) they certainly can, and do, learn English.
I shall be pointing my Media Relations and Marketing students towards this blog. Yet more inspiration.