Fabio, I picked-up the lingo in no time
Learning Italian with The Telegraph
With Fabio Capello taking the job of England’s football manager in January, journalist Bryony Gordon was tasked with learning Italian in a month to mirror his attempt to learn English. The three-quarter page feature details Bryony’s progress in getting to grips with the language using a specially designed programme from Cactus. This included one-to-one training with an Italian teacher (Federica), evening classes and home study books to enable her to absorb as much Italian as possible in a short space of time. Bryony comments: "My time with Federica fires my brain: it is the first time I have learnt something new in years. When my hours are up and it is time to wave arrivederci to her, I feel quite sad."