Buona domenica a tutti! Yes, it’s OK to wish someone ‘Happy Sunday’, even on Saturday. Don’t ask me why… So, anyway, here’s the fourth exercise in our series of A1 (elementary) Italian listening comprehension exercises. If you don’t see the listening plugin or the image with the task, click here to view this article on […]
Third A1 (elementary) Italian listening comprehension
It’s not Friday, but it does feel like it, as I’m off to Rimini for the weekend and hope to get out into the Adriatic on our little sailboat, away from the tourists and the jelly-fish. Hope you’re planning something fun, too! Feel free to leave a comment and tell us what (plus feedback on […]
Second A1 (elementary) Italian listening comprehension exercise
Giorgio has three daughters, poor man. I have just two, but I can sympathize… Just think of how much he’ll be shelling out on smart-phones, hairdressers, and so on. But anyway, try today’s Italian listening comprehension exercise, which describes them. Listen as many times as you like until you’ve filled in all the details. There’ll […]
Why studying grammar and vocabulary is a waste of time
There’s lots of advice on the Internet on how to learn Italian. Often it covers how to memorize lists of words, or focuses on the weirder Italian grammar concepts. Sadly, a lot of what you’ll see is obvious, unhelpful or even just plain wrong. Studying grammar and vocabulary is a waste of time
A1 (elementary) Italian listening comprehension exercise
Presenting, a new series of 5 Italian listening comprehension exercises at A1 (elementary) level! This is the first, and a bit of an experiment. Hope you like it. For those of you who’ve been with us for a while and are far, far too good for this level, think of it as a way to […]
L’amore ai tempi di internet (final C1 listening with transcript)
Here’s the the last of our series of C1 (advanced) level Italian listening practice activities. It has an interesting title (L’amore ai tempi di internet), so has to be worth a few minutes of your time, even if your level in Italian isn’t advanced, yet. Listen a couple of times, without looking at the transcript, and […]
Seventh C1 (advanced) Italian listening with transcript
Now THIS is interesting. The seventh in our series of C1 (advanced) level Italian listening practice activities deals with the Italian education system. Here we still have schools where kids spend five years studying both Latin AND ancient Greek… Anyway, check out the listening, see how much you can understand. Don’t worry if that’s ‘not […]
Sixth C1 (advanced) Italian listening with transcript
Here’s the latest in our series of C1 (advanced) level Italian listening practice activities. This is number 6, out of 8. Coming up soon, we have some elementary-level stuff, so if you’re not advanced in Italian (yet), have patience! And of course, there’s the promised offer on online Italian lessons: expect that as soon as the […]
Fifth C1 (advanced) Italian listening with transcript
Put down that book and listen up! Today’s Italian listening practice is a survey of Italian literature, recorded with prominent breathing sounds for dramatic effect (sorry about that… we’re working on learning to do this better!) Don’t worry if you find the speaker hard to follow. She’s just a ‘ragazza’, not a professional ‘speaker’, and […]
Fourth C1 (advanced) Italian listening with transcript
Hurrah! It’s domenica! (NB, no capital letters on days of the week in Italian.) And time to study Italian for an hour or so before the ‘tagliatelle al ragu’, or ‘tortellini in brodo’, or whatever delicious spread is waiting for you at lunchtime. (Here at OnlineItalianClub.com HQ we’re having ‘cozze’ – mussels.) So, to work: […]