Here’s the second in our series of eight B1 (intermediate) level Italian listening tracks, complete with transcripts to study. Today’s topic is ‘La cultura italiana’. Now what could that be about, I wonder… One useful listening technique is to ask yourself BEFORE you hear a text what you might expect it to contain. Teachers who […]

Eccoti, Monday morning and as promised here’s the first of our series of eight B1 (intermediate) level listening tracks, complete with transcripts to study! Find out about Mario’s dreams for the future, and improve both your Italian grammar and listening skills. For any of you who might be new on our mailing list, try to listen […]

Now we’ve completed our series of articles with the new A2 level Italian listening exercises, you might be asking yourself if there’s an easy way to find all our A2 listening tracks in one place, rather than having to search back through e-mails you’ve received over the last fortnight. There is.

Excitement is building. There’s a sense of anticipation in the air. Like before a big exam… Next week, we launch the B1 (intermediate) level material! For now, though, here’s the final A2 Italian listening, and the usual transcript to study. Today’s topic is ‘making bookings’, which means hotels, restaurants and the like. (If you’re reading […]

I just knew there would be a Luigi along sooner or later. And here he is, to tell us about his holiday plans! Check out today’s penultimate listening in our A2 series, which as well as offering useful listening practice, contains plenty of examples of the ‘futuro semplice’. Do I need to remind you to […]

Here’s your latest Italian listening track, complete with transcript. Today’s topic is finding a job, a seemingly impossible quest for today’s young Italians! Hear how Lucia went about it in this pre-intermediate level recording. Don’t forget now: listen without the transcript at least once (ideally, multiple times) before turning to the transcript. Listen then with […]

Here’s the latest in our series of A2 level Italian listening exercises (with tapescripts). This is number 5, out of 8. When I’ve published all of them, they’ll be relocated to our new A2 page, which is still very much a work in progress! By the way, if the A2 (pre-intermediate) stuff is too hard, […]

An oil leak meant almost no sailing over Easter, which left plenty of time to begin sorting out this site’s online Italian exercises and resources. My frenzy of spring cleaning isn’t finished yet, but should already mean the site is easier for you to navigate. ALL of the free materials for learning Italian can be […]

For those of you facing a lot of hanging around this Easter weekend, here’s something useful you can be getting on with while waiting for the relatives to arrive and the lamb to roast (or vice versa.) This is the third of our series of A2 Italian listening practice exercises. (To find the others, just […]

Last day of work for me, as tomorrow I’m off to Rimini for Pasqua. Lots to eat and drink, plus hopefully some sunshine so we’ll be able to get out on the Adriatic on our boat. But not to worry. I’ll be continuing to post the new listening material. And reminders about the conversation groups […]