Let’s start with today’s free listening comprehension exercise, which is about ‘Italians abroad’. A lot of OnlineItalianClub.com members probably fall into the category of sons/daughters or descendants of Italian emmigrants, but there are also lots of modern-day Italians leaving the ‘bel paese’ to seek their fortune elsewhere. Listen now to today’s advanced listening comprehension exercise. If […]
Via al dibattito! 6th advanced Italian listening
A traditional white wedding? Or better to live together first? Via al dibattito! Click here for the 6th in our series of advanced listening practice exercises. Or discover free exercises for learning Italian at all levels, here. P.S. Our next Italian easy reader should be published next week… If you’ve visited our online shop, you’ll […]
Another advanced Italian listening exercise to sweat over
We do like to keep you at it, here at OnlineItalianClub.com. ‘Busy students are happy students’ is what I always say. So here’s the fifth in our series of advanced Italian listening comprehension exercises. It’s about the earthquake in L’Aquila a few years ago. Interesting stuff, so do take a look, even if your level […]
Easy Italian Reader offer + 4th Advanced Listening
There are just a few days left to buy our new Italian easy reader, ‘Ladri di biciclette‘, at the special launch price of just €7.50. You get the simplified story of this classic film in eight, easy-to-read chapters. Plus an exercise for each chapter, with solutions of course. And a glossary of words you might […]
Al volo…
Not sure if ‘al volo’ is the correct translation of ‘just a quick one’ (read the wordreference.com forum discussion here if you’re that interested…) However, due to technical problems with the site, and the fact that I have to jump on my motorbike and go over to the other side of the city to teach […]
An advanced listening, and our new easy Italian reader!
Half of Italy is on holiday today, whether officially or unofficially, as tomorrow is June 2nd which IS a public holiday. And when there’s a public holiday on a working day, we try to make a ‘ponte’ (bridge) and so extend the weekend to include the public holiday. That way, a weekend and a day […]
What to do if (when) the listening exercise is too hard
Someone wrote to me this week and mentioned that the B2 listening exercise she received by email was too hard. Could I please send something easier? OK, OK, perhaps I didn’t explain myself very well… Here at OnlineItalianClub.com we commission young Italian teachers to produce exercises and so on, and publish them, one by one, […]
Severed heads found in canal! (Final B2 Italian listening)
Nothing like a bit of gore first thing in the morning, and four severed heads recovered from an Italian canal is just the thing! But the report, subject of today’s B2 level Italian listening practice exercise, is not from the crime pages (cronaca nera – black reporting, in Italian). No, this is a ‘fine arts’ story, […]
Start with week right: Italian listening practice exercise!
With the whole of the week stretching ahead of us, Monday’s a great day for making ambitious plans, and taking those first small steps on the journey to achieving them. Yes, you really could improve your Italian. All you have to do is to get into the habit of studying regularly… which is, of couse, […]
How have Italians been affected by ‘la crisi’?
Learn Italian online with free listening comprehension exercises and transcripts from OnlineItalianClub.com. Today’s listening exercise is about how Italians have been affected by ‘la crisi’. (Mio dio, has it really been seven years??) Click this link to start improving your Italian listening skills (and to find out how life has changed in the ‘bel paese’…) […]