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

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 […]

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 […]

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 […]

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 […]

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 […]

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: […]

I trust you’ll find a little time this weekend for the latest in our series of C1 (advanced) Italian listening practice exercises? If you’re new here, this is what you have to do: Click the audio plug in below (if you don’t see it, click here to read this article on our website) Listen first […]

Ready for the second in our series of eight C1 (advanced) Italian listening practice activities? This one’s about coincidences (casi), not to be confused with ‘houses’ (case)… But if C1 (advanced) for you is still but a distant aspiration, not to worry. You’ll find other (easier) Italian listening tracks & transcripts here: A1 (beginner) | […]