Just a quick one to let you know that, now the B2 series of Italian listenings has been completed, all of the material has been copied over to our B2 Italian Exercises page (along with the other material at the same level.) Scroll down to find the listenings. What about if you’re not quite up […]
Final B2 Italian listening with transcript!
It’s been the first really hot weekend of the year, as demonstrated by both the thermometer and our website statistics, which show that everyone has switched off their computers and headed for the beach. Can’t say I blame you… … as long as you get back to studying Italian again soon! Which brings me to […]
Saper argomentare (7th B2 Italian listening, with transcript)
We’re coming to the end of our series of B2 level Italian listenings. This is number 7, out of 8. Judging by recent comments about the use of adverbs and discourse markers at this level, I think you’re going to find this interesting. Basically, what we have here is an essay on the topic of […]
Uso-abuso del computer (6th B2 Italian listening with transcript)
Are you ‘computer-dependent’? Given that you’re probably reading this on a smartphone, tablet or computer, it seems likely the answer is ‘si’! In which case, check out today’s B2 Italian listening, which is entitled ‘The Use and Abuse of Computers’ (notice how that translates a little differently into English…) As always, if you can’t see […]
The importance of studying a foreign language (5th B2 listening)
Just a quickie today as it’s a bank holiday weekend in Italy (2nd June = Festa della Repubblica). Before you get down to today’s Italian listening, check out this article. I think you’ll find it interesting! What’s stopping you from learning to speak & understand Italian? Done that? So, on with improving your Italian listening! […]
L’inquinamento (4th B2 Italian listening, with transcript)
Sorry it’s been a few days since I posted the last in our B2 Italian listenings series. Here’s number 4 (of 8). Hope you’re making good progress with them! Here at OnlineItalianClub H.Q. we’ve been busy figuring out what to to next after the listenings. While we still have another four B2s to go, plus […]
La disavventura di Mara (3rd B2 Italian listening with transcript)
Here we are with more new material to improve your Italian listening skills! Plenty of grammar today, but don’t let that freak you out. Listen all the way through without looking at the transcript. Try and get the gist, or even just a sense of what the text is about. Listen as many times as […]
Gentile Dottor Rossi (2nd B2 Italian listening with transcript)
There’s no doubt that today’s Italian listening practice exercise would have been better suited for a reading lesson. Don’t know what Martina was thinking of… That said, she had to come up with eight ideas per level, for six different levels, which can’t have been easy! Today’s exercise is an example of a formal letter […]
La fondazione di Roma (1st B2 Italian listening, finally!)
I hate being late. Missing deadlines is not me at all. But it’s been that sort of week. Chiedo scusa. Anyway, here it is! The first in our series of eight B2 level Italian listening tracks, complete with the usual transcript to study. If you find this too hard, there are 8 similar exercises each […]
Try this
Sorry, been too busy (teaching) to publish the B2 Italian listening series as promised. Domani! But I have got round to collecting the 8 texts from the B1 series and putting them on the B1 page, where they’ll be easy to find. So, while you’re waiting for the B2 listenings (hopefully tomorrow), try this: – […]