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 […]

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 […]

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: – […]

As promised, here’s the last in our series of eight B1 (intermediate) level Italian listening tracks, plus the usual transcript to pore over once you’ve listened… I’m off sailing, so won’t be able to respond to any comments today (but feel free to leave them anyway!) (If you’re reading this in an e-mail, you’ll need […]

Another day, another listening in our series of eight B1 (intermediate) level Italian listening tracks, complete with a transcript for you to study. This is number 7, the last one at this level will be on Sunday, and next week you can look forward to the B2 material! But for now, time to consolidate the […]

I’m a big, big fan of self-study. You probably worked that out, already. I taught myself to play the trumpet, and to speak Italian, and Turkish. But I’m also a professional language teacher. I work in a school which does just one thing. We help people of all ages and nationalities learn foreign languages. So […]

Here’s number six in our series of eight B1 (intermediate) level Italian listening tracks, plus a transcript for you to study. Admittedly, an informal letter is a bit of an odd subject for listening practice… But then, an informal letter or e-mail style is usually rather conversational in tone. So you could think of it […]

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One thing any language teacher will tell you is how studying tenses can generate excitement. Today, a new tense! A new tense makes a novel and tangible topic for a lesson, and one which brings with it a rare sense of progress. Even if misplaced. Anyway, here’s the the fifth in our series of eight […]

Sunday, so you’ll be able to find a minute or two to keep working on your Italian listening, right? Here’s the fourth in our series of eight B1 (intermediate) Italian listening exercises, along with the usual transcript. If you’ve been following along, you should be getting pretty good at this by now! Don’t forget to […]