Imagine climbing a really high, really difficult mountain. Finally you get to the top. How do you feel? Tired probably, but not too tired to look around for a few minutes, enjoy the view, maybe take a photo or two. If you been with us since the start of OnlineItalianClub.com (back in 2013) you ought […]
New Italian easy reader + the first Italian woman in space
Our last easy Italian reader, Ladi di biciclette, was a great success. Maybe it was because it tells the story of a famous film, or perhaps just because it’s an engaging story about a man fighting the odds to do the best for his family. Whatever the reason, we sold enough copies in the launch […]
Apologies, new advanced listening, and what’s coming
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, […]