Excuse the sexist idiom, but today I have for you one of my favourite types of listening comprehension exercise. That’s speaking as a teacher, of course. Students tend to hate this type of thing. You hear a series of short extracts, and the ‘harder than it sounds’ task is to identify who’s speaking. Is it […]

Linda’s very excited as she’s found a new job (A job! In Italy!) and has to move to Torino in a hurry. But you’ll want to catch up on her news for yourself. Click here for today’s listening practice (level B1). Here to view all of the listenings in the current series. Or here to […]

Buon giorno a tutti! Do you watch those cookery programs on TV, the ones where contestants compete to win a price? Well that’s the topic of today’s free Italian listening task. Click here to give it a try. (You can see the other exercises in this series on our Intermediate Italian Exercises page. Or find free […]

If you’ve ever travelled to Italy, you’ll have lots of great memories of your trip, I’m sure. But maybe some bad ones, too. For example, it’s not unheard of for visitors to have their pockets picked, their bags snatched, or be conned into buying fake designer goods. Enter today’s free Italian listening comprehension exercise! Turns […]

Just a quickie today. Here’s the link to the 4th in our series of new Italian listening comprehension exercises: Listen now! You can see the previous exercises in the series here. Or find exercises at other (harder, easier) levels here. That’s it. Buonagiornata! P.S. Except,  of course, that’s not it. There’s always a P.S. Usually trying […]

Many people believe that if you study enough Italian grammar, learn enough Italian words, you’ll be able to speak Italian. Guess that’s because of the way languages used to be taught in schools, with little focus on communicative skills like listening and speaking. This conviction tends not to persist long though, especially once you start an Italian course or self-study program. […]

Buongiorno a tutti! Here’s the 2nd Italian listening exercise in our new series of exercises at B1 (intermediate) level. Click here to give it a try. Or see the series (the last exercise, this one, and what’s coming) on our Intermediate Italian Exercises page. But what if B1 is too difficult? Nessun problema! We have […]

Cavolo! I am SO late today! Australians will be going to bed already, while Brits will be sipping their milky mid-morning coffee concoction and wondering what has happened to the regular email from OnlineItalianClub.com… At least I’m in time for breakfast on the east coast of the USA, though. Buona colazione to you guys! So, […]