Here’s the latest in our series of A2 level Italian listening exercises (with tapescripts). This is number 5, out of 8. When I’ve published all of them, they’ll be relocated to our new A2 page, which is still very much a work in progress! By the way, if the A2 (pre-intermediate) stuff is too hard, […]

An oil leak meant almost no sailing over Easter, which left plenty of time to begin sorting out this site’s online Italian exercises and resources. My frenzy of spring cleaning isn’t finished yet, but should already mean the site is easier for you to navigate. ALL of the free materials for learning Italian can be […]

For those of you facing a lot of hanging around this Easter weekend, here’s something useful you can be getting on with while waiting for the relatives to arrive and the lamb to roast (or vice versa.) This is the third of our series of A2 Italian listening practice exercises. (To find the others, just […]

Last day of work for me, as tomorrow I’m off to Rimini for Pasqua. Lots to eat and drink, plus hopefully some sunshine so we’ll be able to get out on the Adriatic on our boat. But not to worry. I’ll be continuing to post the new listening material. And reminders about the conversation groups […]

Here’s the first of eight A2 (pre-intermediate) listening exercises for you to work on. I’ll be publishing the rest of the recordings for this level every two or three days over the next couple of weeks. The idea is to gradually get OnlineItalianClub.com users used to listening to Italian. If you haven’t done the 8 […]

You’ve probably been working on your Italian listening over the last couple of weeks, right? That’s great! And there’ll be more to come next week, when we start releasing the A2 material. But let’s not forget about the other half of the equation! It’s not much good being able to understand what others say to […]

This is the last in our series of A1 (beginner/elementary) level Italian listening exercises. We hope you’ve found them useful! If you’re new to this website, and would like to do the others in the series, just scroll through the recent articles here (the first in the series was published on 21st March, you’ll find […]

Here’s the seventh and penultimate of our A1 Italian listening series. Click here to listen (or, if you’re reading this in an e-mail, click here to visit our website and hear the text.) Don’t forget to listen all the way through before turning to the transcript!

We’re getting excellent feedback from this series of Italian listening material. Thanks to everyone who has left a comment or otherwise told us how useful you’re finding the practice exercises. Below you’ll find number 6 in the series of 8 Italian listening exercises at A1 level. As always, I’ll remind you to listen to the […]

Another Monday morning (afternoon in Australia..) and another Italian listening exercise to practice with. This is number 5 out of 8 in our A1-elementary series. Watch out for the more difficult A2, B1, etc. to come! As usual, make sure you listen to the track at least once before scrolling down to view the transcript […]