Today’s Italian Conversation, number forty-seven in our series, is entitled ‘Contesti sociali, Presentarsi‘. Which broadly translates as ‘introducing yourself in social situations’. There’s a woman and a man, chatting at the gym, exchanging personal details. We find out that she’s married with kids, but he’s single (not found the right woman yet.) What’s she doing talking […]
Let’s go skiing! (New Italian dialogue with transcript)
It’s winter, it’s cold and it’s grey… But there’s snow! At least there is in Italy’s hills and mountains, if not here on the Pianura padana where I live. So let’s go skiing, even if it’s just in our imaginations. Today’s Italian dialogue (& transcript) will sort you out with the equipment you’ll need to […]
Swimming Lesson dialogue, plus new ‘Book of the Week’ offer!
Learn Italian online with the help of our Italian Conversations series of dialogues. First listen to the audio recording, then check your understanding with the transcript. Today we’re taking a swimming lesson at the ‘piscina‘. Here’s the link you need to listen: 45. Sport, Piscina Or find this latest dialogue, along with all those we’ve […]
Time to get fit! (New Italian Conversation + Transcript)
Yes, it’s possible to improve your Italian for free! How? By following our ‘Italian Conversations’ series, of course. We’re now at number 44, out of 60, so you’re not too late to start. Each new dialogue covers a different topic, and they get progressively more difficult. So if today’s conversation is too hard, go back […]
New Italian dialogue & transcript: at the shoe shop!
I’m in a rush today as I’m teaching all morning at a company. Then it’ll be back to the school on my motorbike, lunch, lesson planning, then teaching again in the evening… So just quickly, here’s today’s Italian Conversation. We’re at the shoe shop, buying something comfortable for work. The speaker is on her feet […]
New Italian Conversation with transcript: Shopping, Farmacia
Buon giorno a tutti! Today, I hope you’ll find a moment to work on your Italian listening comprehension (and to improve your knowledge of vocabulary) with the latest free dialogue & transcript in our Italian Conversations series: Shopping, Farmacia. Here’s the link to listen. And, as usual, I’ll remind you that there are links to […]
New, free Italian dialogue (with transcript): at the flea market!
Want to improve your Italian listening skills and vocabulary, for free? First, listen to today’s dialogue a couple of times (without the transcript.) See if you can make out what they’re talking about, in general terms, without worrying too much about all the parts you can’t understand. Then listen a second tme (still without the […]
Italian Dialogue: Ice-Cream Shop! (& Sale Ends Tonight…)
It’s Epiphany today, a national holiday here in Italy. Last night a witch named Befana flew past our house on her broomstick to leave candies for the kids who’d been good. And lumps of coal for the naughty ones. Hah! That’ll teach ’em. (You can read all about this Epiphany tradition on Wikipedia, here.) Completely […]
New Italian Conversation + Last 72 Hours Of The January Sale
It’s back to work today, for a lot of people. And back to the usual routine here at OnlineItalianClub.com, too. The first order of business is to flag up for you the latest free recording/transcript in our Italian Conversations series. This time we’re getting our washing and dry-cleaning done at the lavanderia. Here’s the link you need […]
How to improve your Italian? Do this one easy thing today!
I had a bad dream last night and so was awake for a while, reading The Guardian on my smartphone. On Saturday, they have a regular piece by Oliver Burkeman called ‘This column will change your life’. As it’s New Year, this week’s article was about the absurdity of hoping to change your life by setting […]