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Ascolta bene! Italian Listening Practice

My Italian Circle

Learn Italian, understand Italy and Italians, explore Italian culture and lifestyle with our free Italian lessons, cultural insights, and authentic listening practice for beginners and beyond.

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00:12:40

Italian Listening Practice for Beginners 10

Ascolta bene! Italian Listening Practice ·

2025/07/28

Four new dialogues in authentic conversational Italian for you. Today's special topic is comparatives and superlatives. Listen and answer the questions.Get the ⁠transcript & translation⁠ and ⁠additional listening content⁠ from Patreon.

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00:13:27

Italian Listening Practice for Beginners 9

Ascolta bene! Italian Listening Practice ·

2025/07/21

A tavola! The subject of this easy listening practice is food! Listen and answer the questions.Get the transcript & translation and additional listening content from Patreon.

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00:12:10

Italian Listening Practice for Beginners 8

Ascolta bene! Italian Listening Practice ·

2025/07/14

In questo episodio, Leonardo, Viola, Sandra e Michele parlano della loro casa. Let's talk about houses! Listen and answer my questions in Italian.Get the transcript & translation and additional listening content from our Patreon page.

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00:15:19

Italian Listening Practice for Beginners 7

Ascolta bene! Italian Listening Practice ·

2025/07/07

Oggi prendiamo il treno e andiamo a Venezia! Listen to 5 dialogues; this time my questions are all in Italian. Pause the podcast and answer out loud!Get the ⁠transcript & translation⁠ and ⁠additional content⁠ on Patreon.

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00:14:35

Italian Listening Practice for Beginners 6

Ascolta bene! Italian Listening Practice ·

2025/06/30

È arrivata l'estate! Summer, heat, holidays, reservations... Listen to the dialogues and answer the questions.You can download the ⁠⁠transcript with translation⁠⁠ and ⁠⁠additional content⁠⁠ from Patreon.

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00:16:46

Italian Listening Practice for Beginners 5

Ascolta bene! Italian Listening Practice ·

2025/06/23

These new dialogues include words & expressions from previous episodes: weather, restaurant bookings, family, pharmacy, holidays, food and coffee... can you remember them all? Listen and answer the questions!Download the ⁠transcript with translation⁠ and ⁠additional content⁠ from Patreon.

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00:12:06

Italian Listening Practice for Beginners 4

Ascolta bene! Italian Listening Practice ·

2025/06/16

Qual è la ricetta della pizza Margherita? Chi va a fare la spesa? Cosa mangiamo oggi? This episode is all about food, cooking, and grocery shopping. Listen carefully and answer the questions.Get the transcript & translation from Patreon; there is also additional listening content.

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00:11:51

Italian Listening Practice for Beginners 3

Ascolta bene! Italian Listening Practice ·

2025/06/09

Listen to ads from Italian TV: we use the same vocabulary in our dialogues. Listen and answer the questions!Download the transcript with translation and additional content from Patreon.

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00:10:05

Italian Listening Practice for Beginners 2

Ascolta bene! Italian Listening Practice ·

2025/06/02

Enrich your vocabulary and improve your listening skills with our targeted Italian listening practice! Today we have TV ads in Italian - our dialogues use the same words and expressions. Try to answer the questions and listen again.Get the transcript & translation of this episode from Patreon from just $1. There's also additional content for our patrons.

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00:09:49

Italian Listening Practice for Beginners 1

Ascolta bene! Italian Listening Practice ·

2025/05/26

Enrich your vocabulary and improve your listening skills with our targeted Italian listening practice! Listen carefully and try to answer the questions, then listen again and check your answers. The last dialogue is taken from an Italian film: can you understand it?Get the transcript & translation of this episode from Patreon for just $1.

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00:15:26

Italian Listening Practice for Total Beginners

Ascolta bene! Italian Listening Practice ·

2025/05/18

Learning Italian from scratch? Listen to 50 easy sentences grouped by subject or sound. We begin with introductions, then we move on to words with the sound C. Then we listen to the days of the week and words with the sound G. Finally, we listen to sentences using the verb AVERE, to have.The transcript & English translation of this podcast is FREE! There's also additional content on our Patreon page.

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00:05:51

Viva Verdi! Musica e storia a Parma

Ascolta bene! Italian Listening Practice ·

2021/10/17

Giuseppe Verdi: the most beloved opera composer of all times. This year the Verdi Festival in Parma opens with a special production of Un ballo in maschera by Sir Graham Vick.The full episode is available to our top-tier patrons on Patreon.

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00:05:00

Italiani si diventa - Lo ius soli

Ascolta bene! Italian Listening Practice ·

2021/08/17

Marcell Jacobs just became the world's fastest man at the Tokyo Olympics. Despite his name, he is 100% Italian. Today we listen to his voice and we talk about the debate on ius soli and the citizenship acquisition process in Italy.

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00:05:42

Verso l'infinito e oltre con AstroSamantha

Ascolta bene! Italian Listening Practice ·

2021/07/01

Let's listen to Italian astronaut Samantha Cristoforetti as she describes her experience of flying to space, living on the space station, and coming back to normal life. This is an abridged version of the full episode available to our patrons on Patreon, with transcript, translation, and glossary.

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00:05:34

Venice is a fish... and we caught her!

Ascolta bene! Italian Listening Practice ·

2021/05/23

Venezia è un pesce - Venice is a fish. It's also an upside-down forest, perched on top of wooden piles. Let's discover this amazing city from a different perspective by reading a few excerpts from Tiziano Scarpa's imaginative guide to Venice.

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00:05:44

Non ci capiamo! Italian accents & dialects

Ascolta bene! Italian Listening Practice ·

2021/05/03

So, do we all understand each other easily throughout Italy? In this episode we discuss Italian accents & dialects (or better, languages!), and we hear a few sentences in Sardinian, Neapolitan, and Florentine - from the most difficult language to the one that's most similar to standard Italian. Can you understand everything they say? This is an abridged version of the complete episode available to our top tier patrons. Have a look at our Patreon page to learn more. Thank you for listening!

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00:04:51

Il docile idioma - Italian as the language of music

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2021/04/11

Concerto, opera, soprano, pianoforte... all over the world, people use Italian words when talking about music, and the influence of Italian is particularly strong when it comes to opera. In this brief introduction we discover some of these Italian terms, from aria to fiasco. On our YouTube channel and on our Website you will find several videos and other content on music and opera. This is an abridged version of the complete episode available to our top tier patrons. Have a look at our Patreon page

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00:06:10

My Brilliant Friend - Italian as a way out and up

Ascolta bene! Italian Listening Practice ·

2021/03/15

Elena Ferrante's L'amica geniale is written in perfect Italian, but her characters speak the Neapolitan dialect most of the time. Here we discuss what Italian and dialect mean for them and their future. Did you read My Brilliant Friend? Did you like it? Let us know! Get in touch with us on Twitter, and have a look at our Website and our YouTube channel for plenty of free resources to learn Italian. This is an excerpt of the full episode available for our patrons. Look for us on Patreon if you’d like

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00:04:27

L'italiano medio: la tragicomica epopea del ragionier...

Ascolta bene! Italian Listening Practice ·

2021/02/21

Our exploration of Italianness continues with an iconic character of the 1970s: Paolo Villaggio's Fantozzi. Not just comedy, but also social criticism. This is a substantial excerpt of the full audio that is available to our most generous patrons, accompanied by transcript, a glossary and links. Have a look at our Patreon page if you'd like to join our circle!

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00:04:42

Capire gli italiani - Understanding Italians

Ascolta bene! Italian Listening Practice ·

2021/02/19

What does it mean to be Italian? Let's find out together. Today we’d like to read with you two passages from the beginning of Beppe Severgnini’s book La testa degli italiani, where he tries to get inside the head of Italians, and to explain it to non-Italians.

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