Learn Italian with the News
A stepping stone to real-world language
Watching the news in Italian is a great way to improve your listening skills and widen your vocabulary: news broadcasts offer a variety of words and expressions that are seldom encountered in textbooks, and at the same time they provide a valuable insight into Italy’s culture, politics, and everyday life.
Now, that’s all well and good, but the truth is, you won’t be able to understand much of it unless you already have a good grasp of the language: the speed of the news is usually too fast for a beginner or intermediate learner, and the vocabulary is quite different from everyday language.
That’s how we designed our Learn Italian with the News videos: keeping in mind the needs of beginner and intermediate learners, we offer a selection of news in SLOW ITALIAN, much easier to understand, and we explain key words and recurring expressions to help you develop your vocabulary.
Each video includes English captions and the on-screen transcription of all Italian audio, plus accompanying notes, questions & video transcript.
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Latest Episode
This series allows you to:
- Listen to stories based on the latest news from reputable sources
- Learn recurring phrases & structures commonly used in formal speech
- Improve your comprehension of Italian TV & news Websites
Watch the videos
Each of the videos listed here is embedded in an individual page where you can also find a PDF with the video transcript. Some episodes have additional free PDFs with questions & answers.
We publish a new Learn Italian with the News video every 4-5 weeks. Even if some of the stories presented in older videos are no longer current, you will still be able to learn useful words & expressions that will allow you to understand Italian news media and a variety of different topics, from politics to sports, so make sure to watch them all!
- Episode 16 - 14 Jul 2021 - L'Italia Campione d'Europa a UEFA EURO 2020; il certificato verde COVID-19; l'ondata di calore; l'orgoglio gay e il ddl Zan.
- Episode 15 - 9 Jun 2021 - Il ritorno dei turisti in Italia; la vittoria dei Måneskin a Eurovision; il ricordo di Carla Fracci; la Festa della Repubblica.
- Episode 14 - 12 May 2021 - L'emergenza COVID in India; le prospettive per il turismo nel 2021; lo Scudetto di Serie A 2020/2021; il caso Fedez.
- Episode 13 - 31 Mar 2021 - L'emergenza COVID; le candidature agli Oscar 2021; la missione Mars 2020; il Dantedì 2021; la Coppa America di vela.
- Episode 12 - 10 Feb 2021 - Il Capodanno cinese; la crisi di governo e il sistema elettorale italiano.
- Episode 11 - 16 Dec 2020 - Santa Lucia, Natale e Capodanno 2020; eventi culturali e intrattenimento online in italiano.
- Episode 10 - 11 Nov 2020 - Le elezioni presidenziali americane 2020; eventi culturali online e mostre d'arte.
- Episode 9 - 23 Sep 2020 - Il Festival del Cinema di Venezia; Viva Dante 2021; le mostre d'arte in corso.
- Episode 8 - 19 Aug 2020 - Il turismo di massa e le località turistiche italiane meno conosciute.
- Episode 7 - 22 Jul 2020 - Il festival dell'opera di Verona; la ripresa del campionato di calcio di Serie A.
- Episode 6 - 17 Jun 2020 - Venezia prima, durante e dopo il lockdown.
- Episode 5 - 20 May 2020 - La ripartenza dell'Italia: le misure dopo il lockdown.
- Episode 4 - 2 Apr 2020 - Aggiornamento dal lockdown COVID-19.
- Episode 3 - 3 Mar 2020 - La diffusione del Coronavirus in Italia.
- Episode 2 - 19 Feb 2020 - Aggiornamento sulla pandemia COVID-19; la nuova Ferrari SF1000; i premi Oscar 2020.
- Episode 1 - 28 Jan 2020 - L'influenza stagionale; il centenario di Federico Fellini; l'acqua alta a Venezia.
