Learn Italian with the News
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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. Unfortunately, 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.
In our Learn Italian with the News videos we offer a selection of news in SLOW ITALIAN, so you can gradually build up your listening skills. Episodes 5 to 11 also include an explanation of key words and recurring expressions to help you develop your vocabulary. Many other episodes include clips from real news broadcasts, slowed down and then repeated at regular speed. There is also a special series for beginners.
This series allows you to:
- Listen to stories based on the latest news
- Learn recurring phrases & structures commonly used in formal speech
- Improve your comprehension of Italian TV & news Websites
Italian News for Beginners
Do you find the news still a bit difficult to understand? These videos take you through the latest headlines step by step explaining new vocabulary in detail.
- Episode 5 - 24 May 2023 - The CIA looks for spies in Russia; Italian students are camping in front of universities to protest against high rents; a new investigation was launched to shed light on the disappearance of a girl from the Vatican State 40 years ago.
- Episode 4 - 26 April 2023 - Privacy concerns for OpenAI's ChatGPT in Italy; the Italian government proposes a bill to ban English words from public communication.
- Episode 3 - 5 April 2023 - International Wine Exhibition Vinitaly 2023; Florida teacher fired for showing pictures of Michelangelo's David; e-fuels and biofuels.
- Episode 2 - 15 March 2023 - The UE greenlights cricket flour in food products; unprecedenteed drought in northern Italy.
- Episode 1 - 15 February 2023 - The earthquake in Turkey and Syria; thief caught thanks to fingerprints left on biscuits.
All Episodes
View the full playlist here or watch the videos from the list below.
- Episode 22 - 25 January 2023 - Arrestato a Palermo il boss mafioso Matteo Messina Denaro; lutto nel mondo del cinema: muore a Roma Gina Lollobrigida; arriva il Festival di Sanremo 2023.
- Episode 21 - 5 October 2022 - Speciale elezioni 2022: tutti i risultati; la guerra in Ucraina continua; l'addio solenne alla regina Elisabetta II.
- Episode 20 - 20 April 2022 - La guerra in Ucraina; la Pasqua 2022; il calcio: i Mondiali e il campionato di Serie A.
- Good News Special - 9 February 2022 - Libri che vanno in bici; l'iniziativa Un sasso per un sorriso; le città più verdi d'Italia.
- Episode 19 - 13 January 2022 - La nuova ondata di contagi con la variante Omicron; il Capodanno 2022; l'Italia paese dell'anno 2021.
- Episode 18 - 13 October 2021 - Eruzione vulcanica alle isole Canarie; ultimi dati sulla pandemia; i nuovi capitani reggenti di San Marino; il primo caffè coltivato in Italia.
- Episode 17 - 8 September 2021 - Aggiornamento sulla pandemia: scuola, green pass, no vax; la situazione in Afghanistan; le Paralimpiadi di Tokyo; la pagina culturale.
- Episode 16 - 14 July 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 June 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 March 2021 - L'emergenza COVID; le candidature agli Oscar 2021; la missione Mars 2020; il Dantedì 2021; la Coppa America di vela.
- Episode 12 - 10 February 2021 - Il Capodanno cinese; la crisi di governo e il sistema elettorale italiano.
- Episode 11 - 16 December 2020 - Santa Lucia, Natale e Capodanno 2020; eventi culturali e intrattenimento online in italiano.
- Episode 10 - 11 November 2020 - Le elezioni presidenziali americane 2020; eventi culturali online e mostre d'arte.
- Episode 9 - 23 September 2020 - Il Festival del Cinema di Venezia; Viva Dante 2021; le mostre d'arte in corso.
- Episode 8 - 19 August 2020 - Il turismo di massa e le località turistiche italiane meno conosciute.
- Episode 7 - 22 July 2020 - Il festival dell'opera di Verona; la ripresa del campionato di calcio di Serie A.
- Episode 6 - 17 June 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 April 2020 - Aggiornamento dal lockdown COVID-19.
- Episode 3 - 3 March 2020 - La diffusione del Coronavirus in Italia.
- Episode 2 - 19 February 2020 - Aggiornamento sulla pandemia COVID-19; la nuova Ferrari SF1000; i premi Oscar 2020.
- Episode 1 - 28 January 2020 - L'influenza stagionale; il centenario di Federico Fellini; l'acqua alta a Venezia.
