Easy Italian News – 14 settembre 2018

61 thoughts on “Easy Italian News – 14 settembre 2018”

1. I did post a comment right at the beginning of this websites creation. So still using it as it’s so good.
   I would find it helpful if there was a print option. I could then write notes/vocab on each item.
   In addition, my Italian is not good enough to listen to all the news items in one go so some way to click back to the start of each individual news story would be most helpful.
   Hope these comments are of some use.

2. Hi this was just fab. Read at a great speed for me also nice and clear. It was really good that it was on current topics. If this became a regular thing it would be good to follow several of these news items through but also get an insight into life in Italy at the moment.

3. A great idea. Both practical as a learning resource but also on an informative basis regarding contemporary issues in Italy. Very much appreciated.

4. Love this news in Italian. Just what I need for listening practice and relevant new words to learn. Please keep it up!!!

5. Excellent listening resource, very clear and at a good speed.

   I will recommend to others in my Italian class.

6. Love, love, love this new material! Thank you so much!

   1. Prego, e grazie a te per la risposta super-positiva!
      Daniel

7. I found it great! This is a wonderful idea and will certainly help all of us who are learning Italian. I just came back from a trip and just read the first edition, and plan to read today’s edition a little bit later. I was glad to find out I understood about 90% of the text, and that there were only I few words I had to look up!!

8. Questo è benissimo. Trovo che il livello è giusto per me e gli articoli interessanti.

   1. Ottimo allora!
      Buono studio, Claire.
      Daniel

9. Wonderful. The reading was very clear. I appreciate not everyone speaks like this but at my level it helps a lot.
   I listened first without the script to see if I could understand the topics. I think I got the general idea. This was helpful just being a voice as I’ve tried watching the news in Italian on television but I always wondered if that helps too much. Now I will repeat with the script to check !
   Fab idea.

10. I found this very good,listening is the hardest for me,your son was very clear and went just at the right pace!Brilliant idea,length of each topic just right too!

11. Many thanks Daniel! Also to your son – he speaks very clearly and reads at a steady pace. There were only a couple of words that I had to look up – the rest I could work out. A good variety of subjects which keeps up the interest. I have now managed to get Italian tv so will now watch/listen to Rai Uno! I watched a cooking programme the other day and that was interesting! Can you recommend any ‘easy’ programmes to watch?
    Thanks for all your hard work.
    How did the exam go?

    1. Sorry Anita, but I never watch TV, Italian or otherwise, the only exception being the news in Swedish. Perhaps someone else has some ideas?
       The exam was interesting… especially interacting with the other students and staff during the breaks. Now I have to wait for the result!

12. I loved the format Daniel. The bite size chunks of information are just the right length for me and the range of topics is a perfect choice. Many thanks. Rob.

13. Everybody has already used the best words of praise! This is first class, every bit as good as I hoped it would be, Daniel. Your son’s voice is brilliantly clear – exactly what I need at this stage – and he sets a good, steady pace. Great choice of articles, and so far, I haven’t had to look anything up. I’m not boasting: I was simply using the context to work out unknown words.

    1. Bravissimo, Harold!!

       And anyone reading this: “I haven’t had to look anything up. I’m not boasting: I was simply using the context to work out unknown words”

       That’s exactly what you should be doing.

       The problem, of course, is to combine that with listening in real time…

14. A technical question – is it possible for the recording/play/pause bar to remain visible as you scroll down the text. Sometimes I need a little bit of time to listen to/digest a phrase e.g. numbers, and being able to quickly pause and replay the recording is very useful. At the moment I have to scroll right to the top of the page, press pause, find my place again and read/digest, then go to the top to press play, then find my place again.

    1. No, I don’t think that will be possible. But here’s somethin you could try: copy and paste the URL of the page into a separate browser window. Start the first one playing, then hop over to the other and scroll down to follow the text. When you want to stop, hop back and press pause.

       However, I’d strongly recommend that you treat the audio as ‘extensive’ listening practice and so listen to it all the way through, rather than trying to understand everything.

       Listening to hear ‘detail’ as you are doing is not the purpose of this material (we have plenty of that elsewhere). Also your approach is less effective as preparation for real life listening – say TV or conversation – in which you are processing input in real time and with no pause button…

15. Thank you for this resource. I really enjoyed using it to try and improve my listening skills. Your son’s voice is lovely and clear and I picked up more each time I listened to it so it achieved its aim! I would be happy if you managed to add more like this once a week. Any more than that would be a real bonus.

    1. At least once a week, perhaps more. We’ll use what the response is, Lynda. The more the material is valued, and used, the more sense there is in spending time and resources in creating it.

16. This is a great initiative. Well presented and having the text with the dialogue makes it easier understand the content. Incidentally the resources available from Duolingo, Babbel and Memrise pale into insignificance in comparison. The combination of the website, easy readers and now easy Italian news provides a wealth of learning material even for a duffer like me!

    1. The flattery is much appreciated, Kenneth!

17. I really like this! For me, being in the U.S., I get an update on what’s happening in Europe and the vocabulary is useful. I like the idea that you’ll have different readers as it’s important to be able to adjust to different people speaking.

    Thanks.

18. Yep, great to have this and in this format. Many thanks for this. Would love to have more regularly if possible. Thanks again Daniel!

    1. I’m thinking of twice or three times a week, though I have yet to set a budget for time or money.

       What are your thoughts??

       1. Maybe two or three times a week if possible. I like the idea of one on a Friday to have time over the weekend to listen. Cheers!

          1. The plan, when it gets started, is to publish on Tuesday, Thursday and Saturday. We’ll see if it works out like that!

19. An excellent addition to your materials. I figured out the gist of each article after one go around. Grasped more the second time listening and reading. Then I had to “look up” words I didn’t know.

20. Sorry. I forgot to ask. How do I get it delivered daily to my inbox?

    1. Dunno, Jamie. Give me another week or two and I’ll get around to that. Finora the focus has been on organising writers and audio and all the technical bits and pieces. No thought has yet been given to the budget, frequency of posting, and how to keep people informed.

       Do you have preferences? If so, this is the perfect time to let me know what they are.

       Daniel

21. Thank you. This is at a perfect level for my Italian listening and very easy to understand.

22. Grazie molto! This is an excellent resource and your son’s voice is nice and clear, and easy to understand. The ONLY suggestion/question I have is: could there perhaps be a way to slow down the audio a little bit? I am still a beginner, and I’m sure my comprehension would be even better if I could listen the first time or two at a slower speed. I did pick up more words the second time around, however, and also appreciate that the news is current. That way I have a bit of understanding from English articles that I have read.

    1. Ciao Francesca,

       There’s a website called ‘News in Slow Italian‘.

       It’s nothing to do with us, but I’ve heard positive things about it.

       We’re ‘easy’ Italian, invece. And you know?

       Italians don’t speak slowly.

       So the idea is that, with ‘easy’ content, people will gradually get used to ‘not so slow’ Italian, and thus be better prepared for real life conversations.

       Well, it worked for me learning Swedish!

       But other people have commented (read the comments) that Google offers ways to slow down our content. Anche per me, non è un buon idea..

       Daniel

23. Thank you and your son for the work put into producing the interesting articles.
    Good luck for tomorrow.

24. Thank you so much for this excellent resource. I am a beginner and although it was challenging for me, I could understand and follow it. Many thanks to your son

    1. No longer a beginner, then. Well done for the progress you’ve made, Jill.

25. Excellent, clear and I understood so much
    Thanks again for all that you give us to help with our learning of this beautiful language.
    Daniel, ‘ in bocca al lupo ‘ per l’ esame domani.

    1. Grazie, Carol. Sto qui con una birra a parlare con la moglie in svedese..

26. Great resource, like many my listening skills are weak. This will help greatly. Complement your son, his voice is clear and easy to listen to.

27. Thank you for this brilliant new resource. I found the length about right, if too long my brain switches off. Interesting content. For me it was at the right level. I listened twice then listened again this time reading the really useful transcript.There were some words that I didn’t know but the challenge is good. If knew everything I wouldn’t need Easy Italian News. Thanks again for the hard work of the team, who are always looking to create such varied resources. I look forward to the next one

28. I agree with the others on the excellent clarity and the reading speed is perfect for me – not so fast that I cannot distinguish each word and not so slow that it feels unnatural.
    Thank you. And thank you for the tips on listening. Apparently I can also listen better with my feet up!

29. I’ve just listened to this recording and I’m very impressed with the clarity and pace of the reading. I find it difficult to listen to long readings so short, different topics are much better for me.

    Daniel’s suggestions as to how to use the link is also very helpful. I find it more helpful to read the text than just hope I can understand what’s been said!

30. Really clear pronunciation and good level of sound (can never get cloud loud enough) Didn’t understand much but enjoyed the listening, thank you

31. Thank you for adding this material to help with our language learning…a great idea, and interesting too: more please!

32. Thank you (and your family!). I found listening without the text challenging, but together they’re a very positive addition and will help with colloquial use of language enormously. They give a great flavour of the Italian way of life and thinking and will stretch my learning without making me feel hopelessly incompetent! Bravo. And easier to get on with than SoundCloud.

33. I agree with all the previous comments, this is something that I’ll definitely be using as often as I can. Congratulations!

34. This is wonderful. I took your advice regarding the way to listen to it and each time I understood more. Every time I listen to italian news I get so discouraged, so this is a wonderful way to improve our listening skills. So thank you and keep doing what you are doing!

35. This beta version is superb. I can’t imagine what treats the final version will contain! The choice of content, written text, and links to source information should be valuable to students at all levels. The new design and presentation of the material is very pleasing. The most appreciated improvements are the audio changes. Your son’s voice and articulation are ideal for this format. The recording earlier this week was also easy to follow. The audio is crisp and clear, with no fade-outs or static. Thank you and all your team for their efforts!

36. This is excellent! Thank you so much. Interesting coverage and clearly spoken. A great learning tool.

37. Brilliant intiaitive which is really useful. I have tried, and failed, to follow news on the main Italian platforms, so this will remotivate me. I can see that overtime there will be a core of useful language which I can hopefully use in other areas of study.
    Thank you for this .
    Stella

    1. With reading and listening, Stella, it’s not just knowing the useful words and typical grammar (though that helps). Knowing what the topics are is a big part of ‘piecing things together’, too. Someone wrote to me the other day saying he’d never heard of ‘La Lega’, which is a bit like a student of English scratching their head when you mention Donald Trump…

       Plus, in my experience, just the sheer weight of accumulated experience. Arguably, to be able follow a text (whether spoken or written) in a way that approaches what you can do in your own tongue, takes hundreds, even thousands of hours of exposure to such texts.

       So listen multiple times, keep coming back for new material, and your ‘flying time’ will accumulate until you achieve ‘expert pilot’ status!

38. I love this resource! My listening skills are my weakest point. I find this resource useful as it enables me to follow the text and decipher the words more easily whilst listening. I can look up new vocabulary and then re-listen without the text, allowing my ear to be come accustomed to the spoken word. Thank you for all your efforts to provide us with aanother wonderful resource.

    1. Grazie mille, Anna!

39. This is excellent. Being about current topics means that I already have an inclination of what it is about and so easier to understand. I also copy and paste sections into translategoogle where I have the option to play it back even slower/faster. Well done for this brilliant resource.

    1. Grazie, Kelvin.

40. This is excellent I liked very much because the pronunciation is very clear and the reading speed can be followed very easily.

    Thank you

    1. Thank YOU, Carlos, for your feedback. I appreciate it.

    2. Quite helpful to me, because I need to listen more without the text.

    3. Very clear audio which I could use mostly without text. I think it’s a great idea. I subscribe to News in Slow Italian, now using the most advanced level to push myself. Had this been available & known to me when I started I would’ve used it! I will now recommend to those friends who I think might use it.

       1. Praise indeed!

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