Andante: beginners' Italian - Audio: Recent Episodes

The Open University

Do you want to learn the basics in Italian? The audio tracks in this collection are devised for learning simple Italian, including expressions for greetings, ordering food and drinks, booking into a hotel and talking about a recent holiday. The tracks contain sample recordings with suggestions for how to pronounce Italian sounds, along with some activities to help improve your listening and speaking skills.

This material forms part of The Open University course L195 Andante: beginners' Italian."

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Learn how to great people in Italian at different times of the day.

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Transcript -- Learn how to great people in Italian at different times of the day.

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Practise Italian vowels ordering food and drinks.

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Transcript -- Practise Italian vowels ordering food and drinks.

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Listen to short exchanges at a fruit market and a deli.

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Transcript -- Listen to short exchanges at a fruit market and a deli.

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Practise the sound of the letter ‘r’ booking into a hotel.

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Transcript -- Practise the sound of the letter ‘r’ booking into a hotel.

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Learn how to use the present perfect tense for describing the past.

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Transcript -- Learn how to use the present perfect tense for describing the past.

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Learn how to use the possessive adjectives for talking about families.

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Transcript -- Learn how to use the possessive adjectives for talking about families.