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ITALIANO: LA BELLA LINGUA
ITALIANO: LA BELLA LINGUA ::: Week 5 of 11 ➜ March 3, 2025
[VIDEO LINK] Italian Phonetics Part 2: Consonant Sounds, C and G, GL and GN – by Professor Dave
Video seen in class
[VIDEO LINK] Italian Phonetics Part 3: More Consonant Sounds, S and Z, Double Consonants – by Professor Dave
Video seen in class
[REPOSTED] USING ACCENTS in ITALIAN SYLLABLES
PENDING – TO BE COVERED SOON – Please read ahead
ITALIANO: LA BELLA LINGUA ::: Week 4 of 11 ➜ February 24, 2025
[NEW!] YOUR PRONUNCIATION PRACTICE #1
ITALIANO: LA BELLA LINGUA ::: Week 3 of 11 ➜ February 17, 2025
FEBRUARY 17 CLASS CANCELED – POWER & INTERNET OUTAGE AT SANDRINO’S HOME
ITALIANO: LA BELLA LINGUA ::: Week 2 of 11 ➜ February 10, 2025
[NEW!] LECTURE SLIDES PRINTOUT – VOWELS & CONSONANTS
[REPOSTED] DAYS & MONTHS – WRITING DATES IN ITALIAN
[REPOSTED] ITALIAN COLORS and NUMBERS
[REPOSTED] ITALIAN COGNATES and FALSE-FRIENDS
[REPOSTED] ITALIAN WORDS YOU HAVE PROBABLY BEEN MISPRONOUNCING (and How to Pronounce Them Correctly)
[REPOSTED] INFORMAL vs FORMAL: Speak like a native Italian using ‘TU’ and ‘LEI’
PENDING – TO BE COVERED SOON
[REPOSTED] USING GENDER and NUMBER for ITALIAN NOUNS
PENDING – TO BE COVERED SOON
ITALIANO: LA BELLA LINGUA ::: Week 1 of 11 ➜ February 3, 2025
[PDF] Benvenuti alla Bella Lingua!! – course info
ITALIAN PRONUNCIATION CHEATSHEET
[PDF] GETTING STARTED WITH VOWELS – plus DAYS and MONTHS
[PDF] WHY DOES ITALIAN SOUND SO BEAUTIFUL?
BOOK RESOURCES for “A1 ITALIAN COMPLETE COURSE” textbook
[LINK] AUDIO RECORDINGS referenced in the A1 Italian book (published by: MyItalianCircle)
Each of the 20 lessons of our A1 Italian book includes an audio recording of the main dialogue or text. You can use the link above or type the web address: bit.ly/MIC-CORSO-A1 in your browser to access the page where you can listen to the audio (mp3 files) for each lesson directly from your web browser, or download the entire set as a zip archive. [Note: This information can be found on page 181 to 183 of the A1 Italian book.]
[LINK] RESOURCES for the A1 ITALIAN book – YouTube Channel (published by: MyItalianCircle)
On the publisher’s YouTube channel, you can find hundreds of engaging lessons on the Italian language: grammar, vocabulary, the news, speaking and listening practice for all levels of study. You can use the link above or type the web address: youtube.com/myitaliancircle in your browser to access the YouTube page that lists all of their videos. Click on the “Playlists” menu item near the top of the page to get to categorized videos offered by the publisher.