News in Slow Italian

What it actually is

Three separate difficulty streams plus grammar and idiom segments and original fiction series, all rebuilt weekly around real news. The slowed delivery is the point: it buys you processing time without dumbing down the vocabulary, which is why it works so well as a bridge to real Italian media. A limited free episode is published each week; full archives, transcripts and exercises need a subscription, and the price is on the high side.

What it covers

• Listening
• Vocabulary
• Grammar

How it teaches

• Comprehensible Input — Acquire a language by understanding lots of messages slightly above your level, rather than by studying rules.

Listed for

• Italian

Official links

• Apple Podcasts ↗
• RSS ↗
• App Store ↗
• Google Play ↗

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