This section contained authentic Italian materials 1“Authentic materials” are reading texts, videos, TV programs, songs, and any other sources of language created by native speakers and published in contexts designed specifically for native-speaker consumption, with no thought given to non-native accessibility.. Listen, watch, read, and answer the questions. Do not worry if sometimes you understand just a little bit; it is absolutely normal. It is well known that authentic materials provide real language presentations, real-life situations, authentic cultural information and, of course, they motivate learners. Have fun!
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| Sentirsi come a casa propria (Felling at home) Imagine a place where you can feel the most at home? What makes this place feel like home for you? Is it the well-equipped kitchen? Is it the number of windows? Or maybe the number of rooms? It is undoubtedly also this, but it is also something else. It is something less precise, unquantifiable, a vague emotion rather than reasoning. This vague but pleasant feeling is the basis of this Idealista Italian commercial, a Real Estate company that operates with great success in Italy. |
| Volere bene The web is full of sites where people discuss matters of love and are often looking for the right answer to their problematic relationship.  |
| Nessuno mi può giudicare (Nobody can judge me) is an Italian pop song performed by Caterina in 1966 at the Festival di San Remo. Caselli’s version was a massive success, in spite of her being almost unknown at the time, and peaked at the first place on the Italian hit parade for several weeks. It is considered as the song which consecrated Caselli to fame. The lyrics were seen as an anticipation of the moral revolution and feminist themes that exploded a few years later.
Watch the video clip and sing along. |
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