READ ITALIAN WITH ME - FRANCESCA

About READ ITALIAN WITH ME - FRANCESCA

Benvenuti su Read Italian With Me! Are you learning Italian and looking for a natural way to improve your listening and comprehension skills? You are in the right place! In this podcast, we read captivating stories in Italian together. Each episode gives you a chance to listen to clear, natural Italian reading, followed by a quick English wrap-up where I share how to download the free PDF from the Read Italian With Me library. (https://readitalianwithme.systeme.io/freelibrarypodcast) Want to take your learning further? Download the free episode PDF to get the full Italian script, English translation, vocabulary list, and exercises to practice shadowing and boost your speaking skills! Whether you are an absolute beginner or looking to brush up on your skills, grab a cup of coffee, relax, and let's read Italian together! New episodes every week. Don't forget to subscribe!

Publisher

Francesca Rangone

Category

education · education · society & culture

Language

en

Explicit

No

First episode

14 Sept 2026

Latest episode

20 Oct 2026

Latest episodes

10 episodes in the feed.

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   20 Oct 2026

   DISCOVER ITALY: IL GUSTO DEI BORGHI #5 OSTANA

   (00:00:00) Intro in English (00:00:46) Ostana - il sapore della rinascita (00:03:23) Parte 2 - le parole che restano (00:05:09) Premio Ostana – scritture in lingua madre (00:06:30) La sera - polenta di patate con toma d'alpe (00:10:00) Outro in English IL GUSTO DEI BORGHI — Ostana: Il sapore della rinascita - Learn Italian Through Stories What can a small Italian mountain village teach us about language, tradition and the courage to begin again? In this episode of Il gusto dei borghi, discover Ostana, a tiny village at the foot of Monviso, in Piedmont, northern Italy. Through an Italian listening story, explore a place that has found new life by preserving its traditional architecture, cultural identity, and local language. Walk through the historic hamlets of La Ruà, Miribrart and San Bernardo, discover the Centro Lou Pourtou and learn about the Premio Ostana – Scritture in lingua madre, dedicated to authors who write in minority languages. The journey also takes you to a mountain table, where polenta di patate con toma d’alpe tells a story of local ingredients, mountain life and seasonal traditions. At the heart of this episode is one Italian word: rinascere — to be reborn, to begin again. What will you discover in this episode? Ostana and its remarkable story of renewal Monviso and the mountain landscapes of Piedmont Traditional stone houses, wooden structures and tetti di lose Occitan and the importance of keeping minority languages alive Mountain food, including potato polenta and toma cheese The connection between language, cultural heritage and community Learn Italian through stories This episode is designed for learners who want to improve their Italian listening comprehension while discovering authentic Italian places, food and culture. Listen to Italian in context, follow a story at a natural pace, and discover vocabulary connected with villages, mountains, traditions, architecture and everyday life. You can adjust the playback speed in your podcast app. Useful Italian word: rinascere — to be reborn; to come back to life. Questions about Ostana and Italian culture. Where is Ostana in Italy? Ostana is a mountain village in Piedmont, at the foot of Monviso. What makes Ostana special? Its story of renewal connects the restoration of traditional houses with the preservation of local identity and language. What is Occitan? It is a language spoken in several regions, including parts of the Alpine area. In this story, it represents an important part of Ostana’s cultural heritage. How can I learn Italian through this episode? Listen to the story, notice how words are used in context, and revisit the passages you find challenging. Continue learning with Read Italian With Me. Get the free Italian script, vocabulary, and exercises in the Read Italian With Me Library. Find the link in the description. Explore Italy, one village at a time — and learn Italian through the stories that bring its places to life.                                                                                                                                      #LearnItalian #ItalianListening #LearnItalianThroughStories #ItalianPodcast #ItalianCulture #Ostana #Monviso #Piedmont #Piemonte #Occitan #ItalianFood #ItalianVillages Get the Free Read Italian With Me Library Download the free episode PDF from the Read Italian With Me library to access (https://readitalianwithme.systeme.io/freelibrarypodcast) the full Italian script, English translation, vocabulary list, and exercises!

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   8 Oct 2026

   #4 NEIVE SHADOWING READ ITALIAN WITH ME

   (00:00:00) Intro in English (00:01:59) PART 1: LISTEN AND REPEAT - 1. I LUOGHI CHE SI RICORDANO (00:03:43) 2. UN GESTO SEMPLICE (00:04:38) 3. LE COLLINE ILLUMINATE (00:06:21) PART 2: PRONUNCIATION & RHYTHM (00:09:51) PART 3: LISTEN, REPEAT, REMEMBER (00:10:01) 4. IL MUSEO DELLA DONNA SELVATICA (00:10:49) 5. LE BOTTIGLIE DI ROMANO LEVI (00:12:14) 6. L'AUTENTICITÀ (00:13:10) PART 4: THE TABLE OF THE VILLAGE - 7. GLI AGNOLOTTI AL PLIN (00:14:29) 8. UN PIZZICO RIPETUTO (00:15:23) PART 5 — SPEAKING WITH THE STORY (00:15:39) Challenge 1 (00:16:28) Challenge 2 (00:17:37) PART 6: GUIDED SHADOWING (00:19:29) PART 7: THE FINAL SHADOWING (00:20:37) PART 8: FINAL CHALLENGE (00:21:38) OUTRO IN ENGLISH PRACTICE ITALIAN — Shadowing &amp; Listening from the Story: Neive Want to improve your Italian listening, speaking, pronunciation, and rhythm? In this episode of Practice Italian, we return to the story Neive - Il sapore del gesto, set in Neive, in the Langhe, Piedmont, northern Italy. But this time, we are not simply listening to the story. We are using it to practise speaking Italian out loud through listening, repetition, pronunciation, memory, and shadowing. What is Italian shadowing? Italian shadowing is a speaking practice technique where you listen to a speaker and speak along with their voice. You don't need to translate every word or speak perfectly. The goal is to train your ear and your mouth to follow the sound, rhythm, pronunciation, and melody of Italian. In this episode, you'll gradually move from listening and repeating individual sentences to guided shadowing and final blind-style practice, using sentences from the Neive story. What will you practise? The episode follows a progressive listening and speaking practice: Listen and Repeat — hear Italian sentences and repeat them aloud Pronunciation &amp; Rhythm — practise longer sentences and natural Italian flow Listen, Repeat &amp; Remember — work with sentences from the story without relying only on the text Useful Italian vocabulary — practise language connected with villages, vineyards, food and traditions Speaking with the Story — complete and reproduce sentences from memory Guided Shadowing — speak at the same time as the speaker Final Shadowing — follow the rhythm and melody of Italian through the central ideas of the story What Italian will you hear? The practice sentences come directly from the story of Neive, including language connected with: the Langhe, vineyards, wine, Italian villages, traditional food, handmade pasta, gestures, traditions and cultural heritage. You'll also practise expressions such as: Ci sono luoghi che si ricordano per un gesto. Un gesto semplice. Ripetuto migliaia di volte.Le colline delle Langhe erano illuminate...Gli agnolotti al plin.Un pizzico leggero. Le Langhe non vivono soltanto nei loro paesaggi. Vivono nei gesti. The episode also draws attention to useful Italian structures and pronunciation, including si ricordano, gerund forms such as rimbalzando, and the Piedmontese word plin. How should you use this Italian shadowing episode? For best practice: Listen: hear the complete sentence and notice its rhythm. Repeat: say the sentence aloud after the speaker. Shadow: speak at the same time as the speaker and follow the flow of the Italian. You don't need to catch every word. If you fall behind, keep going. The goal is to become more comfortable speaking Italian through imitation and repetition, not to produce a perfect translation. For an extra challenge, listen to the episode three times: First: listen. Second: repeat every sentence aloud. Third: shadow the speaker from beginning to end. <br...

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   7 Oct 2026

   DISCOVER ITALY: IL GUSTO DEI BORGHI #4 NEIVE

   (00:00:00) Intro in English (00:00:57) Neive - il sapore del gesto (00:03:05) Le mani che raccontano (00:04:03) Il museo della Donna Selvatica (00:06:27) Gli agnolotti al 'plin' (00:09:51) Outro in English IL GUSTO DEI BORGHI — Episodio 4: Neive: il sapore del gesto What can a simple gesture tell us about Italian culture? In this episode of Il gusto dei borghi, we travel to Neive, one of the most beautiful villages in Italy, in the heart of the Langhe, Piedmont, northern Italy. Here, tradition lives in the hands of the people who work the vineyards, prepare fresh pasta, make wine, and preserve local crafts and recipes. This is a story about Neive, the Langhe, Italian food, wine, traditional crafts and the small gestures that carry cultural memory from one generation to the next. What will you discover in Neive? The story takes you through the medieval village and the surrounding Langhe landscape, with its vineyards, historic buildings, local food and traditions. You'll discover: Neive and the Langhe in Piedmont The village's historic streets and Piazza Italia The Museo della Donna Selvatica The handmade labels created by Romano Levi The tradition of vineyards and the autumn grape harvest Agnolotti al plin, a traditional Piedmontese pasta The meaning of plin, a small pinch used to close the pasta Local wine and the connection between food, land and tradition The idea of the gesto — the gesture — as a way of preserving cultural memory Why is the gesture important? In Neive, traditions are not preserved only in books or museums. They live in repeated actions: hands that work the vineyards, hands that harvest grapes, hands that make pasta, and hands that create something with patience and care. The central idea of this episode is simple: traditions live through gestures. A small movement, repeated thousands of times, can become part of the identity of an entire place. Learn Italian through stories - Read Italian With Me uses stories about Italian villages, food, landscapes, and culture to help you discover Italian while listening to authentic, descriptive storytelling. This episode gives you exposure to Italian vocabulary connected with: villages, vineyards, wine, food, pasta, traditions, crafts, landscapes, and cultural heritage. The story is read at a natural pace. If you prefer to listen more slowly, you can adjust the playback speed in your podcast or YouTube app. If you want additional support, the free Read Italian With Me Library (https://readitalianwithme.systeme.io/freelibrarypodcast)includes the Italian script, vocabulary, and exercises based on this story. What is Neive known for? Neive is presented in this story through its Langhe landscape, vineyards, wine culture, traditional food, historic village, and handmade traditions. The story connects these elements through one central idea: gesto. Because some traditions survive not because they are written down, but because someone continues to perform the same gesture with care. 🎧 Listen to the story of Neive and discover Italy one village at a time. Read Italian With Me — Il gusto dei borghi: where every village has a story, and every story has a taste. #LearnItalian #ItalianPodcast #ItalianStories #ItalianListening #Neive #Langhe #Piedmont #Piemonte #Italy #ItalianCulture #ItalianFood #ItalianTraditions Get the Free Read Italian With Me Library Download the free episode PDF from the Read Italian With Me library to access (https://readitalianwithme.systeme.io/freelibrarypodcast) the full Italian script, English...

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   1 Oct 2026

   #3 GARESSIO SHADOWING READ ITALIAN WITH ME

   PRACTICE ITALIAN — Shadowing &amp; Listening from the Story: Garessio. Want to improve your Italian listening, speaking, pronunciation, and rhythm? In this episode of Practice Italian, we return to the story of Garessio - Il sapore dell'incontro, a medieval village in the Alta Val Tanaro, Piedmont, northern Italy. This time, we don't simply listen to the story. We listen, repeat, remember, and shadow our way through the Italian language. What is Italian shadowing? Shadowing is a speaking practice technique where you listen to a speaker and speak along with their voice. You don't need to understand or remember every single word. The goal is to train your ear and your mouth to follow the rhythm, pronunciation, and melody of natural Italian. In the final blind shadowing exercises, you put the script aside and speak with the voice — no text, no translation, just Italian. What will you practise in this episode? You'll work with sentences from the Garessio story through several stages: Listen &amp; Repeat — listen carefully and repeat each sentence Rhythm &amp; Pronunciation — practise Italian sentence flow and natural rhythm Longer Sentences — build confidence with more complex Italian structures Useful Italian — practise structures you can use beyond the story Memory Challenge — listen, remember and reproduce Italian sentences Blind Shadowing — speak along with the voice without looking at the script Recall — use Italian to talk about Garessio and the story You'll practise useful structures such as: abbastanza + aggettivo + da... È un luogo di passaggio. A volte basta + qualcosa + per + verbo. You'll also encounter structures such as gerund + subjunctive and come se + imperfect subjunctive, always through sentences taken from the story. What Italian will you practise? The episode uses vocabulary and sentences connected with:Garessio, villages, mountains, rivers, food, bread, chestnuts, traditions, travel, encounters and Italian cultural heritage. The story provides the context; the shadowing exercises turn that context into active speaking practice. How should you use this episode? First, listen. Then repeat. Finally, shadow. During blind shadowing, don't look at the script. If you fall behind or miss a word, keep going. The objective is not perfect translation or perfect recall — it is learning to follow the rhythm and sound of Italian. If you need extra support, the free Read Italian With Me Library (https://readitalianwithme.systeme.io/freelibrarypodcast) includes the script, vocabulary, and exercises based on the story. If you haven't listened to the complete Garessio story yet, start with Il gusto dei borghi — Garessio: il sapore dell'incontro, then come back to this Practice Italian episode. Read Italian With Me: practice Italian through stories, places, and real Italian rhythm. 🎧 Listen. Repeat. Shadow. Speak Italian. #LearnItalian #ItalianShadowing #ItalianListening #PracticeItalian #SpeakItalian #ItalianPronunciation #ItalianPodcast #Garessio #Piedmont #Piemonte #ValTanaro #Italy #ItalianCulture Get the Free Read Italian With Me Library Download the free episode PDF from the Read Italian With Me library to access (https://readitalianwithme.systeme.io/freelibrarypodcast) the full Italian script, English translation, vocabulary list, and exercises!

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   29 Sept 2026

   DISCOVER ITALY: IL GUSTO DEI BORGHI - #3 GARESSIO

   (00:00:00) Intro in English (00:00:39) Garessio - il sapore dell'incontro (00:02:50) Tra ponti, acqua e antiche storie (00:16:56) Outro in English IL GUSTO DEI BORGHI — Garessio: il sapore dell'incontro What can a village tell you about Italy? In this episode of Il gusto dei borghi, we travel to Garessio, a medieval village in the Alta Val Tanaro, Piedmont, northern Italy, where mountains, rivers, ancient streets, food and traditions meet. Garessio is a place shaped by encounters: between the Tanaro River and the mountains, between Piedmont and Liguria, between travellers, merchants, local traditions and different parts of the village. In this Italian listening story, you'll discover Porta Rose, the historic centre of Garessio, the four traditional areas of the village, the Tanaro and the curious Malasangue stream, as well as local food traditions connected to bread, chestnuts and sweets. What will you discover in this Italian story? Garessio and the Alta Val Tanaro The medieval village and Porta Rose The Tanaro River and the surrounding mountains The four historic areas of Garessio Traditional chestnuts and the gabbiana variety Garessina, the traditional bread of Garessio Garessini, a local sweet with hazelnuts and cocoa The San Bernardo spring Local traditions, food and cultural heritage The idea of incontro (encounter) as the central theme of the story How can this episode help you learn Italian? The story is read in natural Italian, allowing you to practise listening to descriptive Italian in context. You can listen for Italian vocabulary connected with: villages, mountains, rivers, architecture, food, traditions, travel, memory and cultural heritage. If you are learning Italian through stories, this episode can help you become familiar with Italian pronunciation, sentence rhythm, and vocabulary while discovering a real place in Piedmont. You can also slow down the playback speed in your podcast or YouTube app if you prefer a slower listening experience. Who is this Italian podcast for? Read Italian With Me is designed for people who want to improve their Italian through stories about Italy, villages, food, culture, and everyday language. You don't need to understand every word. Listen to the story, follow the context, and let the Italian gradually become familiar. The free Read Italian With Me Library (https://readitalianwithme.systeme.io/freelibrarypodcast) includes the Italian script, vocabulary, and exercises based on the story. Find the link in the description. About Garessio. Garessio is a village in the Alta Val Tanaro in Piedmont, close to the Ligurian mountains. Its geographical position has historically connected different routes, communities and traditions. In this episode, Garessio becomes a story about incontro: the meeting of places, people, traditions and flavours. And at the end, one word remains: Narrare. Because some villages don't simply preserve their history. They tell it every day to those who take the time to listen. 🎧 Listen to the story of Garessio and discover Italy one village at a time. Read Italian With Me: Il gusto dei borghi: where every village has a story, and every story has a taste. #LearnItalian #ItalianPodcast #ItalianListening #ItalianStories #LearnItalianWithStories #Garessio #Piedmont #Piemonte #ValTanaro #Italy #ItalianCulture #ItalianFood #ItalianVillages Get the Free Read Italian With Me Library Download the free episode PDF from the Read Italian With Me library to...

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   24 Sept 2026

   #2 CHIANALE SHADOWING READ ITALIAN WITH ME

   (00:00:00) Intro in English (00:01:28) LISTEN & REPEAT: Chianale è uno di questi luoghi. (00:02:08) Un piccolo borgo della Val Varaita, in Piemonte, quasi nascosto tra le montagne. (00:03:31) Un luogo dove il tempo sembra non essersi fermato, ma avere semplicemente scelto un ritmo diverso. (00:05:28) RHYTHM & PRONUNCIATION: La strada saliva lentamente verso l'alta valle. (00:06:21) Le montagne sembravano farsi più vicine. (00:06:59) LISTEN, REPEAT & REMEMBER: Non ci siamo arrivati gradualmente. (00:07:34) È comparso davanti a noi quasi all'improvviso. (00:08:14) Chianale non è un luogo da attraversare velocemente. È un luogo da percorrere lentamente. (00:09:38) THE LANGUAGE OF THE MOUNTAIN: Le case sembravano parte del paesaggio. (00:10:21) Ogni materiale aveva una funzione. (00:10:59) Niente era scelto solo per essere bello. (00:11:40) MEMORY CHALLENGE: Se cammini troppo velocemente, rischi di perdere la sua storia. (00:12:39) Bisogna aspettare, osservare e lasciare che siano le piccole cose a raccontarsi. (00:14:05) BLIND SHADOWING: Chianale non è un luogo da attraversare velocemente. È un luogo da percorrere lentamente (00:14:51) Le case non erano costruite solo per essere belle. Erano costruite per resistere. Per proteggere. (00:15:58) THE TASTE OF MEMORY: Era un piatto che non aveva bisogno di aggiungere altro. Perché aveva già dentro la sua storia. (00:17:10) Molte ricette italiane non vivono nei libri. Vivono nelle mani delle persone. Nella memoria. (00:17:50) FINAL BLIND SHADOWING: È diventato un collegamento con il passato. Un modo per capire il luogo in cui eravamo. (00:18:28) È una porta antica che continua ad aprirsi. È una ricetta che continua a essere preparata. È una lingua che continua a e (00:19:35) FINAL CHALLENGE: Tramandare. (00:20:26) Outro in English PRACTICE ITALIAN — Shadowing &amp; Listening from the Story Want to improve your Italian listening and speaking skills? In this episode of Practice Italian, we return to Chianale - Il sapore della memoria, the story of a small mountain village in Val Varaita, Piedmont, northern Italy, and turn the story into an active Italian listening and shadowing practice. This episode helps you train your Italian ear, rhythm, and pronunciation through a simple three-step method: listen → repeat → shadow You'll start with listen-and-repeat exercises, move on to Italian rhythm and pronunciation, test your memory with longer sentences, and finally practice blind shadowing: speaking along with the speaker without looking at the script. What will you practice? You'll work with natural Italian sentences about: Chianale and the Val Varaita mountain villages and landscapes traditional houses and architecture Italian food and recipes memory, traditions and cultural heritage everyday and descriptive Italian vocabulary The episode also includes longer and more advanced sentence structures, so you can become familiar with the rhythm of real Italian without worrying about understanding every single word.🎧 How to use this Italian shadowing episode First: listen carefully. Second: repeat each sentence aloud. Third: shadow the speaker and speak at the same time. Don't worry if the blind shadowing feels difficult at first. The goal is to connect what you hear with what you say, gradually making Italian speech more natural and automatic. What is Italian shadowing? Italian shadowing is a speaking practice technique in which you listen to a speaker and speak along with them, focusing on pronunciation, rhythm, and intonation rather than translating every word. How can I practice Italian listening and speaking with this episode? Listen to the...

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   23 Sept 2026

   DISCOVER ITALY: IL GUSTO DEI BORGHI - #2 CHIANALE

   (00:00:00) Intro in English (00:00:49) Chianale - il sapore della memoria (00:06:40) Le case, la tavola e ciò che resta (00:15:10) Outro in English Il gusto dei borghi — Episode 2: Chianale — Il sapore della memoria. Learn Italian through stories, places, food, and culture with Read Italian With Me. In this episode of Il gusto dei borghi, we travel to Chianale, a small mountain village in the Val Varaita, Piedmont, northern Italy, surrounded by the Alps. Chianale is a place where stone houses, traditional architecture, the Occitan language and local food preserve the memory of generations. In this Italian story, we follow the journey to the village, walk through its ancient streets and discover the details that tell its history: traditional stone houses, wooden larch balconies, lose stone roofs, old dates carved into portals, a sundial, covered passages and traces of Occitan culture. The story also takes us to the table to discover ravioles della Val Varaita, a traditional mountain pasta made with potatoes and mountain cheese. But this episode is about more than a village or a recipe. It is about memory, tradition, and the things people choose to pass from one generation to another.🇮🇹 Practice Italian through a real story. The story is read in natural Italian, making this episode suitable for learners who want to improve their Italian listening comprehension, vocabulary, and familiarity with natural Italian sentences. You can listen at your own pace and adjust the playback speed if you need slower Italian. If you want to study the episode more deeply, the free Read Italian With Me Library (https://readitalianwithme.systeme.io/freelibrarypodcast) includes the Italian script, vocabulary, and exercises based on the story. Discover Chianale and Val Varaita. In this episode, you'll discover: Chianale, in the Val Varaita Piedmont and the Italian Alps Occitan language and culture traditional mountain architecture local history and village traditions ravioles and traditional food from Val Varaita Italian vocabulary connected with villages, mountains, food and traditions What is Chianale known for? Chianale is a historic mountain village in the Val Varaita where traditional architecture, Occitan cultural heritage and local food preserve the memory of mountain life. What can you learn from this episode? You can practice listening to natural Italian while discovering the history, culture, traditions, and food of a small village in northern Italy. 🎧 Listen to the story, discover the place, and learn Italian through its taste, its words, and its memories. Read Italian With Me — where every village has a story, and every story has a taste. #LearnItalian #ItalianListening #ItalianPodcast #ItalianStories #Chianale #ValVaraita #Piedmont #Italy #ItalianCulture #ItalianFood Get the Free Read Italian With Me Library Download the free episode PDF from the Read Italian With Me library to access (https://readitalianwithme.systeme.io/freelibrarypodcast) the full Italian script, English translation, vocabulary list, and exercises!

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   17 Sept 2026

   #1 ÈTROUBLES SHADOWING READ ITALIAN WITH ME

   (00:00:00) Intro in English (00:02:07) PART 1 - LISTEN AND REPEAT: LA PACE (00:02:58) UNA PAROLA SEMPLICE (00:05:04) PART 2 — PRONUNCIATION & RHYTHM: IL SUONO DELLA NEVE (00:07:38) PART 3 - LISTEN, REPEAT, REMEMBER: LA MONTAGNA (00:09:12) IL SAPORE DELLA LENTEZZA (00:10:30) PART 4 - THE TABLE OF THE MOUNTAINS: L'OSPITALITÀ (00:11:14) LA FONTINA (00:12:36) PART 5 - SPEAKING WITH THE STORY (00:12:52) CHALLENGE 1 (00:13:20) CHALLENGE 2 (00:13:58) PART 6 - GUIDED SHADOWING (00:15:41) PART 7 - THE FINAL SHADOWING (00:17:06) OUTRO IN ENGLISH PRACTICE ITALIAN: Shadowing &amp; listening from the story. Ready to practice Italian out loud? In this episode of Read Italian With Me, we return to Ètroubles - Il sapore della pace, the story of a small mountain village in Valle d’Aosta, Italy, and turn it into an active Italian listening and speaking practice. Listen, repeat, and shadow real Italian sentences while training your pronunciation, rhythm, listening comprehension, and speaking confidence. You’ll practice Italian through the language of the story, from la pace and la lentezza to mountain life, hospitality, Fontina, and fonduta. The episode gradually moves from listen &amp; repeat to pronunciation and rhythm practice, memory challenges, and guided shadowing. How to use this episode: First, just listen. Then repeat each sentence aloud. Finally, shadow the speaker and speak at the same time. No need to translate every word or speak perfectly. The goal is to listen, imitate the sound, follow the rhythm, and become more comfortable speaking Italian aloud. Best for Italian learners who want to improve listening and speaking through stories, especially intermediate learners looking for natural Italian practice. If you haven't listened to the full story yet, start with Il gusto dei borghi - Ètroubles: Il sapore della pace (https://www.spreaker.com/episode/discover-italy-il-gusto-dei-borghi-1-etroubles--74898555), then come back to this episode and practice. Read Italian With Me: learn Italian through stories, places, and the real rhythm of Italian. #LearnItalian #ItalianListening #ItalianShadowing #PracticeItalian #SpeakItalian #ItalianForIntermediateLearners #Etroubles #ValleDAosta #Italy Get the Free Read Italian With Me Library Download the free episode PDF from the Read Italian With Me library to access (https://readitalianwithme.systeme.io/freelibrarypodcast) the full Italian script, English translation, vocabulary list, and exercises!

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   15 Sept 2026

   Discover Italy: IL GUSTO DEI BORGHI - #1 ÈTROUBLES

   Il gusto dei borghi: Episodio 1 - Ètroubles: il sapore della pace Vuoi imparare l’italiano ascoltando una storia ambientata in un vero borgo italiano? In questo primo episodio di Il gusto dei borghi, viaggiamo fino a Ètroubles, piccolo borgo di montagna della Valle d’Aosta, nel nord Italia, per scoprire un luogo dove la neve, le case in pietra, le tradizioni e la cucina raccontano una storia di lentezza e semplicità. 🎧 Ascolterai una storia in italiano naturale, pensata per chi vuole migliorare la propria comprensione dell’italiano, arricchire il vocabolario e conoscere meglio la cultura italiana attraverso luoghi, tradizioni e cibo. Durante l’episodio incontreremo alcuni simboli della cucina valdostana: 🧀 la Fontina e la fonduta valdostana 🥣 la Seupa à la Vapelenentse 🥩 la Carbonade valdostana 🌲 la vita e le tradizioni delle montagne della Valle d’Aosta . La storia ci porta anche lungo le antiche strade della Via Francigena e tra le vie di Ètroubles, conosciuto anche per il suo museo a cielo aperto. Il filo conduttore dell’episodio è una parola semplice: pace. Non soltanto il silenzio delle montagne, ma il piacere di rallentare, osservare, mangiare insieme e ritrovare il valore delle cose semplici. Questo podcast è ideale per chi cerca: • Italian listening practice • Learn Italian through stories • Italian for intermediate learners • Italian vocabulary in context • Italian culture and traditions • Italian food and travel stories • Ascolto di italiano autentico e comprensibile • Storie italiane per studenti di italiano 📚 Vuoi continuare a studiare? Puoi trovare script in italiano, vocabolario ed esercizi gratuiti nella libreria di Read Italian With Me (https://readitalianwithme.systeme.io/freelibrarypodcast). 👉 Ascolta, leggi, ripeti e scopri l’Italia una storia alla volta. Il gusto dei borghi: ogni borgo ha una storia, e ogni storia ha un gusto. Get the Free Read Italian With Me Library Download the free episode PDF from the Read Italian With Me library to access (https://readitalianwithme.systeme.io/freelibrarypodcast) the full Italian script, English translation, vocabulary list, and exercises!

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    14 Sept 2026

    Episodio di benvenuto - Discover Italy and practice Italian - Read Italian With Me

    Ever tried to learn Italian from grammar books and word lists, only to freeze the moment you hear real Italian spoken? This episode explains why, and how Read Italian With Me does things differently. Read Italian With Me is a podcast that helps English speakers learn Italian through real stories, guided listening, and authentic Italian culture — not flashcards. Every Tuesday ("Discover Italy"), you'll hear the story of a small, real Italian village, its food, traditions, and history, told entirely in Italian and explained as you go. Every Thursday ("Practice Italian"), you'll shadow and repeat sentences from that same story to build pronunciation, rhythm, and speaking confidence. In this welcome episode, host Francesca, an Italian native speaker, explains who the show is for, what to expect each week, and how to get the most out of listening even when you don't understand every word. 📅 New episodes: Tuesdays (Discover Italy) and Thursdays (Practice Italian) 🎧 Format: short Italian stories + guided listening and shadowing practice 📚 Level: A2–C1 (early intermediate to advanced) 🌍 Focus: authentic small-town Italy, beyond the usual tourist spots. Free scripts, vocabulary, and exercises for every episode are available in the Read Italian With Me Library: link in the show notes. New here? Follow the show so you don't miss episode one, out this Tuesday. Read Italian With Me: listen to Italian, discover Italy, one village at a time. Get the Free Read Italian With Me Library Download the free episode PDF from the Read Italian With Me library to access (https://readitalianwithme.systeme.io/freelibrarypodcast) the full Italian script, English translation, vocabulary list, and exercises!

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