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Benny’s Top Resources for Learning Italian

I’m a firm believer that the best way to learn Italian is to invest in your language learning – that could be travelling to a Italian speaking country to get full immersion, spending quality time studying Italian, and picking up a world class Italian course.
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Here are my favourite Italian courses and resources:

The #Add1Challenge – Have a 15 Minute Conversation in Italian after just 90 Days

With the Add1Challenge you’ll learn a new language to conversational level in 3 months – and it’s very popular with Italian learners. At the end of the challenge, you’ll be ready to have a 15 minute conversation in Italian with a native speaker.

Follow this link to get on the Add1Challenge waiting list.

Benny's #1 Italian Course

ItalianPod101 is my favourite Italian course, especially for developing my listening skills. It’s also a top pick among the Fluent in 3 Months team.

With ItalianPod101, you start by selecting your level, and the audio course adjusts to you, getting gradually more complex as you progress. It goes right from absolute beginner to intermediate and advanced levels.

You can sign up for a ItalianPod101 account here.

Benny’s Top 3 Italian Resources

ItalianPod ItalianPod101 is my favourite Italian course — and it covers all levels from absolute beginner to intermediate and advanced Italian.

Mimic Method ItalianMimic Italian  helps you master the “sound system” of Italian, so you’ll improve your pronunciation and sound more like a native speaker. We all learn our first language through sound, so why not learn Italian through sound too?

WIIEWhy Italian is Easy is my in-depth language hacker’s guide to Italian. It’s not a course, rather it will give tips and hacks so you can learn Italian faster and smarter.

Start Speaking Italian – My Courses for Italian Learners

Conversation CountdownCC – Have your first conversation in Italian in just seven days. This is one of my most popular courses, and with good reason, because you’ll get results fast.

lh-cover-it_50pxLanguage Hacking Italian is my Italian course for beginners published with Teach Yourself, that will get you speaking Italian from day one.

The Add1Challenge is a big hit with Italian learners. At the end of the 90 day challenge, you’ll be ready to have a 15 minute conversation in Italian with a native speaker.

Confident Italian Pronunciation

Mimic Method ItalianMimic Italian helps you master the “sound system” of Italian, so you’ll improve your pronunciation and sound more like a native speaker. We all learn our first language through sound, so why not learn Italian through sound too? With the Mimic Method, you'll learn to “see the matrix” of all human sounds, making you a better all-round language learner.

forvo Forvo lets you find out how any Italian word is pronounced. Just type the word you’re looking for into the Forvo search bar in Italian, and you’ll hear it spoken by a native speaker.

Get a Italian Tutor – Have Real Conversations in Italian

 italki: – The best way to learn a language is to speak from day one. That’s why I love italki  – because it means you can find an affordable Italian tutor for on-to-one lessons, and start speaking right away.

Italian Vocabulary and Grammar

Glossika uses audio repetition training with Artificial Intelligence (AI) to make sure you're learning Spanish at the pace that feels right for you. I especially like Glossika's focus on listening and speaking. You get to watch your fluency progress live with each audio “rep”.

MOSALingua uses audio flashcards to teach you Italian, from absolute beginner to advanced level. The MOSA Learning® method is based on principles of cognitive science, so you can learn Italian faster and smarter.

WRWordreference is dictionary with a difference, as all words include a discussion thread about their subtle meanings.

Resources for Intermediate and Advanced Italian Learners

LingQ immerses you in a world of compelling Italian content – with 1000s of hours of Italian podcasts, audiobooks, interviews, courses and more. Then anytime you come across a word you don't know, you can save it for review using LingQ's SRS learning tools.

Clozemaster Pro answers the question: what's the next step after Duolingo? Clozemaster helps you rapidly expand your vocabulary by learning Italian in context. You’ll use the Cloze method to fill in the missing word for thousands of sentences in Italian. The sentences you’ll learn are much more relevant to the real world than those you’ll learn on Duolingo.

 

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