Difficulty: Beginner
Italy
Marika completes the recipe for "pasta alla Norma," and serves it up. It's evident that Anna thinks it's real good, too. In fact, she describes it as troppo buono (too good), a typical colloquial way to say "very, very good."
Difficulty: Intermediate
Italy
Carlo quizzes all the contestants on such varied topics as the existence of a Renaissance-era ostrich egg globe and the healthiness of ricin (it's deadly).
Difficulty: Beginner
Italy Sicilian
Adriano and his mother show us how to make this Sicilian summer specialty. It's easy to make, but there is one important secret.
Difficulty: Intermediate
Italy
In this video Anna and Marika show us how to cook the famous pasta dish named after the opera Norma by Vincenzo Bellini. The ingredients are few and simple, but there are some norms to stick with. ;)
Difficulty: Adv-Intermediate
Italy
Soon after the introduction of talkies, dubbing came about in the thirties. Dubbing was extremely popular in Italy and remains so today.
Difficulty: Intermediate
Italy
This segment features Melfi, a city at the base of Mount Vulture, where Frederick the Second of Swabia spent a number of years.
Difficulty: Intermediate
Italy
In this segment, there are "true or false" questions. Aside from the answers themselves, there are explanations of some true statements that are quite fascinating.
Difficulty: Beginner
Italy
Daniela wraps up the lessons on the subjunctive with some sentences that begin with che (that), calling for the subjunctive. She also discusses some cases in which we can either use the subjunctive mood or the future tense.
Difficulty: Adv-Intermediate
Italy
Nicola, a policeman, provides an overview of the Italian armed forces. He also explains the differences between the Carabinieri and the State Police, and details other enforcement agencies active in Italy.
Difficulty: Intermediate
Italy
Vittorio Umiltà Anzen was a lawyer who passed away in 2012. He loved Palermo and was proud of his house, which he shows us complete with private chapel and rooftop garden.
Difficulty: Beginner
Italy
Anna gets grilled on Sicily by Marika. Oral quizzes are very frequently used in Italian schools. Grading is done on a scale from 1-10 for primary and secondary schools, and from 1-30 at the university level.
Difficulty: Adv-Intermediate
Italy
The nineteen twenties ushered in sound in cinema. Italy's L.U.C.E. [L'Unione Cinematografica Educativa or Educational Film Union] was founded in 1924 and generated the fascist regime's cinematic propaganda.
Difficulty: Intermediate
Italy
Welcome to breathtakingly beautiful Basilicata with its mountains and sea, light and silence.
Difficulty: Intermediate
Italy
A visit to a sumptuous palace in Palermo which incorporates a variety of styles, from the Gothic to the Baroque.
Difficulty: Intermediate
Italy
Marika discusses adverbs of time, including: subito [immediately], mai [never], and talvolta [sometimes].
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