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Italian Short Stories Club

Learn Italian by reading and listening to the adventures of Jack and Mary in Italy. For Beginner and Intermediate students.

The Club

The Italian Short Stories Club is a collection of short stories in Italian that follow the adventures of Jack and Mary, an American couple who visit Italy for the first time in order to reconnect with their Italian roots. 

Reading and listening to Italian short stories is one of the best methods to learn Italian in a fun and enjoyable way and to also get to know the Italian culture more deeply. 

That’s why these stories include a lot of dialogues and descriptions about common everyday situations like traveling, eating at a restaurant, ordering a coffee, visiting cultural sites and much more.

But there will also be a lot about the real, authentic Italian culture, since I know that’s the main reason why Italian learners are interested in the language and something they would like to know more about.

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Features

In the Italian Short Stories Club you will find: 

  • The Adventures of Jack and Mary in Italy
  • Vocabulary Lists with words and expressions, to help you with the comprehension of the story
  • Flashcards to help you with the memorization of the vocabulary
  • Audio Recordings of the story so you will be able to improve your Italian listening skills
  • English Summary of the story, if you feel like you need a bit of help to get the gist of it
  • Comprehension Questions so that you can test yourself and understand the story even better
  • Cultural Insights on topics mentioned in the story, so you can learn more about the real, authentic italian culture
  • Top Ten Curiosities on topics mentioned in the story, so you will learn the most interesting facts about Italian most iconic places and traditions, that even many native Italians are unaware of.

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Who is this for?

The Italian Short Stories Club has been developed having upper beginner and intermediate students in mind. If you are a total beginner, as in if you have just started learning Italian and you know no vocabulary or grammar yet, then unfortunately this is not yet for you. But if you have already started learning Italian and you have a basic knowledge of it or you are an intermediate student, then this is perfect for you.

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Here's what REAL people are saying about the Italian Short Stories Club

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This is a wonderful idea. You can hear the pronunciation, read the words and find explanations. The questions involve you in the story too and make you think. Having the added cultural information makes it so much more interesting too. My channel find of the day.
Moonglum
Moonglum
This is so helpful! Grazie mille Italian Teacher Valentina
Shubham Bhagat
Shubham Bhagat
This is really useful. Authentic language, audio by a native speaker and the transcript which is everything I look for in language learning. The hover facility is really good too. You don't have to break your flow by searching in a dictionary if you get stuck on a word. Ottimo lavoro, Valentina!
Ashley Wright
Ashley Wright
Perfetto!! Just what language learners are looking for, grazie!
Roberto Fisherman
Roberto Fisherman
This is so great! It makes learning vocabulary so much easier. So much work has gone into this and it's a great way to immerse oneself in the language. Thank you!
Monika Sosnowska
Monika Sosnowska
Wow, I love this! Thank you for sharing it!
Kris Butler
Kris Butler
This is an really good format. I’ve struggling with various online courses but frustratingly not making the progress I need/want to. This and the other material you’ve made is so much more helpful. Looking forward to explore your teaching further and build a working knowledge of Italian.
cnje
cnjeCEO
Grazie Mille, This is fantastic especially for pronunciation, listening comprehension and vocabulary, This involved an extraordinary amount of planning and work. Greatly appreciate it. It is very hard to find videos where pronunciation is part of the focus. It's very helpful to have a vocabulary list and to able to hover over a word for it's meaning.
Juliette
Juliette
This is brilliant. So useful! Grazie
Heather Paluch
Heather Paluch
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The Author

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My name is Valentina Stella and I’m a native Italian teacher, top-rated teacher on the language learning platform italki, where I’ve taught more than 5000 Italian lessons.

The Italian Short Stories Club was born from the desire to help students learn and improve their Italian in a fun and effective way.

I’ve used all my experience as a teacher to design a unique resource that will help you develop the essential skills you need to make progress in your Italian learning journey.

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