Practice Italian by Watching Italian Television

A good way to learn a second language is by integrating it into something you already enjoy doing. For example, watching sports, movies or other television programs in Italian. If you are bored while you are watching/reading/listening to something, well, you know how that will turn out.

Mad About Italy offers us links to popular Italian television stations. You can stream them live the way you can many television programs in English.

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Learn to Cook While Practicing Your Italian Language Skills... Online

One of my Italian language students is interested in both Italian cooking and the language. When I asked him to find recipes in Italian, he discovered the website Giallo Zafferano. They offer video recipes, photos, written recipes and more. The cooking demonstrations are short and presented in Italian. What a great way to practice listening and understanding the Italian language while learning how to prepare Italian dishes!

One of my favorite demonstrations is how to make the dessert tiramisu. Why not browse through the full collection of the Video Recipes, from appetizers to desserts?

Who knows what the name, Giallo Zafferano, means?

If you are interested in combined cooking and language lessons and live in the Washington, D.C., metro area, I would be happy to create a lesson and menu just for you and a few friends.