One of the reasons tourists love Italy so much is food. Today I want to share with you my family’s recipe for pumpkin risotto, taken from my new book Sos Italian cooking. Ingredients 300 g (10.58 oz) Arborio rice 300 g (10.58 oz) fresh pumpkin 3 slices of onion 50 g (1.76 oz) unsalted butter …
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Learn Italian sounds – the alphabet
Italian is one of the most musical languages in the world. But what are exactly the sounds of this language? Let’s summarize the main ones in the tables below: ALPHABET EXAMPLES PHONETIC TRANSCRIPTION SIMILAR SOUNDS IN ENGLISH A Animale (animal) [ani’male] Cup B Bagaglio (luggage) [ba’gaʎo] Bike C [1] Cane (dog) [‘kane] Cold D …
Exam preparation: CILS, CELI, PLIDA and CIC
After years of study you have finally decided it’s time to get an official certification of your Italian level? That’s good. But maybe you should know a thing or two first. If you are still unsure about the certification you want to get, you should have a look at these articles – Cils and Celi; …
Certifications of Italian L2 (part 2 – PLIDA and CIC)
PLIDA PLIDA stands for “Progetto Lingua Italiana Dante Alighieri -> Dante Alighieri Italian language project”. It covers six levels: PLIDA LEVELS QCER LEVELS PLIDA A1 A1 PLIDA A2 A2 PLIDA B1 B1 PLIDA B2 B2 PLIDA C1 C1 PLIDA C2 C2 After you have chosen your level, you have to pass an exam composed of …
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Certifications of Italian L2 (part 1 – CILS and CELI)
Certifications of Italian L2 certify the level of proficiency of the Italian language a person has. The commonest certifications are: CILS, CELI, PLIDA and CIC. CILS CILS stands for “Certificazione di Italiano come Lingua Straniera -> certification of Italian as a foreign language.” It covers six levels, which correspond to the language proficiency levels appearing …
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