Summary

It's difficult to "summarize" the booming expansion that has occurred with the Kaufmann crew since "The Linguist" appeared on Free Language a year ago. That is why Free Language has numerous articles on the various websites and resources available through multilinguist Steve Kaufmann's web entelechy, including the many LinqQ [liŋk] podcasts, the LingQ method, revisiting The Linguist on Language and why not throw in a little thelinguist.com love, too. :)

This particular podcast is ItalianLingQ, a roughly weekly podcast with mp3 audio content for Italian language learners. Transcripts of the podcasts are available through LingQ.

From Website

What is ItalianLingQ?

First of all, the name itself (which is pronounced Italian Link) needs a little explaining. The first part, “Italian”, is fairly obvious since we teach Italian. LingQ is the name of our online learning system which you can find at LingQ.com. At LingQ you’ll study many different languages in a fun, community atmosphere. The “Ling” in LingQ comes from TheLinguist.com the people behind LingQ. Lastly, the “Q” is important because it forms the speech bubble in our logo and throughout our site and because it makes “lingq” sound like “link” (we think!) which is what our system does for you.

At ItalianLingQ...

. we LingQ you to a world of real Italian content
. we LingQ you to our revolutionary learning tools
. we LingQ you to a community of fellow Italian learners

Our podcasts may contain interviews, articles, or audiobook excerpts but are most often just general conversations in Italian. We will usually talk about topics of general interest. Please do send us feedback and topic requests. We’re always happy to hear from you.

After you listen to the podcast, sign up for a free account at LingQ (l-i-n-g-q.com) and study the full transcript using LingQ's revolutionary learning tools.

At LingQ, you may also want to submit writing for correction or join live 1 on 1 and group discussions with our tutors. Plus you will find thousands more podcasts with transcript. Come and find out what LingQ is all about!

Of course, even if you don’t decide to become a member, you can continue listening to the podcasts as long as you like.

Visit ItalianLingQ.com

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Summary

This is a good podcast for beginner Italian language learners. Each podcast has just enough content to teach you something meaningful, but not so much that you cannot digest it in one lesson.

The site offers the first ten lessons free. After that, you can purchase 100 lessons for $15 US. This is subject to change.

From Website

Hi everybody, my name's Mike and this is the Let's Speak Italian podcast. I've found that the key to learning to speak Italian is to learn a little bit every day, and to practice it with your friends. By the end, you'll be amazed at how easy it was, and just how much you can learn by practicing a few minutes every day.

Visit letsspeakitalian.libsyn.com

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From the site:

"World Nomads present a series of podcast language guides. They are yours to download for free and contain all the essential phrases to keep you travelling safely.

We hope that in 2007 there'll be time to produce a few more guides, so feel free to leave us a comment or send an email with suggestions for the languages you'd like to learn."

Comments

This podcast, along with other podcasts by World Nomads, has nice entries with world-traveler action and a transcription to boot.

Visit World Nomads Italian Language Guide for your iPod.

From the site:

"Learn Italian day by day, step by step, phrase by phrase with MyDailyPhrase Italian. Join teacher Mark as he guides you through the basics of Italian in daily podcasts over a course of 20 weeks. The podcasts will cover all the language you need to know to get by on a visit to a Italian-speaking country. Podcasts will be published each week day and each episode will only be two to three minutes long, just enough to get a daily taste of the Italian language."

Comments

What a great idea! A 20-week course to teach people enough to get by using the Italian language to make friends, do practical things and travel more easily.

The lessons have been carefully planned, and the production quality of the podcasts is very high.

This is a really good option for people interested in learning Italian on the go.

Visit MyDailyPhrase.com Italian Podcast.

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From the site:

"Easy as 1,2,and 3. Listen and repeat along the podcasts anywhere, anytime. Login to your account. Read the transcript, listen again, and take the quiz. How easier can it get?

Fast - A few minutes a day, every day, and in no time you'll speak Italian. As we say on the podcasts, "5 minutes a day CAN make the difference!".

Fun - LearnItalianPod's lessons are about real life situations, and use everyday language. You'll learn something that you're going to use, and will not easily forget.

Cost Effective - Effectively learning a foreign language for less than 35 cents per day? Now that's really unheard of... Forget about those expensive classes!

Subscribe to LearnItalianPod.com for just $9.95 (USD) per month, and get convenient access to a private subscribers area where you can consolidate, review, and practice what you hear in our podcast lessons!

For each lesson, login to your account, download and practice Dialogue Transcript & Supplementary Vocabulary (in either PDF and MP3 format), take the Interactive Quiz, and be amazed at how fast and well you can learn Italian!"

Comments

Indeed, this podcast is great. There is lots of info, it is real and relates to current trends and tendenze. The podcast itself if free, but you can also subscribe for extra stuff like transcriptions of the podcasts, review sheets, practice materials, etc.

Hip. Cool. Handy.

Visit LearnItalianPod.

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