A new language is always hard to learn, but at the same time, it provides a lot of fun. One of the best ways to hone Italian, or any other language skills, is by reading interesting short stories. This collection of short stories is written for beginners and intermediate students who have learned Italian and want to enjoy a different reading experience to do exercises for vocabulary and grammar. Writing short stories has been one of the most useful ways of getting one’s self to learn a new language.
Not having the pressure of immersion helps, but you certainly are learning passively from their context. You can enjoy reading them and find your understanding of vocabulary and grammar in context increasing. You also get to increase your reading and writing skills.
All the stories are suited to A2 or higher and written in easy Italian. Everyone who is a beginner looking to expand his skills can follow each story designed in such a way that the reader can follow—all the basic rules of the language. Reading short stories is a good way to learn to speak a language. You are exposed to the language in a natural context and you get a chance to see how people who are born to speak this language use idiomatic expressions and sentence structures. This will allow you to learn the language rules in a more natural way than you would if you learned isolated vocabulary lists or grammar rules.
And let’s not leave behind that short stories are called short for a reason. They are a lot less intimidating to approach than a novel, which may be just enough to keep a new reader from throwing in the towel on a reading assignment. Learners feel more satisfied with having completed something and increase their confidence and willingness to continue with what they are reading.
Our collection is also ideal for creating your personal vocabulary of new words and phrases. As you read along, you can save this new vocabulary and review it, thus helping you learn better and remember it longer. You should understand a lot better than during your first read. In this last phase, you may be surprised at how easily you can read those texts that seemed so difficult the first time you read them.
You may even download as pdf and print any text you like. Note: the translator also works on pdf files if they are launched from my site. If you launch them from your computer you cannot use the translator.
Immerse yourself in our collection of Italian short stories and let your language skills soar. Whether you’re a beginner or looking to master Italian at an intermediate level, our stories are the ideal accompaniment on your journey to becoming fluent. Discover our series and join thousands of other language learning enthusiasts on your way to becoming confident in Italian. Happy reading!