Let's practice listening and comprehension with a recipe for “Granita“!
Recipe videos are great materials to practice your listening and comprehension skills even if you are a beginner, because they are very visual and often show step by step what they are talking about.
Do not underestimate the power of context when you are just getting started with learning Italian: even if you know just a couple of words, the visual context will send you plenty of information that you can rely on to figure out what is going on!
So, even if you are a beginner, try to challenge yourself with this video about “Granita“.
Here are a couple of suggestions to make the most out of this practice:
– Watch the video more than once: With every replay, you'll understand more and more details.
– Pause the video often: Give your brain time to process what you have just listened to.
– Replay small segments of the video: Understanding a whole video might seem intimidating, so just break it down! Work your way through small segments of the video, replaying them as much as needed.
– Slow down the video: Changing the settings to 0.75x might help you understand more, providing still somewhat of a natural speaking speed.
– Don't worry if you can't understand much: Being able to understand 100% of the content you watch or listen to is challenging even for advanced students! Just try to follow along and understand as much as you can – there is plenty of time in your journey to achieve 100% comprehension.
Now… are you ready to enjoy the video? After the video, you'll find 3 questions to test your understanding.
1) Which fruit is used in this recipe?
a) La fragola (strawberry)
b) La ciliegia (cherry)
c) L'anguria (watermelon)
2) Which of these is NOT an ingredient of this recipe?
a) Lo zucchero (sugar)
b) Il latte (milk)
c) Il limone (lemon)
3) Where do we store the “granita“?
a) Nel frigorifero (in the fridge)
b) Nel freezer (in the freezer)
c) Nella dispensa (in the pantry)
Here are the right answers to the quiz!
1) A; 2) B; 3) B