Newspapers
Advice
Newspapers and news sites on the internet are a wonderful resource for language learners. There is nothing like the latest news to motivate language learners, stimulate debate, discussion and argument.
Most internet sites are designed for native speakers and may be difficult for the majority of language learners to understand fully. If this is the case you could try:
1. Use pictorial and video clues to help you understand the text. For technical or scientific news items you might be able to see a labelled diagram.
2. Look at the news item in your own language first. On some news sites (e.g. Euronews) you can easily swop from one language to another.
3. Find a news site that is written in shorter, simpler language.
Please see a good selection of links to online newspapers and news sites from around the world on our news broker page
LINKS (in alphabetical order)
ANSA Breaking news from Italy's leading agency.
Il Centro Online version of a regional daily newspaper.
CNN Excellent news with audio and video
Corriere della Sera Major daily.
Gazzetta dello Sport Online On-line version of the sports' daily newspaper.
Euronews News on-line from ITN (available in 6 languages).
Il Manifesto Left-wing broadsheet.
Il Piccolo di Trieste Local newspaper online
Il Sole 24 Ore Online business news in Italian.
Internazionale Review of the world's press, in Italian.
La Repubblica Rich online version of a popular paper.
La Stampa One of the top three newspapers.
l'Unita Another left-of-centre daily.
More Italian journals are found at
Virgilio Notizie La guida all'informazione online