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© Text: Roberto Casiraghi • © Voiceover/Dictation: Maria Paola Guerrato*

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Come to think of it, dictation is one of the most useful exercises for making sure that you do understand Italian when you hear it and that you know how to write it properly. It is also very useful for understanding the pronunciation of Italian better as the words are delivered at slow speed. It's a pity that schools nowadays seem to have forgotten about basic tools such as this. Luckily, we at Scuolitalia do not look at what is popular elsewhere, but only at what is effective for you and for your Italian learning!



My Family - Dictation • WHOLE TEXT PREVIEW





The text has been divided into 4 parts each averaging 4-5 minutes. Both the whole text and each of the 4 parts can be previewed so that you can have an idea of what they look like before beginning with the actual exercise. When taking the dictation you can either write in the box provided below (not forgetting to save the Internet page at the end if you want to keep a copy of your efforts) or you can open your favourite text editor (for instance, NotePad for Windows users or TextEdit for Mac users) and write and save it in there. After completing the exercise, you can check what you have written with the original text included in the TEXT PREVIEW tooltip.



Part 1 - TEXT PREVIEW



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Part 2 - TEXT PREVIEW



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Part 3 - TEXT PREVIEW



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Part 4 - TEXT PREVIEW



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