The purpose of the 1st phone lesson is for me to assess your individual learning style so I can determine the best and quickest way to individually teach you to speak and think in Italian. ▬► The phone lesson will take approximately 15 minutes, maybe 20 ▬► Before ringing, here are many exercises to help you practice your Italian – the intention of the practice is purely to accustomise your ears to the sounds of the Italian language
In other words, any lists and phrases would help but these were chosen by me. ▬► At the end of the lesson, I’ll share some personal tips with you

Before you start practicing ▬► click on this link      

If I am talking to one person only informally – Ascolta e ripeti! (Listen and repeat)

  Pronto?

Pronto = Hello
Sono Enza. C’è + your name ?

 Your response will always be – it’s me.  Sono io

I’ll then ask you to spell your name Come si scrive? = How do you spell that?

 Spell your name eg ENZA  Si scrive– e – enne – zeta – a

 

I’ll ask you if you have a mobile phone Il cellulare, ce l’hai?

You will say yes, I’ve got one of those Sì, ce l’ho
(Pronounced – Ssi chair-law – or ssi – cel-lo (lo as in law) – going up as you say  the last vowel ‘o’

▬► Before moving on, CLICK HERE again to practice with me

Now let’s move onto the numbers from 0-9

Before practicing your mobile number  ▬► CLICK HERE to practice 0-9 with me

What’s your mobile number? =
Qual è il tuo numero di telefono?

You will then give me your mobile number –  
(Il mio numero è di telefono è …)  0448899083 zero quattro quattro otto otto nove nove zero otto tre

★ OPTIONAL EXTRA 1 ★

At that point, I’ll speak to you a little in English
If you’re super keen, we can go through the days of the week in Italian if you feel up to it  …
These will be covered in future phone lessons so it’s up to you

 

▬►  CLICK HERE to practice with the English translation

I giorni della settimana = Days of the Week
lunedì—Monday
martedì—Tuesday
mercoledì—Wednesday
giovedì—Thursday
venerdì—Friday
sabato—Saturday
domenica—Sunday

NB: The days of the week are not capitalised in Italian.

If you have got to here and are about to ring me … perhaps pop into this page one more time

Or if keen to do the days & months as well …here are your 2 optional extras

★ OPTIONAL EXTRA 2 ★

If you’re super super keen, we can go through the days of the week in Italian if you feel up to it  …
These will be covered in future phone lessons so it’s up to you 
Audio listen and repeat practice ▬►  CLICK HERE to practice with me

▬►  CLICK HERE to practice with the English translation

I mesi dell’anno  = Months of the Year

gennaio—January
febbraio—February
marzo—March
aprile—April
maggio—May
giugno—June
luglio—July
agosto—August
settembre—September
ottobre—October
novembre—November
dicembre—December
NB: The months of the year are not capitalised in Italian. 

At this point, I’ll speak to you in English and we’ll go through a few more things …

Bravissima! Grazie, Abbiamo finito la lezione. Alla prossima lezione, Ciao
Very good. Thanks. We have finished the lesson. Until the next lesson – Bye

 

Here are 2 links to help you prepare for the song – 1 with both languages – do this 1st
Then one just with the Italian – excellent for helping you to lay foundations for thinking in Italian – do this last

▬►  Here’s a link to help you perfect your pronunciation and intonation with the English translation side by side

▬► Here’s a link to help you perfect your pronunciation and intonation with just the Italian

Ciao pa’ …(abbreviated from Ciao papà)
Sono io, come stai
Ti telefono da qui
Qui, da una camera d’albergo
Scusa se, è da un po’
che io non ti chiamo più
Ma sai, sai già come son fatto
Io però ti penso spesso
Fortemente, come adesso
Io sto bene, come no
Ho mangiato dei panini
E sto riposando un po’
Il lavoro va così
Tutti dicono c’è crisi
ma io, io non mollo, no
Non ti devi preoccupare
Oramai mi so arrangiare

Bravissima! Grazie, Abbiamo finito la lezione. Alla prossima lezione, Ciao
Very good. Thanks. We have finished the lesson. Until the next lesson – Bye

At this point, I’ll speak to you in English and we’ll go through a few more things …