{"id":7541,"date":"2020-09-23T10:00:02","date_gmt":"2020-09-23T10:00:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/utalk.com\/news\/?p=7541"},"modified":"2021-06-11T07:19:00","modified_gmt":"2021-06-11T07:19:00","slug":"italian-playlist","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/utalk.com\/news\/italian-playlist\/","title":{"rendered":"Italian Playlist"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img loading=\"lazy\" width=\"2121\" height=\"1414\" src=\"https:\/\/utalk.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/GettyImages-1176649847.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-7542\" srcset=\"https:\/\/utalk.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/GettyImages-1176649847.jpg 2121w, https:\/\/utalk.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/GettyImages-1176649847-250x167.jpg 250w, https:\/\/utalk.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/GettyImages-1176649847-700x467.jpg 700w, https:\/\/utalk.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/GettyImages-1176649847-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/utalk.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/GettyImages-1176649847-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/utalk.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/GettyImages-1176649847-2048x1365.jpg 2048w, https:\/\/utalk.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/GettyImages-1176649847-120x80.jpg 120w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 2121px) 100vw, 2121px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><em>Studies have proven that music can help when it comes to learning, boosting your mood and helping you to form memories. But when it comes to learning languages, in particular, there\u2019s another way that music can help\u2014they\u2019re direct exposure to your target language! In this blog post, we\u2019ll be looking at music from Italy.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"padding: 2em 1em 2em 1em;\">\n<h2>Contents<\/h2>\n<ul><li><a href=\"#music\"><p style=\"font-size: 125%;\">Why Is Music Helpful For Language Learning?<\/p><\/a><\/li>\n\n<li><a href=\"#listen\"><p style=\"font-size: 125%;\">What To Do While You Listen<\/p><\/a><\/li>\n\n<li><a href=\"#level\"><p style=\"font-size: 125%;\">What Songs Are Best For Your Level?<\/p><\/a><\/li>\n\n<li><a href=\"#playlist\"><p style=\"font-size: 125%;\">uTalk&#8217;s Italian Playlist<\/p><\/a><\/li>\n\n<\/ul><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"padding: 1em 0em 1em 0em;\"><h2 id=\"music\"><strong>Why Is Music Helpful For Language Learning?<\/strong><\/h2><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>Have you ever noticed that you can remember lyrics to a song that you haven\u2019t heard in years, and that you need to sing the alphabet to remember the order? This is what makes music so great for learning new vocabulary and exposing yourself to a new language!&nbsp;<br><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>We\u2019ve compiled a playlist of popular Italian songs ranging from the 1950s to the 1990s so you can immerse yourself in Italian musical culture. This will also prove to be useful when you go to an Italian village festival or even a local caf\u00e9 where some of these songs are often played!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"padding: 1em 0em 1em 0em;\"><h2 id=\"listen\"><strong>What To Do While You Listen<\/strong><\/h2><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>While you\u2019re listening, have a read through the lyrics on <a href=\"http:\/\/www.testimania.com\">TestiMania<\/a> to discover new vocabulary and look out for any new grammar points that you\u2019re not clear on. A lot of these songs cover similar themes, so you might notice that a word you learn from one song comes up in another! Plus, repeating the lyrics as you sing along can even help your pronunciation.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"padding: 1em 0em 1em 0em;\"><h2 id=\"level\"><strong>What Songs Are Best For Your Level?<\/strong><\/h2><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>For beginners, the best songs to start with are \u2018Buonanotte Fiorellino\u2019, which is more similar to a lullaby, and \u2018Nel Blu Dipinto Di Blu\u2019, which uses lots of infinitives and has more simple vocabulary in comparison to some of the songs mentioned below.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>If you are a beginner you might also want to start with a couple of these songs which are known abroad, such as \u2018Nel Blu Dipinto Di Blu\u2019 by Domenico Modugno and \u2018Tu Vu\u00f2 F\u00e0 L\u2019Americano\u2019 by Renato Carosone (which is in Neapolitan).<br><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Some of these artists like Fabrizio De Andr\u00e9 and Rino Gaetano are very well-known for their political and social messages in their songs, which may be harder for beginners to understand because of the use of metaphors and the preterite tense (\u2018passato remoto\u2019 in Italian) which is never used in the North of Italy. Besides the frequent use in more poetic songs and written Italian and, the further South you travel the more this tense will be used.&nbsp;<br><\/p>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"padding: 1em 0em 1em 0em;\"><h2 id=\"playlist\"><strong>uTalk&#8217;s Italian Playlist<\/strong><\/h2><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>Here is uTalk&#8217;s Italian Playlist, even if you don&#8217;t pick up every word or meaning, we hope you enjoy the music!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Happy listening!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<center><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/open.spotify.com\/embed\/playlist\/3XzGb1eNqzXEEui2iHYN7y\" width=\"300\" height=\"380\" frameborder=\"0\" allowtransparency=\"true\" allow=\"encrypted-media\"><\/iframe><\/center>\n\n\n\n<p>Let us know what your favourite song is in the comments below.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator\"\/>\n\n\n\n<h3 id=\"mce_0\">Check out some other music-related posts!<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p style=\"text-align:center\"><a href=\"https:\/\/utalk.com\/news\/2020\/02\/23\/learning-languages-with-music-a-taste-of-ugandan-culture\/\">Learning Languages with Music: A Taste of Ugandan Culture<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<\/p><p style=\"text-align:center\"><a href=\"https:\/\/utalk.com\/news\/2015\/07\/06\/5-great-songs-to-help-you-learn-english\/\">5 Great Songs to Help You Learn English<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p style=\"text-align:center\"><a href=\"https:\/\/utalk.com\/news\/2015\/03\/30\/3-surprising-facts-about-the-relationship-between-language-and-music\/\">3 Surprising Facts About the Relationship Between Language and Music<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><p style=\"text-align:center\"><a href=\"https:\/\/utalk.com\/news\/2015\/02\/06\/the-power-of-song-in-language-learning\/\">The Power of Song in Language Learning<\/a><br><\/p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Studies have proven that music can help when it comes to learning, boosting your mood and helping you to form memories. But when it comes to learning languages, in particular, there\u2019s another way that music can help\u2014they\u2019re direct exposure to your target language! In this blog post, we\u2019ll be looking at music from Italy. Contents &#8230; <a title=\"Italian Playlist\" class=\"read-more\" href=\"https:\/\/utalk.com\/news\/italian-playlist\/\" aria-label=\"More on Italian Playlist\">Read more<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":21,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[497],"tags":[64],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/utalk.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7541"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/utalk.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/utalk.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/utalk.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/21"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/utalk.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=7541"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/utalk.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7541\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/utalk.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=7541"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/utalk.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=7541"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/utalk.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=7541"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}