Twenty programmes designed to give listeners with some knowledge of Italian an opportunity of improving their understanding of the language. 17: Italian Novels
The programmes are presented by Giuseppe Manighetti , who is bilingual. with the assistance of Ariella Reggio and Andrea Tacchi They will include revision of grammar, reading of printed texts, explanations of syntax and vocabulary, and impromptu conversations Devised and produced by Elsie Ferguson

6: Loneliness at Work

A series for listeners with a professional or personal interest in adolescents. It describes the developments common to adolescence in any period and the special circumstances in which young people are growing up today.What help do today's adolescents have to make a successful transition from school to work? What are the attitudes of employers and foremen towards them? Are there sufficient training schemes, are those that exist really suited to the needs of young workers?
Brian Groombridge puts these questions to Andrew Moffat, Head of Training Services, Industrial Welfare Society, Dr. Stephen Cotgrove, Lecturer at the Polytechnic, London and the Rev. John Ragg, Director of Oxford House, London

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