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Italian

  1. Italian Language Courses :
    • Courses :
      • Cyber Italian
        Find culture and more while you learn the basics of Italian through interactive work. Links to other useful resources and sites. Only a small section is Free.
      • Dentro l’Italiano
        [V. 4 Corso Elementare]
        ‘An online course from Italy’s public broadcaster RAI.’ Enter and select English/Inglese. You will need the Flash player. You also have other options regarding the presentation.
      • Italian - BBC Languages
        An online beginner’s course called Italian Steps is available. The Intermediate level has multiple activities and resources. Get a Quick Fix, which has printable holiday phrases with audio and mp3 downloads and even access Cool Italian, which is an audio guide to Italian slang, with mp3 downloads.
      • Italian Language Free
        Free online course.
      • Learn and Speak Italian
        ‘Learn and Speak Italian breaks down the language into situations you are likely to find yourself in through 22 easy-to-manage online lessons teaching you what to say, and how to make up your own sentences with the words you have learned.’ Fee-based but quite reasonable.
      • Learn to Speak Italian
        Learn Italian with Free online lessons - the Basics, Grammar, Words and Phrases, practice and exercises and other language links.
      • The Italian Electronic Classroom !™
        [Centro Studi Italiani™]
        ‘The Italian Electronic Classroom !™ is a project of Centro Studi Italiani™, aimed at providing free on-line, useful information on difficult aspects of the Italian language to students, teachers, translators, writers. This is a work in progress.’
      • Free Italian Course for Beginners
    • Tutorials :
      • Italian for Beginners
        From About. Links to everything from lessons to study guides, exercises to grammar.
      • Italian Tutorial Index
        [Indo-European Languages]
        The Index includes 90+ sections, broken into multiple levels, with further links to podcasts [see below] and even a link to a comparative study between French and Italian tutorials.
      • Italian Tutorial
        ‘This is a Free online tutorial concerning the Italian language. You will find a complete grammatical reference [I should better say “which aims to be complete”] to help you deal with the most important grammatical concepts. You will find a vocabulary section, some lessons, to help you learn words and expressions useful in the everyday life and an exercise section. There’s a section concerning other resources which can be useful to an Italian learner, like textbooks and penpals you can practise Italian with.’
  2. Language Tools :
    • Dictionaries :
    • General Sites & Portals :
      • Free Online Education Tools
        [In German, French and Italian]
      • new !Free Italian Lessons and Courses
        ‘We have gathered together here a number of Free language lessons and language courses for those learning Italian, along with some other Italian language resources, such as Italian online newspapers, Italian dictionaries, Italian internet radio sites, and other sources relevant to the student of Italian.’
      • Italian 100 Exercises
        From the University of Victoria, Canada. These are designed to accompany their First Year Italian course. These cover vocabulary and some grammar.
      • Italian Workbook Exercises
        ‘Worksheets, drills, activities, and review.’
      • Learn Italian [Guide]
        A mix of language assistance with sections on aspects of the language, language facts, and information about Fee-based courses in various parts of Italy. There is also advice on choosing courses and destinations.
      • Quia Shared Activities
        ‘There are 354 activities. Only the first 100 are shown.’ You need to subscribe to continue using this but there is a Free 30-Day trial available. A wide range of activities are included.
    • Grammar
      Includes specific grammar sites, conjugators and sites including a majority of grammar material.
      • Basic Italian Grammar
        ‘The grammar pages which you can reach from this Home Page are meant to supplement what you are doing in class. Use [them] to revise the basic points of Italian grammar which you need for Standard Grade and Higher.’
      • Italian Verb Conjugator
        From Verbix. Check the information included in the Verb Notes.
      • Italian Verbs
        Covers conjugations, FAQs, the most wanted verbs and more.
      • La Grammatica Italiana
        ‘Welcome to the Italian grammar site ! You will find here explanations of the basic structures of Italian grammar, as well as many exercises through which you can practice what you have learned.’
      • Lessons on Italian Verbs
        ‘Formation, tenses, and table of conjugations.’
      • Online Italian Grammar [Babel]
        Multiple pages covering pronunciation, alphabet and a range of grammatical areas.
    • Vocabulary :
      • Italian for Travellers
        Develop basic Italian for when you are travelling.
      • Italian Tutorial
        Basic lessons on grammar and vocabulary to help develop language skills.
      • Italian Vocabulary Guide
        Has extensive audio files for all sections. Presented in Italian but with English translations either direct or on mouse over.
      • Languages Online
        [Victorian Education Department]
        ‘Languages Online contains resources for language teachers and students. Downloadable “game maker” templates enable teachers and students to build their own multimedia games and activities using any language installed on your computer. The website contains over 220 engaging interactive tasks and games that introduce, reinforce and recycle vocabulary. They are self-paced and self-correcting and can be repeated as desired. Activities are presented in 35 topic-based sections, and include recordings by native speakers. Languages Online also includes over 190 printable worksheets with a variety of guided speaking, reading, writing and research tasks to complement the online activities.’ Covers 4 languages including Italian.
  3. Other Resources :
  4. Podcasts, Blogs & Videos :
    • Italian Podcast
      ‘Improve your Italian language skills by listening to conversations about Australian culture. Each conversation is complimented with a full transcript and a page of language exercises that may be downloaded from the website www.worldlanguagespodcasting.com.’
    • LearnItalianPod
      There is a Free but to retain usage, the rest is Fee-based.
    • MyDailyPhrase.com Italian
      100+ podcasts available.
  5. Software specific to this language :
    • 1st Italian ExamCram
      ‘It simplifies learning to speak Italian. Included is a text to speech generator that pronounces all Spanish, French, German, Italian and English words, including the various conjugated forms and the words and phrases you entered. Create your own lists of what you want to learn.’
    • Learn Italian

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