Websites for Learning Italian Online

Websites for learning Italian online

Italian courses

BBC website:

1) BBC online Italian course (A1 – B1/B2 levels) with audio and various activities:

http://www.bbc.co.uk/languages/italian/lj/index.shtml

Italian course (as above)

http://www.bbc.co.uk/languages/italian/issimo/

Website about the Italian language with placement test and information about Italy

2) Course of 40 lessons with listening exercises (A1 and A2 levels)
www.aulafacil.com/Italiano/Cursoital.htm
(Prof. Micol Barbierato, Aulafacil.com., webpage in Spanish)

3) Italian course (levels: beginner, intermediate and advanced)

Online exercises and Italian course for English-speaking students: how to write a letter, verb tenses, mother-tongue interference, false friends, error correction

www.chass.utoronto.ca/~ngargano/
(Prof. Nicla Gargano, University of Toronto, Canada. Webpage in Italian and English).

4) A complete course for beginners (A1 and A2 levels) with translations in English; a bit repetitive, following the Grammar-Translation method. No audio, only written activities. 20 lessons in total http://academic.brooklyn.cuny.edu/modlang/carasi/site/pageone.html

5) Italian television (RAI) course (levels from A1 to B1/B2)

http://www.educational.rai.it/ioparloitaliano

6) Course for absolute beginners (level A1), with 7 lessons in total. Excellent course with audio and various activities. All in Italian with no translation into English.

http://utenti.lycos.it/italianonline/

7) Italian course at three levels called “Dentro l’Italiano” (beginner/intermediate/advanced)

http://corso.italica.rai.it/

8) interactive exercises on Youtube:

http://www.oneworlditaliano.com/italiano/video-youtube-in-italiano.htm

Teaching materials

1) Teaching materials (A1 and A2 levels)

http://www.marcodelisi.com/insegno.htm

2) Various activities (all levels from A1 to C1):

Reading texts, exercises, tests with answer key, updated every two weeks with new material added

http://www.scudit.net/mdindice.htm

Dictionaries

1) Alphabet and pronunciation

http://www.cyberitalian.com/html/alphabet.htm

2) Online dictionary for beginners: “The Internet Picture Dictionary: Italian”

http://www.pdictionary.com/italian/

3) Illustrated dictionary available in various languages, with audio to listen to the pronunciation of words

http://www.logos.it/lang/transl_en.html

4) Italian dictionary

http://www.garzantilinguistica.it/

5) Italian dictionary

http://www.demauroparavia.it/

Further information about online material:

1) The portal for Italian online (with information about learning the language and Italian culture)

http://fis.ucalgary.ca/alle/SideMenu-it.html

2) An Italian television (RAI) website with information promoting the Italian language and culture through television programmes, the internet and DVDs The RAI television network shows the Italy of yesterday and today, its roots and its future, and helps with learning Italian.

http://www.linguaitaliana.rai.it/

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