Italian Language Websites
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Dictionaries, Translators and Forums
- www.angelfire.com - Italian-English Picture Dictionary
- it.bab.la/dizionario/italiano-inglese - Italian-English Dictionary (in Italian) or en.bab.la/dictionary/english-italian - English-Italian Dictionary (in English)
- www.wordreference.com - Word Reference Dictionary: Italian-English Dictionary
- Word Reference Forum - Italian-English language forum
- www.freetranslation.com - Italian-English translator - free text translator. Link to Learn to Speak Italian with Transparent Language
- www.google.com/language_tools - Italian-English translator - free translator for words, phrases, web pages
General Information
- About.com: Italian Language - a comprehensive site for learning the Italian language and culture
- Italian Language Guide - a comprehensive site for learning the Italian language and culture
- www.italianstudies.org - websites of Italian Interest: a comprehensive listing of all kinds of Italian websites
- Super Italian Websites - a comprehensive listing of all kinds of Italian websites
Online Courses and Podcasts
- Take the Italian Proficiency Test - Free Italian test provided by Transparent Language. This Italian test is an opportunity for people who are learning Italian to test their level of proficiency in the Italian language. They have based this test on the standard Italian grammar and Italian vocabulary that you would find in any Italian language learning material. Unlike an achievement test, a proficiency test is not dependent on particular class content, course material, or language software. Instead, this proficiency test is intended to measure your command of the Italian language regardless of your Italian language learning background. Test your Italian learning now!
- Test your Italian - Italian Language Test - Free Italian test provided by the Scuola Leonardo da Vinci's Italian Language School. See if you are at the beginner, elementary, intermediate or advanced level.
- www.abruzzo2000.com - Parliamo Italiano! free Italian learning course for English speakers
- www.angelfire.com - Italian Sites for Children: a website featuring essential words, useful phrases, picture dictionary, cooking sites, bilingual webring, children's music and children's stories in Italian.
- en.bab.la - A language portal offering 19 free online dictionaries, vocabulary trainers, quizzes, games and a language forum. The dictionaries in 12 languages include thousands of colloquial expressions as well as very specific terms and words. bab.la users can add translations, create quizzes and build their own vocabulary lists and share all of these with their friends.
- www.italianpod101.com - Italian Pod 101: free and subscription podcast and web service to learn Italian
- www.italica.rai.it - RAI International Online: free Italian learning website - Dentro l'Italiano 4.0 Corso Elementare
- www.italyfromtheinside.com - Italian for Kids: video and podcast episodes for kids, featuring Silvia Tosolini. Watch the "colors" episode, then select more episodes from the YouTube screen (from Italy from the Inside)
- learnitalian.elanguageschool.net - Learn Italian Online: free service to learn Italian
- www.learnitalianpod.com - Learn Italian Pod: free and subscription podcast and web service to learn Italian
- www.mahalo.com - How to Speak Italian: useful tips on learning Italian
- My Daily Phrase Italian - podcast lessons for everyday useful activities and situations (from Radio Lingua International)
- Neopolitan language wikibook - Neapolitan (napulitano in Neapolitan and napoletano in Italian) is the Romance language spoken in the city of Naples, Italy and in all or parts of the surrounding regions of Abruzzo, Basilicata, Calabria, Campania, Lazio, le Marche, Molise, and Puglia. Neapolitan can be a challenging language at times as it is non-standardized, that is, there is no absolute authority that is the go to source for spelling and usage. Learn some of its grammar and usage.
- tltc.la.utexas.edu/ra - Radio Arlecchino: free podcast and web service by the Texas Language Technology Center - Intermediate Level Italian
- www.transparent.com - Learn Italian with Transparent Language, a leading provider of best-practice language learning software for consumers, government agencies, educational institutions, and businesses. Since 1991, Transparent Language has helped millions of individuals learn new languages quickly, easily, and effectively. More than 12,000 schools and universities, as well as top government language schools, such as the Foreign Service Institute and the Defense Language Institute, use their products.
Italian Tutor
- Annina Language Workshops - learn Italian with The Raffaele Method® - intensive Italian immersion
- Tutors and Translators - List of tutors and translators associated and not associated with the Italian Department at the University of Wisconsin-Madison. Many of these people are graduate srudents and/or native speakers of Italian.
Grammar and Vocabulary
- www.byki.com/tag/Italian - Italian Flashcards: lots of Italian flashcards to practice vocabulary
- conjuguemos.com - Italian Verbs: Italian verb conjugation activities
- Corsi italiani multimediali - Grammar, verbs, exercises, etc.
- Italian Vocabulary Tests - lots of Italian tests to practice vocabulary
- italian.about.com - Italian Language: Verbs - learn Italian verbs at About.com:Italian Language
- www.italian-verbs.com - Italian Verb Conjugator: conjugate regular and irregular Italian verbs
- www.scudit.net - Matdid - Materiali didattici di italiano (Italian materials - grammar and linguistics)
- www.smartphrase.com - Smart Phrases: lots of Italian phrases and vocabulary lists
- Italian 100 Web Exercises - exercises designed as supplementary activities for Italian 100 students, including vocabulary drills for Prego
Study in Italy / Italian Immersion Programs
- Study Italian in Italy or Enroll in an Immersion Program - Looking for a school or program to study Italian in Italy? Looking for an Italian immersion program in the United States?
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Updated March 6, 2010
