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Italian is a Romance language spoken mainly in Italy, is an official language of Switzerland and the main language of the Vatican City. It is considered the closest modern language to Latin. Around 70 million people speak Italian as their first language.
This page provides access to online courses, Italian/English/Italian dictionaries, current events, cultural information, grammar, vocabulary activities, tutorials, podcasts & blogs, Free and Fee-based software, other selected resources and general information.
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Italian Language Courses
Courses
- Cyber Italian
Find culture while you learn the basics of Italian through interactive work. Links to other resources, 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 need Flash player. You have other options regarding presentation. - Italian - BBC Languages
Online beginner’s course called Italian Steps. The Intermediate level has multiple activities and resources. Get a Quick Fix, which has printable holiday phrases with audio and mp3 downloads, try Italianissimo and access Cool Italian, an audio guide to Italian slang, with mp3 downloads. - Italian Language Free
Free online course. - Italian Language Primer
45 lessons from pronunciation to weather expressions. Covers grammar in particular including word types, tenses, more. - Language Speedway
‘Full text of the course and all audio recordings are currently available Free of charge for personal use. Full access to exercises requires a subscription, but the first lessons are Free of charge for you to try.’ - 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, how to make up your own sentences with the words you have learned.’ Fee-based. - Learn to Speak Italian
Learn Italian with Free online lessons - Basics, Grammar, Words and Phrases, practice and exercises, other language links. - The Italian Electronic Classroom !™
Centro Studi Italiani™. ‘Aimed at providing Free On-line, Useful Information on difficult aspects of Italian language to students, teachers, translators, writers.’ - Free Italian Course for Beginners
Tutorials
- Italian Tutorial Index
Includes 90+ sections, broken into multiple levels, with links to podcasts [see below] and a link to a comparative study between French and Italian tutorials. - Italian Tutorial
‘Free online tutorial concerning the Italian language. Find a complete grammatical reference 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, a section concerning other resources which can be useful, like textbooks and penpals you can practise Italian with.’
Language Tools
Dictionaries
- English Italian Dictionary [Babylon]
‘Comprised of general, encyclopaedic, slang & informal terms. It covers a wide range of professional fields. These dictionaries feature all inflected and derived forms of every entry and a searchable database of over 2 million words, phrases, abbreviations and acronyms.’ - Italian-English/English-Italian Dictionaries
Links to general as well as specialist dictionaries [e.g. Computers, Business, Finance, … ]. - Italian Language Dictionary
About.com. Dictionary, links to other specialist dictionaries and glossaries, and related articles. - Italian Online Dictionaries
Italian/Other Language universal dictionary; dictionaries, multiple Bilingual dictionaries including English/Italian. - Italian-English On-line Dictionary
TravLang. link to an English-Italian Dictionary. - Online English to Italian to English Dictionary
- The Internet Picture Dictionary : Italian
Browse by initial letter or category. For younger children. - The WordReference English-Italian Dictionary
‘A living, growing dictionary. Contains over 50 000 terms and 100 000 translations in both English and Italian and continues to grow and improve.’
General Sites
- Free Italian Lessons and Courses
‘Free language lessons and courses for those learning Italian, along with some Italian language resources, such as Italian online newspapers, Italian dictionaries, Italian internet radio sites, other sources relevant to the student of Italian.’ - Italian 100 Exercises
University of Victoria, Canada. Designed to accompany their First Year Italian course. Covers vocabulary, some grammar. - Italian for Beginners
About.com. Links from lessons to study guides, exercises to grammar. - Italian language
Writing system, history, classification, geographic distribution, dialects, sounds, grammar, examples, sample texts, references, bibliography, links. From Wikipedia. - Italian Workbook Exercises
‘Worksheets, drills, activities, review.’ - Learn Italian [Guide]
Sections on aspects of the language, language facts, information about Fee-based courses in various parts of Italy. Also advice on choosing courses and destinations. - Online Education Tools
In German, French, Italian. No longer Free. - Quia Shared Activities
‘354 activities. Only the first 100 shown.’ You need to subscribe to continue using this but there is a Free 30-Day trial. Various activities are included.
Grammar
- Basic Italian Grammar
‘The grammar pages you 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
Verbix. Check information included in the Verb Notes. - Italian Verbs
Conjugations, FAQs, most wanted verbs, more. - La Grammatica Italiana
‘Explanations of the basic structures of Italian grammar, and many exercises by which you can practice what you have learned.’ - Lessons on Italian Verbs
‘Formation, tenses, table of conjugations.’ - Online Italian Grammar [Babel]
Multiple pages on pronunciation, alphabet, other 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
Audio files for all sections. In Italian but with English translations either direct or on mouse over. - Languages Online
Victorian Education Department. ‘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. Self-paced, self-correcting, can be repeated as desired. Activities presented in 35 topic-based sections, and include recordings by native speakers. Also includes over 190 printable worksheets with a variety of guided speaking, reading, writing, research tasks to complement the online activities.’ Covers 4 languages including Italian.
Other Resources
General Sites
- Italian Proverbs
20 alphabetical listing in Italian with English explanations. From Wikipedia. - Jim Becker’s Italian Page
Vast collection of links for Italian. Culture, grammar, games, dictionaries, search engines, more. - Languages Online - Italian
Links to Italian sites related to language. Grouped under headings such as Test Your Italian, Quizzes & Tests, Grammar, The Language Classroom, Study Online, Vocabulary, more. - New South Wales HSC Online, Italian
While for the HSC, it provides revision on all aspects of senior secondary Italian. - Type Italian Characters Online
Step by step information, links to help for specific areas. - Years 1-10 Languages other than English [Italian]
Sourcebook modules.
Podcasts, Blogs & Videos
- Audio Stories and Children’s Fables
Walter’s Blog. ‘Find famous fables and stories for children and they’re all available as podcasts.’ MP3, in Italian. - Ilgur
‘Currently, there are 193 lessons on various aspects of Italian grammar.’ - ItalianoBlogo
‘On this website you’ll find audio and video files that you can listen to while reading the script of the spoken words at the same time. There is an index of the available titles when you follow the link that says Titoli Disponibili.’ - Italian Podcast
‘Improve your Italian language skills by listening to conversations about Australian culture. Each conversation complimented by a full transcript and a page of language exercises that may be downloaded from the website. Transcripts are Fee-based, but a small cost. - LearnItalianPod
Free trial but to continue, it is Fee-based. - MyDailyPhrase.com Italian
100+ podcasts available. - Radio Arlecchino
‘Arlecchino, Pulcinella and other masks of the Italian Commedia dell’arte will help you learn the subtleties of Italian grammar, one zany episode at a time.’
Software
- 1st Italian ExamCram
‘Simplifies learning to speak Italian. Included is a text to speech generator that pronounces Italian 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