- - - Hey students...it's really quite simple. You must learn those verbs and how to use them correctly. Practice daily. Use them. Speak out loud. I learned in grad school GO OSU - Buckeyes! that you will make 250,000 errors before you become "minimally proficient" in Italian...so do not be afraid to make errors. Practice. Errors, I used to tell my students, are "lessons in wisdom." Errors are proof that you are trying. So get started today and make lots of errors and "get them out of the way!" Work daily on new vocabulary. Make lists. Use mnemonic devices. Cross off the words that you now have memorized and add to this list daily. Use those new words with friends.
My best students were never hesitant to speak up and to try new utterances. You do the same and you will succeed! So get busy and check out all these helpful sites below that are aimed to help you become proficient in Italian. Let me challenge you to check out every single link on this page.
If you are serious about learning Italian, get busy listening to these word lists of (1) Italian Audio Phrasebook to start with...then follow with the (2) Italian verbsyou will need to know. . Quiz a friend. Have your friend quiz you. Maybe even have your mother quiz you. Why not? You may even "top out" in your class. Wouldn't that be something? But you have to work at it!
ItalianPod101 ItalianPod101.com is an innovative, fun, and easy to use language learning system that is designed to get you speaking Italian from the very first lesson 360 Cities A really cool site that takes you all over the world to view close up and with 360 degree views with just your Mouse. Just move it L or R for a 360 scan.
Now take in the Forum A bird's eye view of the Forum with 360s. Now check out the rest of Roma and Italia.
And Venice A nice 360 of The Palazzo Ducale.
Yabla Online Italian Video Immersion. Yabla Italian is an online video magazine for Italian learners who wish to improve their language skills. Authentic Italian videos include television programs, music videos, interviews, documentaries, and travel. Only Yabla Italian offers captions in multiple languages, pitch-correct slow play, integrated dictionaries and listening exercises.
English-Italian Picture Dictionary Note: This is a New Site and is quite neat. Just touch a letter of the alphabet and you can learn dozens of new words with their pictures.
So how good is your Italian / Test it here Quick Testing / Test your Italian language skills and determine your level with our quality language tests. This service is free and each test only takes 5 min. Quick tests come with just 10 questions.
Italian Tests This online Italian test consists of 30 multiple-choice questions. We suggest you allow 20 minutes to complete the test. You will find the correct answers at the end of the exercise. Good luck!
Test and Quizzes for Italian Tests and quizzes to challenge your skills and measure your competency in the Italian language. Sharpen that pencil and prove your ability in writing, reading, listening, and speaking the language.
Italian Quizzes Many of Transparent Language's Italian programs have associated online quizzes to expand your Italian learning experience. If you are working with any of our Italian software programs, check here to see if there are quizzes available for that product.
Italian Picture Dictionary This interactive dictionary can be used to learn several Italian words and phrases.
English-Italian Dictionary The Concise Oxford Paravia Italian Dictionary has 175,000 words and phrases with 290,000 translations. It is a high-quality dictionary from one of the world's most respected publishers.
The Number 1 Newspaper in Italy/La Gazzetta dello Sport Here is also an English version La Gazzetta dello Sport: foto e video di calcio, notizie e probabili formazioni. Tutto su calciomercato, mondiali, formula 1, ciclismo, motomondiale e altri sport.
Italian Online Games and Learning Italian language learners can have a great time with these educational Italian games online! As you play with these fun activities, you'll be learning Italian vocabulary and honing all your Italian language skills, including grammar
8 Great Day Trips from Rome Planning a trip to Rome? Why not squeeze in some exciting day trips into your itinerary?
Travel by Train in Italy In Italy the extensive train network takes you from the ancient relics of Pompeii to the picturesque Umbrian countryside, along the spectacular Tuscan coastline or the beautiful islands of Sicily and Sardinia.
Smaller cities to visit in Italy Explore these recommendations for best small cities to visit in Italy. If you've visited Italy's top cities or prefer to travel to smaller cities with fewer tourists, consider these less-visited but interesting Italian cities. Click on the name of a city for the city's travel guide with tourist information including location, transportation, where to stay, and top sights.
A man can do his best only by confidently seeking
(and perpetually missing) an unattainable perfection.
Ralph Barton Perry, American Author and Educator (1876-1957)
Feast of the Seven Fishes
(Festa dei sette pesci), also known as The Vigil (Italian: La Vigilia). The Feast of the Seven Fishes is part of the Italian-American Christmas Eve celebration, although it's not called by this name in Italy and is not a "feast" in the stricter sense of "holiday," but a grand meal. Strictly speaking, Christmas Eve is a vigil or fasting day, and the abundance of seafood reflects the tradition of abstinence from red meat until the actual feast of Christmas Day itself.
Italian Travel Information After sorting through the monuments of Venice's powerful past, we'll trace its decline from Europe's most powerful city to its most hedonistic one. We'll cruise the Grand Canal, with Rick Steves, my travel hero, and luxuriate in a venerable cafe, and savor fresh fish canal-side with Venetian friends.
Bedford Italian Cultural Society The Bedford Italian Cultural Society's mission is to preserve and promote Italian culture, language, history, cuisine and traditions.
Learn Italian A complete online course with many exercises. Yours truly is going to spend some time here as I exercise with several speakers of Italian. It's a great discovery.
The Language Gulper A neat NEW find with detailed descriptions of the main languages of the world in a clear, concise way. Its scope is not only living languages but also ancient ones of historical or cultural importance. So far, "The Language Gulper" includes 131 individual language pages, 40 about families and branches and 8 about linguistic areas. These two have an insatiable appetite for ancient and modern tongues. 2013 Alejandro Gutman and Beatriz Avanzati
My Languages Dozens of great Italian vocabulary builders and all with sound. This is one great NEW FIND. Lots of variety too. I really like this one. jeb
English - Italian Translation Games Learn Italian Language / English Language with FREE ONLINE word translation games
- language resources, practice exercises, lessons, worksheets & interactive quizzes with audio for students & teachers.
Zapitalian Zapitalian is a free internet resource for those interested in learning the Italian language. On the sections below, you will find everything you need to learn proper Italian, including audio files to help you improve your spoken Italian. We are constantly updating the site to help you learn Italian for free.
Lingo Hut 109 vocabulary sites with sound for learning Italian
Easy Learn Italian Easy Learn Italian is a group of native speaking teachers specialized in Italian language and culture.
The Italian Electronic Classroom! TM A project of Centro Studi ItalianiTM, aimed at providing free on-line, useful information on difficult aspects of the Italian language to students, teachers, translators, writers..
Kitty's Italian Crosswords Welcome to Kitty's Italian Crosswords and Wordsearches. A fun site. I think you'll like it lots.
Italian Highlights Gallery A 360 degree scan. The Colosseum et al. Click the little blue arrow to the RH side of the screen for fourteen different views.
Italian Flashcards Teach yourself Italian using Flashcards. A wide variety to choose from.
BING translator site It's fast, accurate and easy to use. Give it a try.
Italian Cities Quiz How well do you know Italy and its cities? Can you identify these on a map of Italy? Do you really know where to find Italian cities like Rome, Naples, Milan, Turin, Venice, Palermo, Florence, Trieste Genoa and Pisa in this map quiz?
Teachers First Classroom Resources for teaching Italian.
Your Guide to Italy Regions, Provinces, Communes, Accommodation, Events: Our mission is to provide information on Italian regions, provinces, communes, on the history of places, points of interest and natural parks and accommodation in Italy, images, events and songs, as well as help with Italian genealogy research.
The Top Ten Cities in Italy Italy has many beautiful and historic cities worth a visit. Travel to cities is best done by train as driving in Italian cities may be very difficult and the extensive Italian train system is inexpensive. Most city centers are well-suited to walking and parts of the city centers may be closed to transportation. Large Italian cities generally have good public transportation, too.
Italian Phrases and Common Sentences This site contains a table including the following: Italian phrases, expressions and words in Italian, conversation and idioms, Italian greetings and survival phrases or simply if you want to know what to say when chatting.
The Italian Internet Polyglot A valuable site dedicated to helping members learn Italian by providing them a way to memorize words and their meanings. This site helps your memory to grasp more information and retain it for longer time. Access to all pages is free. Neat new site w/sound too.
Italian for Kids A super new FIND with many well-done vocabulary builders w/sound. Free Italian Resources and Instructions for Children, learn italian with fun games and activities. Excellent! A Webmaster's choice: Very helpful for building new words on all levels of instruction.
Language Guide for Italian This is one great site for building both vocabulary and grammar skills. Within each category, place your cursor over an image to hear it pronounced aloud.
ILUSS Learn Italian Online Offers online and offline access to a wide variety of learning material, from beginners to advanced level. Tests, grammar, reading, listening and vocabulary lessons accompanied by notes and interactive exercises. A webmaster recommendation
Learn Italian Online for Free Select the phrases that you want to learn from the list on the right. These cover a wide variety of Italian topics, including the numbers in Italian, Italian days, Italian greetings and the months in Italian. All the phrases have audio recorded by a native speaker. This is one great new "find" and the sound enhances the resource. Be sure to give it a try.
"If we check out these sites Donkey, we'll soon be speaking Italiano"
Italian Worksheets You may already be aware of this neat site. If not, it has been "buried" below, and I wanted you to be able to access it more easily. So I put it up here. It is loaded and very helpful for drilling hundreds of Italian verbs, vocabulary and helpful everyday expressions. A great learning aid from Happy Child.
Learn Italian / imparare l'italiano "Ciao!" Are you ready to learn some useful Italian phrases and boost your understanding of spoken Italian? Our 12 lessons were create with beginners in mind, and will quickly help you master some basic Italian phrases you'll use while traveling through Italy.
Italian Language Directory A tremendous new FIND with dozens of helpful links for learning Italian. You will find lists of dictionaries, grammar aids, language schools, resources and translations.
Italian Quickfix Italian Essential Phrases From the BBC : Lots of helpful aid here.
GIOCHI 365 Gioca a giochi gratis su giochi365. Farm Frenzy 2 / Difendi Il Castello / Difesa Della Torre Combattimenti 1 Vs Tutti Escape / Worlds Hardest Game Bus.
Understanding Italy This is a DO IT ALL site. Understanding Italy and the Italian people is a fascinating journey of discovery that will provide a lifetime of interest and entertainment. It is a journey that will examine the history of Italy, its complex politics and the whole spectrum of italian culture.
Italian Language Lessons Help with simple vocabulary for the typical tourist in Italy. Counting, Time Talk, in a Cafe talk and much more.
Learn and Speak Italian Totally free Italian lessons to get you learning to speak Italian that little bit quicker. The Essential Basics for Italian Here.
Lyric Gap A fun method to learn and improve your Italian through music and typing in song lyrics that are missing.
National Italian American Foundation The National Italian American Foundation (NIAF) is a 501 (c) (3) nonprofit, nonpartisan educational foundation that promotes Italian American culture and heritage. NIAF serves as a resource on the Italian American community and has educational and youth programs including scholarships, grants, heritage travel, and mentoring.
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Photoviews.org Hundreds of photos of cities and landscapes in the world pictures in Panoramio. A great addition to all language sites above. Choose the country then the specific areas or cities.
Photos of Italy Photos of las provincias, towns and cities Italy, images of monuments, landscapes, selecting the estado you wish you access to all towns and cities with photos of the region, places of interest in Italy.
Parliamo Italian Group Buon giorno! Benvenuti a Parliamo!. Many many cool links from Parliamo.
Learn Italian Online An online guide to free foreign language lessons and tutorials. Learn Italian verbs, play games and much more. A great new addition to this page.
L'Italia e la sua cultura Italian Language Update School Service - www.iluss.it. This is a loaded site with dozens of helpful learning aids
Italian 4 Free Great new website loaded with grammar aids plus sound.
How To Learn Any Language In this case dozens of them. This website is made for people who love languages.
Free Italian Lessons Online Learn Italian free with our online tutorials covering many aspects of Italian grammar. We also have free lists of Italian words grouped by theme, a collection of Italian phrases, and a guide to both regular and irregular Italian verbs.
Italianize Yourself Welcome to italianize yourself! This website is intended for everyone who wants to learn to speak Italian, but may not be very familiar with grammar.
Maplandia for Italy from GOOGLE Italy Google Satellite map that maps Italy locations. Maplandia.com enables you to explore everywhere in Italy through detailed satellite imagery - fast and easy as never before. Try it... it is an awesome site.
Text to speech translator A powerful and fun site with sound and a variety of voices/TRY IT! "This may be one of my all-time favorite sites." Jim B your webmaster here.
Italia Mia Italia Mia (j) is a guide about Italy, Italian and Italian American culture. Italia Mia has been on line since 1998, providing useful links to thousands of Italians and Italophiles around the world.
The Art of Italy - Rich Site The Italian art developed in the Italian peninsula since prehistoric times. During the Roman Empire, Italy was the center of an artistic culture that for the first time created a universal language for the homogeneous world of Europe and the Mediterranean. In some periods of Italy was the country's most artistically advanced in Europe.
Let's Cook in Umbria Let's Cook in Umbria offers a fun hands-on cooking classes and adventures in Italy - Vacations for lovers of italian cuisine and traditions.
Cooking With Nonna Whether it be baking fresh bread, or making pasta from scratch, watching them make great meals out of what little they had was a great learning experience for me.
Italian Recipes, Food and Cuisine Enjoy our Italian Recipes or browse our Grandma's files for the most original and authentic Italian Food and Cuisine. Here you will find your favorite Pasta, Dessert, Fish, Meat and Holiday recipes.
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SITES FOR YOU TO CONSIDER
English to Italian or Italian to English Google Translations Services Good translations in a variety of languages This one is JIM'S PREFERRED TRANSLATOR SITE...with an Auto Detect recognition
A few additional sites that I just came across:: Enjoy!
Three Lessons Three free lessons for beginners of the Italian language. Learn Italian This site provides lessons on everyday Italian phrases and an English to Italian translator. Free Resources This site offers free audio files and resources for learning Italian. Free Italian Course This site offers several lessons on speaking Italian.
Quizzes and GamesOffers several free quizzes and games to help you learn Italian.
Downloadable Lessons This site offers a free downloadable course in Italian.
Learn Italian This site provides 20 lessons in Italian.
Italian GrammarThis site offers free lessons in Italian, focusing on grammar and sentence structure.
Learn Italian Online Free
- Includes grammar explanations, vocabulary lists, useful phrases, and help with Italian verbs. Italian Grammar
- Learn the basic structures of the Italian language. Also includes exercises for practicing your Italian. Italian Tutorials - Learn Italian
- Free grammar tutorials, basic phrases, vocabulary, help with
verbs, and more. Learn Italian online for free. Interactive Italian Course
- Free interactive Italian grammar tutorials. A fun way to learn Italian using the internet. Online Italian Grammar Explanations
- A very large collection of free Italian grammar explanations.
I know from my own experience that being on a continual path of self-improvement is an absolute necessity toward be a good teacher. Hang out with other educators that you admire. Watch them closely and learn from them. Imitation is the greatest compliment. Join your language association (AATI) plus two foreign language teacher associations (state and national: ACTFL - (http://www.actfl.org) and attend their annual meetings on a regular basis. Get involved anyway you can with each. Rub noses with people at the TOP. Get to know the officers personally. Keep in contact with them. Use these association offerings, suggestions and resources.
Whenever you can in your own environment, ask to observe colleagues in action in their classroom. Pick up ideas that work for them and adopt and adapt them to you own classroom. Always be on the "lookout" for new ideas, new means of teaching, new ways to incorporate things that work for others into your own methodology. Don't hesitate to ask questions of teachers who have had much success as to how and why that happened. I used to observe elementary teachers and how they interacted with their young students. Always something to learn. "Learn from the mistakes of others. You'll never live long enough to make all of them yourself." Another that I always loved is: "If you think you're GREEN , you'll grow - if you think you're RIPE, you'll ROT." All true. Don't rot! That's an axiom that will never grow old. You may think that you are the best, but you're not. There is always someone better than you. (I learned this playing basketball) Learn from them. Know what the best practices are and be aware of the current online resources that can be of great help to you and your Italian students.
Keep your classroom presentations FRESH. Keep up with innovation and the changing needs of your students by incorporating technology such as computer use, iPhones, iPads, e-mail and a host of other innovations into your routine classroom activities to communicate with others in the target language and to access authentic resources. Stay current with options and trends in the field such as the National Standards and know how to incorporate them into your daily plans. Hopefully these few ideas will aid in your growth and success. Stay with it. Don't throw in the towel like many have, but again as I point out above, whatever new ideas you discover, you must first adopt and then adapt. Not everything you see elsewhere will work for you as I have personally learned. You must adapt those ideas to your own classroom. There are a host of great ideas available on all these sites, but they are only as successful as you will make them. And perhaps most important of all, do ask your students often how they feel about what they are doing and learning and what they enjoy the most and the least in your classroom. Most of all, do enjoy your Italian students and share yourself with them. [They don't care how much you know until they know how much you CARE] I hope that you picked up some ideas here that will aid in your total success. Have fun in your classroom. (ps I picked up these ideas in a recent dream and wanted to share with each of you) I'm 76, but never too old to learn and never too old to share ideas. Best yet, why not be learning another language yourself? Check out one of the sites above. It is a great means to experience first-hand what your students are feeling. Now you are "walking in their shoes." Don't forget to have FUN doing it.
J Becker- BA, Cornell College (Iowa) MA, La Sorbonne (Paris) ABD, The Ohio State University (Columbus, Ohio - GO BUCKS!)
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They don't care how much you know until they know how much you CARE] I hope that you picked up some ideas here that will aid in your total success. Have fun in your classroom. (ps I picked up these ideas in a recent dream and wanted to share with each of you) I'm 76, but never too old to learn and never too old to share ideas. Best yet, why not be learning another language yourself? Check out one of the sites above. It is a great means to experience first-hand what your students are feeling. Now you are "walking in their shoes." Don't forget to have FUN doing it.
