Istituto Italiano Scuola e Italian Cultural Institute invite you to A TASTE OF ITALIAN. On the occasion of the “Settimana della Lingua Italiana nel Mondo” (Week of the Italian Language), Istituto Italiano Scuola and the Italian Cultural Institute of San Francisco open their doors to all who may be interested in the Italian language and […]
Italian Language and Literature
Italian Language Teachers’ Second Annual Workshop at the University of Southern California “From Best Practices to Best Lessons”
Proposal submission deadline: May 12, 2017 Please send abstracts to Alessio Filippi and James M. Fortney at afilippi@usc.eduand fortney@usc.edu.
The Keynote Speaker of the 2017 Italian Language Teacher’s Workshop will be Elissa Tognozzi, Senior Lecturer SOE of Italian and Director of the Language Program at the University of California, Los Angeles. Her paper title is forth coming.
Italian Language and Culture Beginner Self-Paced Course offered by Wellesley on EdX
Learn the basics of the Italian language and culture through videos, podcasts, interviews, and much more.
Professional Development for Teachers of Italian to International learners
ICoN offre corsi di formazione e aggiornamento on line per insegnanti di italiano all’estero. ICoN offers online training and professional development courses for Teachers of Italian operating outside Italy.
Useful links for learning Italian (last update: March 18th 2020)
(2020, March) FREE ONLINE RESOURCES RAI Cultura -> sezione “Impariamo l’Italiano” http://www.italiano.rai.it Online material for learning Italian organized in four levels (A1, A2, B1, B2), and by topic and type: docufiction e sketch, video lezioni, attività One World – Risorse di Italiano online http://www.oneworlditaliano.com/chi_siamo.htm Due corsi di Italiano online completi di video esercizi, grammatica, vocabolario; videocorso […]
Italian is Easy to Learn for Spanish and French Speakers
Italian is a great complement to Spanish, French and Latin. If you already speak Spanish or French, picking up Italian is quick and easy — and gives you a valuable skill in the global business arena. Phonologically, Spanish and Italian are very similar, so that a Spanish speaking person could effortlessly pronounce Italian. Often times, even without any […]
Italian is Beautiful and Fun
Italian has an abundance of vowels makes it very musical. Opera fans know all about this, including Mozart who preferred to write his operas in Italian. The language is also fun, simply because Italians are friendly and open — and they won’t hold a grudge if your pronunciation is not perfect. Furthermore, Italians are one […]