Italian Language Resources
DICTIONARIES
GLOSSARIES
TRANSLATORS
GRAMMARS AND LEARNING RESOURCES
OTHER RESOURCES
RESOURCES
FOR STUDENTS
RESOURCES
FOR INSTRUCTORS
Harvard University Lamont Library's: "Great Links on the Web: Languages
DICTIONARIES
Dictionary of the History of Ideas
The Dictionary of the History of Ideas : Studies of Selected Pivotal Ideas , edited by Philip P. Wiener, was published by Charles Scribner's Sons, New York, in 1973-74.
Dictionario italiano Garzanti
General Italian language dictionary.
Digita
On-line Italian-Italian dictionary.
Dizionario italiano - De Mauro Paravia
An online Italian dictionary.
Dizionari Simone Online
A series of Italian law dictionaries published by Simone with the possibility of online consultation.
Etimo.it
A website dedicated to Italian etymology (in Italian).
Harper-Collins Italian-English Dictionary
Italian/English and English/Italian.
Internet Picture dictionary - Italian
Onelook.com
A multi-lingual search engine for words and phrases.
OVI: Opera del Vocabolario Italiano
A historical dictionary of the Italian language.
Oxford Paravia
Italian-English/English-Italian dictionary.
Piazzadante
A
site created by UTET publishing house with online dictionaries
and encyclopedia.
Sapere.it
A series of online dictionaries, encyclopedia and atlas provided by De Agostini.
Virgilio Parole
Correttore ortografico, Coniuga i verbi, Sinonimi e contrari, Plurali e femminili, Citazioni e aforismi, Rime poetiche, · Abbreviazioni e sigle, Parole straniere di tutti i giorni.
Vocabolario.com
An online and downloadable dictionary with miscellaneous resources.
Vocabolario
della crusca
Vocabolario
della crusca online edition.
Virgilio
Parole
Correttore
ortografico, Coniuga i verbi, Sinonimi e contrari, Plurali e femminili,
Citazioni e aforismi, Rime poetiche, · Abbreviazioni e
sigle, Parole straniere di tutti i giorni.
YourDictionary.com
A
large listing of Italian and Italian-English dictionaries.
For multi-language dictionaries, click here.
GLOSSARIES
Argos Project
A glossary of art and restoration.
Calcio
A site for soccer fans!
Certosa di Pavia: Glossary of Architecture
A glossary of architectural terms.
Dictionary of theatrical terms and actors from the 20th century
Dictionary of opera
Dictionary of historical terms
Dizionario di bibliofilia, bibliografia e arti grafiche
Glossarist.com
An online resource and search engine for glossaries
and specialized dictionaries (including Italian).
Glossary
of Banking Terms
A
glossary of banking terms.
Glossary
of biotechnology
A glossary of biotechnology.
Glossary
of management terms
A glossary of management terms.
Glossary of Medical Terms
An online English/Italian translator of medical terms.
Glossary
of nautical terms
A glossary of nautical terms.
Heymans Institute of Pharmacology Glossary of medical terms
A glossary of medical terms.
Letteratour
An Italian online dictionary of literary and artistic
movements.
Watson's Wine Glossary
A glossary of enological terms.
TRANSLATORS
Altavista Babelfish Translator
A translation tool from SYSTRAN.
Dictionary.com translator
A translation tool from SYSTRAN.
Foreign Word.com
A series of miscellaneous sources dedicated to
online translators and dictionaries.
Lexicool
Comprehensive
directory of bilingual and multilingual directories on the Internet.
Fully searchable database, with over a thousand titles references.
SYSTRANET
The "megasource" for online translating.
WordReference.com
Highlight a word on a webpage and have it tranlslated into English, Spanish, German, Italian, and French. Also an online dictionary for those languages. Auto-translation only for Windows users
GRAMMARS AND LEARNING RESOURCES
Italian Language Guide
Italian language guide, the right site to learn Italian language.
Learn Italian
Simple site with basic information about the Italian language.
Learn Italian Guide
Website about how to learn Italian and how to speak Italian.
Learn Italian Online: Italian Grammar
Verbix
OTHER RESOURCES
Goethe-Tests
100
free online vocabulary tests to/from 10 different languages, including
Italian.
My Italian
A free list of articles about learning italian from the perspective of someone who actually lives in Italy.
RESOURCES FOR STUDENTS
Adesso!
This website contains internet activities which
accompany the textbook Adesso!.
BBC
- Italian
A BBC website dedicated to the Italian language
and culture.
Cartoline
Send an electronic postcard to a friend (in Italian!).
Ciao!
This website contains internet activities which
accompany the textbook Ciao!
Corsi
multimediali
A website with various types of multimedial activities
and exercises provided by the University of Toronto.
Corso
d'italiano
An online Italian course with activities, exericises
and online games in the Italian language.
Corso
di lingua (Italica)
An online Italian course provided by RAI.
Cours
d'italien
A French website that provides an online course
in Italian language.
Cyber
Italian
An online multi-medial course in Italian.
Da
Capo!
This website contains internet activities withich
accompany the textbook Da Capo!
Dentro
l'italiano
An online course for beginners provided by RAI.
Due
parole.it
An Italian online monthly newspaper written in
simple Italian. An excellent resource for L2 students and instructors.
E.L.
Easton
A website of resources that covers various aspects
of the Italian language.
General
Language Resources
A site of general language resources for the student.
Giornale
Radio
An multimedial website provided by RAI with articles
and links for radio and streaming on a variety of topics.
ICoN
An Italian website dedicated to Italian culture
with various types of resources.
Il
Mondo Erre
An Italian website dedicated to teenagers with
various types of articles and activities.
ILUSS
Designed for individual studies, as a preparatory
course, to integrate existing courses, for maintaining acquired
language skills in Italian.
Io
parlo italiano
An Italian website provided by RAI dedicated to
the learning of Italian by foreign nationals.
Italian
for you
An interactive online Italian language course.
Italian
Hand Signals
A website with video streaming of several Italian
gestures and their written equivalent.
Italianissimo
Italian from Italianissmo is a series of multimedia
activities for beginners. It's based on clips from the 20-part
TV series, Italianissimo (TV transcripts are available) and is
the latest addition to the BBC's Italian multimedia resources.
Italian
Tongue twisters
A website dedicated to tongue twisters in various
languages with English translation.
Italian
Verbs
A Macintosh application that helps you learn and
refresh your knowledge about conjugation rules of Italian verbs.
Italica
A website provided by RAI dedicated to Italian
language and culture.
Italien:
Grammaire
A French site that provides a list of links dedicated
to Italian Grammar.
Italien:
Phonétique
A French site that provides a list of links dedicated
to Italian pronunciation.
Italien:
Quiz
A French site that provides a list of links dedicated
to various test of Italian language.
Italien:
Vocabulaire
A French site that provides a list of links dedicated
to Italian vocabulary.
L'alfabeto
telefonico
The alphabet that Italians use on the phone to
spell out names.
Learn Italian Guide
Learn Italian guide, all about how to learn italian and how to speak italian.
Leisure
Italian
A BBC link that contains several online lessons
for beginners.
Menù
al bar
A comprehensive menù that can be used to
present and learn vocabulary and drill articles.
Oggi
e domani
An online Italian course with various resources.
Orbis
latinus
The purpose of this site is to build up an integral,
on-line accessible, and simply browseable, grammar of the Romance
languages, which will give the users the possibility to make easy
references and comparisons.
Parliamo
italiano!
The website that accompanies the textbook Parliamo
italiano!
Scioglilingua
A website with a list of Italian tongue-twisters.
Verbix
An independent non-profit organization that aims
to promote and protect linguistic diversity [UNESCO Observatory:
Multilingualism]. This site contains verb conjugations for hundreds
of languages, ranging from national and international languages
to regional and even extinct languages.
Views
of Italy
A site that contains live webcams of several locations
in Italy.
Web
Gallery of Art
Contains over 10,100 digital reproductions of European
paintings and sculptures created between the years 1150 and 1800.
A considerable number of the pictures are commented and biographies
of the significant artists are given.
World
Atlas
A website dedicated to geography resources with
various maps ofItaly.
RESOURCES FOR INSTRUCTORS
4
Classici online
An online presentation by Cristina Mazzoni of 4
short story classics.
AAA
An online magazine dedicated to language, culture
and the Italian tradition.
AICEW
An Italian association dedicated to educational
cooperation on the web.
ALIAS
An Italian organization dedicated to the teaching
of Italian as a second language. The site also contains a link
for didactic resources.
Altrascuola.it
An Italian website dedicated to information on
the use of new web technologies for students and instructors.
BDP
Biblioteca di documentazione pedagogica - Italian
website dedicated to pedagogy.
Beppe Sevegnini.com
The Official Website of Beppe Severgnini (with an archive of all his articles).
Call@Hull
A collection of online Communications and Information
Technology(C&IT) resources for teachers and learners of languages.
CASLT
The Canadian Association of Second Language Teachers.
Centro
Studi Italiani
A San Francisco-based language center specializing
in Italian language instruction as well as the development and
distribution of Italian teaching aids, including audiocassettes
and books. Our ublications are especially designed to meet the
needs of the native English speaker.
Collaborazione Connecticut-Italia
I dialetti e le minoranza etnico-linguistiche italiane.
Comunico
bene
An Italian website dedicated to the art of communication.
Corso
di dizione
An online course of Italan diction with various
exercises.
Dienneti
Didattica e nuove tecnologie.
Dilettando.com
A website dedicated to Italian dialects.
Edscuola
An Italian website dedicated to intercultural education
and didactic resources for the teaching of Italian as a second
language.
Edilingua
An Italian website dedicated to the teaching of
Italian as a second language.
Educazione
interculturale
An Italian website provided by RAI dedicated to
intercultural education.
European
Centre for Modern Languages
A European Union forum for specialists in language
teaching methodology as well as language experts in order to discuss
what will have to be done and which challenges will be taken up
concerning the specific area of language policy at a time when
the European integration process enters into a crucial stage.
Filastrocche.it
An Italian website dedicated to nursery rhymes,
proverbs and tongue twisters in many languages.
FL
Teach
Foreign Language Teaching Forum.
Grammatica
- Mazzoni
A website with various grammar exercises by Cristina
Mazzoni.
Guida
alla maturità
An Italian website dedicated to resources for taking
the Italian "maturità" exam.
IARD
An Italian research institute that contains links
dedicated to pedagogy.
ILUSS
ILUSS is a non-profit association which promotes
the Italian anguage and culture abroad.
In.It
A free online magazine dedicated to the teaching
of Italian as a second language.
Insegnare
l'italiano
A website dedicated to the teaching of Italian
as a second language with various resources in several categories.
Italianlang.org
A website dedicated to the promotion of the Italian
language and the study of Italian as a second language.
Lesson
Plans and Resources
Lesson Plans and Resources for ESL, Bilingual and
Foreign Language Teachers.
Lessonplanspage.com
A website dedicated to lesson plans.
Manuscritto.it
An Italian website dedicated to writing.
MATDID
Materiali didattici per l'insegnamento dell'italiano
per stranieri.
Me
too - Anch'io
Il progetto ha l'obiettivo di promuovere la diffusione
del plurilinguismo - sia della seconda lingua, sia delle varie
lingue materne - fra gli allievi figli di lavoratori migranti,
nelle scuole di ogni ordine e grado.
MLA
Language Map
Intended for use by students, teachers, and anyone
interested in learning about the linguistic and cultural composition
of the United States. The MLA Language Map uses data from the
2000 United States census to display the locations and numbers
of speakers of thirty languages and three groups of less commonly
spoken languages in the United States.
NCLRC
The National Capital Language Resource Center (NCLRC)
is one of nine federally-funded language resource centers. The
mission of the NCLRC is to serve as a resource to improve the
teaching and learning foreign languages. It fulfills this function
by providing material resources and professional services that
derive from current activities and past projects.
NFLC
The website of the National Foreign Language Center
at the University of Maryland.
NNELL
An organization for educators involved in teaching
foreign languages to children. The mission of the organization
is to promote opportunities for all children to develop a high
level of competence in at least one language in addition to their
own.
Portale
Scuola - Letteratura italiana
An Italian website dedicated to various interests
of study for the Italian high school student.
RAI
Educational
The official website of Rai Educational with many
useful and interesting links to educational sites created by RAI.
Some
Short Cuts
Several online Italian lessons for various levels.
Stroccafillo
An Italian website dedicated to simple poems, nursery
rhymes and tongue twisters.
Last updated on January 21, 2010
