Posted in Associations, Italian culture, Organizations on Sep 30th, 2011
If you would like to connect with Italians no longer living in Italy, or with people around the world who have Italian parents/grandparents, here are a few suggestions: Linked-in has several groups of people who call themselves Italian. Some are Italian born, some are of Italian ancestry, some are Italian at heart. They now live […]
Posted in language tools on Sep 26th, 2011
Did you know…? After English, Italian is the number one language spoken in the home in Australia. What if you are studying Italian, you wish to practice, and you don’t have anyone to talk to or to listen to? Well, you can go online and listen to this Australian radio that broadcasts in Italian: http://www.sbs.com.au/yourlanguage/italian You […]
Posted in Events, Italian culture on Apr 17th, 2011
Italian South Florida is an informative website that promotes learning about and celebrating Italian culture and supporting Italian business owners and businesses in South Florida (and very soon there will be a sister website for New York with the same focus). If you live in or plan to visit South Florida, make sure to visit Italian […]
Posted in language tools on Apr 12th, 2010
If you are learning, practicing, writing in Italian, you will find this site very helpful: http://parole.virgilio.it/parole/index.html. It contains several handy Italian language tools: a dictionary, a spell check tool, help with verbs, synonyms and antonyms (opposites), plurals, masculine & feminine words, quotes and aphorisms, rhymes, abbreviations and acronyms. Correggi e migliora il tuo italiano con […]
Posted in language tools on Apr 7th, 2010
The English-Italian Dictionary on WordReference has two English-Italian dictionaries. The Pocket Oxford Italian Dictionary has 90,000 words and phrases with 120,000 translations. It is a high-quality dictionary from one of the world’s most respected publishers. The WordReference English-Italian Dictionary is a living, growing dictionary. It contains over 50,000 terms and 100,000 translations in both English […]
Posted in Articles on Mar 27th, 2010
Exchange books, ideas and questions with other learners at ePals: a K-12 online community for meaningful learning. More than half a million educators and millions of learners across 200 countries and territories safely connect, collaborate and build community. Find Italian books and more at: www.epals.com/forums/t/34690.aspx
Posted in Articles on Mar 12th, 2010
How to find quality Italian children’s books for less than 15 Australian dollars. If you live in Australia and are looking for children’s books in Italian, this article might help you save some money. It seems that when Australians buy books at their local bookstore or online, they pay a little more than many consumers […]
Posted in Articles on Mar 3rd, 2010
We are often asked: “what is the easiest way for finding and purchasing Italian books and bilingual books in Italian and English?”. Well, unless you live close to an Italian or to an international bookstore, your best bet is to go online. There are many large and small bookstores on the web and perhaps one of the […]
Browse a selection of books for Italian language students and bilingual children here.
