Italian

Rosetta Stone

The Language Lab has Rosetta Stone software for Level 1 Italian. Learn to speak, read, and write on your own or supplement your textbook with this total immersion program. We have only one license for this language, so call (360) 867-7020 to reserve a computer, or contact a lab aide via email.

Awesome Multi-language to English Dictionary, Verb Conjugator, and Forum

This site is awesome in my opinion. It conjugates verbs in all tenses laid out very nicely all on one page (I've only checked the Spanish verbs), and has a very in- depth English to other languages dictionary that includes many words AND colloquial phrases, and a forum for when you are really stuck. Check it out. Languages include Spanish, French, Italian and Portuguese.

Fodor's Useful Phrases for Travel

Fodor's Travel Guide has created an online phrasebook of useful expressions.  Click on a language and select the kinds of phrases you'd like to work on such as greetings or dining out.  Listen to sound files to perfect your pronunciation, and you'll know how to find a bathroom in no time.

Digital Dialects

Digital Dialects has loads of animated activities and games that are intended to provide a relaxed way of acquiring basic language skills, and a great break from the books!

Internet Polyglot

Internet Polyglot is an online flashcard system which uses games and drills designed to help you retain vocabulary.  Build your own lessons, steal from other users, or use the ready-made sets.

WordReference.com

English to French, Spanish, and Italian (and vice versa) online dictionaries.

Evergreen Library

Click on the links below to access the search results for Italian language resources in the library.

Language Study Sound Recordings: Audio courses on CDs, tapes, and LPs.

Other Sound Recordings: Music and audio books on CDs, tapes, and LPs.

Video Recordings: Films and academic videos and DVDs.

Dictionaries: Italian to English and English to Italian, plus specialized lexicons. 

Culture: Academic journals and texts.

Language Guide

Language Guide introduces language learners to vocabulary through sound, pictures, and writing so that every new term is reinforced visually and aurally. If you are just starting out or want to supplement the vocabulary in your textbook, the clustering of the vocabulary into categories like numbers or body parts makes it easy for you to find what you want to work on.

Omniglot

Visit Omniglot for information about the writing system for this language and many others, including designed languages like Klingon. Each page includes the full alphabet or syllabary for a particular language, plus a pronunciation guide in the International Phonetic Alphabet and transliterations of sample text into the Roman alphabet.

Word Champ

Register with Word Champ to create online flash cards for vocabulary study. Browse and copy other users' flash cards, create your own, or use ready-made lists. There are several drill types to choose from, so you can use the same vocabulary over and over in interesting ways to maximize retention.

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