ITALIAN RESOURCE LIST

OVERVIEW
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SELF ASSESSMENT

GENERAL RESOURCES
BEGINNER RESOURCES
ONLINE DICTIONARIES
TEXTBOOKS
STORIES
NEWS SITES
APPS
PODCASTS
YOUTUBE RESOURCES
GENERAL WEBSITES
APPS
MEMRISE COURSES
ANKI DECKS

READING
BOOKS
PUBLIC LIBRARIES
POETRY
(Please recommend more Russian Poetry)
NEWS SOURCES

WRITING
SCRIPT
PRACTICE WORKSHEETS
GRAMMAR
DICTIONARIES
PARALLEL TEXT
SPEAKING
VOCABULARY
PRONUNCIATION

HEARING
PODCASTS
AUDIOBOOKS
AUDIOBOOK RESOURCES
PLAYLISTS
YOUTUBE CHANNELS
SHOWS ON YOUTUBE

DIALECTS

OTHER RESOURCES
ITALIAN KEYBOARDS
TRANSLATORS
GOOGLE EXTENSIONS
TIPS FOR LEARNING ITALIAN
MISC. RESOURCES RECOMMENDED BY COMMUNITY

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SELF ASSESSMENT

● EuropassItalian
● ESL Languages
● Transparent-Italian Proficiency
● Online Italian Club
● Oxford House- Italian Level Tests
● Language Trainers
● Italian level Self Assessment; The University of Edinburgh
● Sprachscule Schneider
● CyberItalian Placement Test

GENERAL RESOURCES
BEGINNER RESOURCES

Starting with learning a new language can be hard and equally stressful when you don't know
what resources are actually useful. Here are the best resources to start off Italian learning.
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ONLINE DICTIONARIES
● Lexilogos Italian Dictionary
● Think in Italian

TEXTBOOKS
● Italian Made Simple
● Living Language italian, Complete Edition
● Italian Grammar: Barron's Grammar Series

STORIES
● https://www.theitalianexperiment.com/stories
● https://learn-italian-online.net/resources/italian-short-stories.html

NEWS SITES
● https://www.ansa.it/
● https://www.internazionale.it/
● https://it.euronews.com/
APPS
● Learn Italian for Beginners
● Learn Beginner Italian

PODCASTS
●

YOUTUBE RESOURCES
● Learn Italian with italianPod101.com
● Learn italian with Dialogues

GENERAL WEBSITES
● BBC Learn italian
● FluentU
● ItalianPod101.com
● Live Lingua
● Memrise
● Omniglot
● Online World italiano
● Online Italian Club
● iLuss italian Online
● ItaLearn

APPS
● Learn Italian for Beginners
● Learn Italian for beginners
● Learn Italian-Beginners
● Learn Italian-speak Italian
● Learn Italian words free
● Busuu- Learn Italian
● Learn italian fast: Course
● learn Italian- 11,000 Words
● Learn Italian: Listening and Speaking
● Learn Italian Vocabulary
● Tobo: Learn Italian Vocabulary
● Drops: Learn italian Language
● Learn Italian- LinDuo
MEMRISE COURSES

Memrise is a British language platform that uses spaced repetition of flashcards to increase the
rate of learning. Memrise focuses completely on memory retention which makes it efficient for
learning and remembering vocabulary. Here are a few Memrise courses handpicked for you!
● Italian 1
● Italian 2
● Italian 3
● Italian 4
● Italian 5
● Italian 6
● Italian 7

ANKI DECKS
Anki is a free and open-source flashcard program using spaced repetition, a technique from
cognitive science for fast and long-lasting memorization. Here are a few flashcard decks for you!
● Using Italian Vocabulary
● Collins Italian Visual Dictionary
● 1500 Italian Sentences
● Highest Frequency Italian Words
● Italian-English Duolingo Course
● English-Italian
● Ultimate Italian Conjugation
● uTalk GSCE Italian

READING
BOOKS
● Learn Italian for Beginners
● Learn Italian- A beginner's guide to basic Italian
● Italian for Beginners- Internet Linked
● Short Stories in Italian
● 101 Conversations in Intermediate Italian
● Conversational Italian DIalogues
● Italian Short Stories for Beginners and Intermediate Learners
 ● Italian Frequency Dictionary
● Michel Thomas Advanced Italian
● Practice Makes Perfect: Advanced Italian Grammar

PUBLIC LIBRARIES
● https://guides.library.ucla.edu/c.php?g=472612&p=3233324
● https://openlibrary.org/subjects/italian_language
● http://www.librarydir.org/CountryLibraries.aspx?Country=Italy

POETRY
● https://www.fluentu.com/blog/italian/italian-poems/
● https://talkinitalian.com/italian-poems/
(Please recommend more Italian Poetry)

NEWS SOURCES
● https://it.euronews.com/
● https://www.rainews.it/
● https://www.raiplayradio.it/programmi.html
● https://www.lercio.it/
● https://www.corriere.it/
● https://www.repubblica.it/
● https://www.lastampa.it/
● https://www.ilgazzettino.it/
● https://ilmanifesto.it/
● https://www.ilmessaggero.it/

WRITING
SCRIPT
● https://omniglot.com/writing/italian.htm
● Introduction to Italian - Introduction to Italian Writing

PRACTICE WORKSHEETS
● https://learn-italian-online.net/resources/italian-worksheets-for-beginners-printable-pdf.ht
ml
● https://onlineitalianclub.com/free-italian-exercises-and-resources/online-italian-course-be
ginner-level-a1/
● https://italian.tolearnfree.com/cgi2/myexam/top200.php
● https://www.theworksheets.com/s/Italian+Worksheets
● https://www.twinkl.co.in/search?q=italian+worksheets
● http://www.oneworlditaliano.com/english/italian/italian-exercises-free-online.htm
 ● https://onlineitalianclub.com/free-italian-exercises-and-resources/
● https://italian.tolearnfree.com/
● https://www.europassitalian.com/learn/grammar/exercises/
● http://dontspeakitalian.com/exercises/
● https://www.iluss.org/schede_gram_free.html

GRAMMAR
● https://www.europassitalian.com/learn/grammar/
● https://grammar.collinsdictionary.com/italian-easy-learning
● https://www.babbel.com/italian-grammar
● https://www.uvm.edu/~cmazzoni/3grammatica/grammatica/
● https://www.fluentu.com/blog/italian/how-to-learn-italian-grammar-2/
● https://italiano-bello.com/en/italian-grammar/
● https://www.cyberitalian.com/en/html/grammar.html

DICTIONARIES
● http://www.treccani.it/vocabolario/
● http://www.corrieredellasera.it/
● http://www.repubblica.it/
● http://www.sapere.it/
● http://traduttore.it/

PARALLEL TEXT
● https://easyreaders.org/product/italianenglish-parallel-text-la-sorpresa-a1/
● https://easyreaders.org/product/italianenglish-parallel-texts-colpo-di-forbici-a1/
● https://vdoc.pub/documents/italian-reader-short-stories-english-italian-parallel-text-eleme
ntary-to-intermediate-a2-b1-71vhb5o1alq0
● https://www.kobo.com/us/en/ebook/learn-italian-parallel-text-easy-stories-english-italian-
bilingual
● http://ercoleguidi.altervista.org/
● https://senaesteveslab.umassmed.edu/paper/learn-italian-parallel-text-easy-stories-engli
sh/?redir_esc=Y5607
● https://www.italianbookshop.co.uk/italianbooks/9780140021967/bilingual-texts-various-it
alian-penguin-parallel-text-italian-1-various-authors

SPEAKING
VOCABULARY
● 500 Core Italian Words
● 70 Words you definitely need to learn
● Italian Vocabulary-Babbel
● Italian Vocabulary Lists and Exercises
 ● 100 Core Italian Words
● 1000 Most Common Words in italian
● 101 Italian Phrases
● Basic italian Vocabulary Grammar
● Italian Vocabulary Lists (PDF)

PRONUNCIATION
● https://ielanguages.com/italian-pronunciation.html
● How To Pronounce Italian
● How to Improve YOUR Italian Pronunciation
● https://storylearning.com/learn/italian/italian-tips/italian-pronunciation-guide
● https://www.howtopronounce.com/italian/index.php
● https://italianpills.com/blog/2021/11/23/alphabet-italian-pronunciation/

HEARING
PODCASTS
● Learn itaian
● Coffee break Italian
● Italian Stories in Italian
● Learn Italian with Lucrezia
● Stories in Slow Italian
● Podcast 100% in italian
● Italiano bello
● Learn Italian with LinguaBoost
● Italian Grammar Made Easy
● Daily Italian Words
● Podcast Italiano
● Italiana FM Podcasts
● Italian Club| Splendita & Gente
● Italian Innovators

AUDIOBOOKS
● Italian Short Stories for Beginners
● 2000 Most Common Italian Words
● Stories for Beginners
● Learn italian
● Ultimate Guide for Beginners

AUDIOBOOK RESOURCES
● https://www.audiobooks.com/browse/language_instruction/italian
● https://www.learnoutloud.com/Free-Audiobooks/Languages/Italian
PLAYLISTS
● Top 50- Italy
● Old Italian Classics
● Italian Summer vibes
● Italian Hits 2022
● Popular Italian Songs
● Amore italiano
● Italian Summer
● Italian Mafia Music
● Italian Summer Hits

YOUTUBE CHANNELS
● Learn italian with italianPod101.com
● Passione Italiana
● Doice Vita with Lucia and Marina
● The Travel Linguist
● Learn Italian Youtube Channel; Live from Italy
● Italy made Easy
● One World italiano

SHOWS ON YOUTUBE
● 5 Italian tv-series I've recently watched and liked! (+ useful vocabulary list at the e…

DIALECTS
● https://www.europassitalian.com/blog/italian-language-dialects/
● https://www.fluentu.com/blog/italian/italian-dialects/
● https://blog.busuu.com/journey-italian-dialects-languages/
● Languages and dialects of Italy (with audio for each one)
● Languages of Italy - (NOT just dialects!)

OTHER RESOURCES
ITALIAN KEYBOARDS
● https://www.lexilogos.com/keyboard/italian.htm
● https://italian.typeit.org/
● https://www.italianpod101.com/blog/2020/10/16/how-to-type-in-italian/

TRANSLATORS
● https://www.systransoft.com/lp/italian-translation/
● https://www.lexilogos.com/english/italian_translation.htm
 ● https://www.translate.com/english-italian
● https://www.deepl.com/en/translator/l/en/it

GOOGLE EXTENSIONS
● Learn italian
● Translator: ULanguage

TIPS FOR LEARNING ITALIAN

● https://www.theintrepidguide.com/how-to-learn-italian-fast-tips/
● https://medium.com/language-lab/pro-tips-on-learning-italian-as-a-second-language-793
6af020b08
● https://www.busuu.com/en/languages/speak-italian-fluently

MISC. RESOURCES RECOMMENDED BY COMMUNITY

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