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Instructors and CCSF Italian Language Program

• Prof. Claudio Concin

• Prof. Giorgio Spanò

• Study Italian online at CCSF.

• CCSF Italian Language Program Page

• Gesti. Prof. Giorgio Spanò’s series of videos on Italian gestures. Take a look! You’ll need RealPlayer.

Language-Learning Resources

• Multilingual Dictionary

• Italian-English-Italian Dictionary

• Dizionario italiano multimediale e multilingue d’ortografia
  e di pronunzia. Click here to access an excellent resource for practicing pronunciation.

• Check out Forvo as well for help with pronunciation.

• Avanti!, 2nd edition, an on-line study center to accompany the textbook.

• Oggi in Italia, 9th edition, an on-line study center to accompany the textbook.

• Oggi in Italia, 8th edition, an on-line study center to accompany the textbook.

• Oggi in Italia, 7th edition, an on-line study to accompany the textbook.

• Ponti, 2nd edition, an on-line study center to accompany the textbook.

• Parliamo italiano!, 3rd edition, an on-line study center to accompany the textbook.

• Centro Studi Italiani, an excellent website with dozens of resources for learners of Italian. Try the interactive exercises from The Exercise Mill.

• Italianissimo, to accompany the BBC textbook series. Includes video clips, transcripts of the video program, and practice exercises.

• Rai TV offers streaming video with categories such as travel, variety, news journals, crime dramas and soap operas.

• Beelinetv offers Italian television broadcasts from Rai News 24h, Canale 66, and others.

• iRadio podcast - This is helpful for the beginning student of Italian with pronunciation and basic grammar explanations. From language textbook publisher Heinle.

Cities and Museums

• Galleria degli Uffizi

• Firenze.net. Look up monuments, movies, restaurants, and more in Florence.

• Le Pagine di Roma. Official website of the city of Rome.

• Visit the village of Trevigno Romano.

• Strade Romane or Roman Roads. View images of the XIIth century map, Peutinger’s Tabula. See what the Roman legionnaires saw 2000 years ago.

• Venice

Culture

• TerraMadre brings together those who support sustainable agriculture.

• Candida Martinelli’s Italophile site. From the delicious to the mysterious: Italian food, desserts, coffee, wine, homes, and more, including tips on living in Italy.

• Italian Sites. Everything Italian.

• Yahoo! Italia

Italian in San Francisco

• Istituto Italiano di Cultura. Check the Calendar for films, exhibitions, concerts, speakers and other Italian cultural events in San Francisco.

• Italian Consulate General of San Francisco
  
  

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