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The Internet Picture Dictionary

1. January 2008

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The Internet Picture Dictionary is a completely free, online multilingual picture dictionary designed especially for ESL students and beginning English, French, German, Spanish and Italian language learners of all ages. More here…

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BBC - Languages - Cool Italian

1. January 2008

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Cool Italian - with mp3 downloads Want to show some street cred? Here is our essential guide to young Italian people’s slang by Giovanna Vaccaro, presenter of our beginners’ online course Italian Steps. Swear words tend to be more generally accepted in Italy than many other countries - we’ve divided up the expressions so you know what [...]

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BBC - Languages - Italian Steps

1. January 2008

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Welcome to Italian Steps, an online course for beginners. Learn practical spoken Italian with the help of Italian teacher Giovanna Vaccaro in just 24 manageable steps. NEW! Italian in 12 Weeks! Learn basic Italian in 12 weeks. Sign up for a weekly email with learning tips and encouragement. More here…

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How to Resurrect Your High School Spanish… or Any Language (Plus: Be on the CBS Early Show!)

1. January 2008

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How can you possibly maintain fluency in two foreign languages — let alone five or six — if the opportunities to use them are months or years apart? In 20 minutes, I leave from JFK for Iceland, then Scotland, and then a circle in Europe that will include Oktoberfest in Munich. Germany is strategic, as I [...]

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How to Learn (But Not Master) Any Language in 1 Hour (Plus: A Favor)

1. January 2008

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So far, I’ve deconstructed Japanese, Mandarin Chinese, Spanish, Italian, Brazilian Portuguese, German, Norwegian, Irish Gaelic, Korean, and perhaps a dozen others. I’m far from perfect in these languages, and I’m terrible at some, but I can converse in quite a few with no problems whatsoever—just ask the MIT students who came up to me last [...]

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Review: Learn Italian Pod

17. December 2007

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You’d like to learn Italian, but you don’t have much time to spare for a night or week-end class? Using a podcast to learn a language can offer lots of benefits. Learn Italian Pod offers a series of very short 5-minute lessons that can get you started with the Italian language. Hosted by Jane and [...]

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Italian For Dummies: Book & Audio-CD

17. December 2007

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Italian For Dummies, a book and accompanying audio-CD, is a program focused on the comfort and confidence of its students. The book is organized for ease of navigation. The CD is clear and simple. And the authors, an Italian teacher and a linguistics student, take a slow and uncomplicated approach to the language. The first chapter [...]

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