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updated December 14, 2007

Learn Italian

click here for Italian language reference resources

practice • classes • classes at CCRI • self-study • more self-study • Rosetta Stone^®

One of Fieri's Four Core Tenets is:

To preserve the Italian culture and encourage the study of the Italian language and Italian-American history.

practice

Parla Italiano?
Italian flag
Fieri Providence has joined with
The Providence French & Italian Language
Meetup Group
to bring you Italian conversation twice a month to practice your Italian.
free
Clicca qui for details and to sign up.

classes

The Community College of Rhode Island offers classes in Italian.
They also have a Summer/Travel Study in Italy Program

Contact Professor Maria Mansella at CCRI

classes

Fieri Providence member Daniela Ciccone is co-director of Passport to Languages in Providence.

Courses available in Italian
and Spanish.

self-study

About.com has many pages about the Italian language that will educate every level of Italian student from beginner to native speaker.

Italian for Beginners
- Beginners weekly Newsletter Course
Italian For Children
How To's (quick & specific lessons)
abbreviation and acronyms
Audio Lab
Italian baby names
cooking
Culture
Dialects
Dictionaries
- the BEST dictionary

self-study

Dante University Online is run by Fieri Providence supporter Adolfo Caso.

Self-paced, web-based courses are available in Italian language, culture and history.

In a special agreement with Italicon at the University of Pisa -- Dante University offers courses and degrees designed by Italicon. These courses, degrees and services are available at a special discount rate to Dante University students.

self-study

Rosetta Stone^® Online Language Learning over the internet on the Providence Public Library web site. All you need is a library card and then you can access this software from your home.
High speed internet access recommended.

Rosetta Stone^® is an immersion program that you do on your home computer. It allows you to learn a new language as you learned English between the ages of 0 and 5 -- by listening, by seeing, by repetition. You do not listen to CD's in the car; there is no book; there is no memorization of tables; there isn't even any English. You will learn vocabulary and grammar effortlessly without translating.

I purchased Rosetta Stone^® for $450. Within 6 months of using it for only 10 minutes a day, my comprehension shot up astronomically and I could carry on simple conversations. I have a shelf full of books; I've attended classes; I've almost crashed my car listening to tapes. It is the best investment that I have made in language acquisition. Nothing worked as well for me as Rosetta Stone^®. Now it's available to you for free on the Providence Public Library web site.
Sam Brusco, Fieri Providence co-founder