LibGuides: Language Learning Resources (Yale-NUS College): Italian

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Italian language

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Italian language AND dictionaries

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Italian language AND textbooks

Italian language AND verb

Italian language AND vocabulary

Dictionaries

Oxford-Paravia Italian Dictionary by Oxford Dictionaries Staff
Call Number: PC1640 Oxf 2010
ISBN: 9780199580422

These are available for reference at the Yale-NUS College Library.

Italian Dictionary by Gabriella Bacchelli
ISBN: 9780062755179
Publication Date: 1995-06-23
A popularly priced addition to HarperCollins' series of bilingual dictionaries that offers users contemporary, practical coverage and exceptionally clear translations of the Italian language.

Newspapers and Magazines

Online Radio Stations

Introduction

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Books

The following books are available at the Yale NUS College Library, or at NUS branch libraries. Please click on the title of the book to access the catalogue record and check its availability.

Parliamo Italiano! by Suzanne Branciforte; Elvira G. Di Fabio
Call Number: PC4115 Bel 2007
ISBN: 9780470526774
Publication Date: 2010-12-07
Not only does Parliamo Italiano provide students learning Italian with a strong ground in the four ACTFL skills reading, writing, speaking, and listening but it also emphasises cultural fluency. The text follows a more visual approach by integrating maps, photos, realia, and cultural notes that offer a vibrant image of Italy. The chapters are organised around functions and activities. Cultural information has been updated to make the material more relevant. In addition, discussions on functional communications give readers early success in the language and encourage them to use it in practical situations.
Nuovo vocabolario illustrato della lingua italiana / by Devoto, Giacomo.
Call Number: PC1625 Dev 1987
ISBN: 9788870450811
Publication Date: 1987
Senilit̀a by Italo Svevo
Call Number: PQ4841 S355Se 1985
ISBN: 9788804258568
Publication Date: 1985
Favole al telefono by Gianni Rodari
Call Number: PQ4252 Rod 1983
ISBN: 9788806554675
Publication Date: 1983
Purgatorio by Robert Hollander (Translator); Jean Hollander (Translator); Dante Alighieri
ISBN: 9780385497008
Publication Date: 2004-01-06
Jean Hollander, an accomplished poet, and Robert Hollander, a renowned scholar and master teacher, whose joint translation of the Inferno was acclaimed as a new standard in English, bring their respective gifts to Purgatorio in an arresting and clear verse translation. Featuring the original Italian text opposite the translation, their edition offers an extensive and accessible introduction as well as generous historical and interpretive commentaries that draw on centuries of scholarship and Robert Hollander's own decades of teaching and reasearch. In the second book of Dante's epic poem The Divine Comedy, Dante has left hell and begins the ascent of the mount of purgatory. Just as hell had its circles, purgatory, situated at the threshold of heaven, has its terraces, each representing one of the seven mortal sins. With Virgil again as his guide, Dante climbs the mountain; the poet shows us, on its slopes, those whose lives were variously governed by pride, envy, wrath, sloth, avarice, gluttony, and lust. As he witnesses the penance required on each successive terrace, Dante often feels the smart of his own sins. His reward will be a walk through the garden of Eden, perhaps the most remarkable invention in the history of literature.

Websites and Other Online Resources

News in Slow Italian
A 'virtual immersion' subscription tool that allows for language learning through current events.
BBC Languages - Italian
An online language learning resource from the BBC.
WordReference.com
The purpose of this website is to in an effort to provide free online bilingual dictionaries and tools to the world.