ccmom Posted August 30, 2010 Share Posted August 30, 2010 My sons both want to learn Italian. I have never studied it. We are finishing our first year of Latin. Can anyone recommend a good self-study program to learn Italian? I will be learning right along with my boys. Thanks! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bzymom Posted August 30, 2010 Share Posted August 30, 2010 :bigear: We are planning to use Rosetta Stone for my d/s (10th grade), but would love to hear other recommendations/experiences. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ester Maria Posted August 30, 2010 Share Posted August 30, 2010 Whatever you decide, DO NOT use Rosetta Stone. I usually recommend Progetto italiano for teens, schools outside of Italy that teach Italian as a foreign language on a high school level often use those, as well as foreign language courses. There are three books with workbooks, the entire grammar is covered in first two books and the third book is all about mini-units with texts, a lot of vocabulary practice, etc. It's pretty good, there's audio as well, but the downside is that it's all in Italian and assumes either a teacher, either the ability to go through it on your own (helped by dictionaries, etc.). Alternatively, Universitalia is good too and these are often used as well. Get a good bilingual dictionary, and a solid grammar, and you're good to start. Later, replace bilingual dictionary and grammar in English with a monolingual Zingarelli and Dardano/Trifone grammar and you're good to start the intermediate stage. Just for heaven's sake, stay away from Rosetta Stone, "Learn Italian in X days" and similar stuff. You'll waste a lot of money and learn nothing. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ccmom Posted August 31, 2010 Author Share Posted August 31, 2010 Thank you! I will check these out. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kareni Posted September 1, 2010 Share Posted September 1, 2010 You might take a look at these other threads tagged Italian. Regards, Kareni Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kareni Posted September 3, 2010 Share Posted September 3, 2010 Do you belong to the Yahoo group homeschool2college · Homeschool to College? Someone posted a similar question there sometime ago (at post number 27476) and got some good replies. In particular post 27484 gave some great advice. (I don't feel comfortable posting the specifics here as it is a group for members only.) Regards, Kareni Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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