DianeW88 Posted June 24, 2012 Share Posted June 24, 2012 Does anyone know of a beginning Italian course appropriate for a sixth grader? I am Italian, and I can understand most of it, but I do not speak it well. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Sarah CB Posted June 24, 2012 Share Posted June 24, 2012 Does anyone know of a beginning Italian course appropriate for a sixth grader? I am Italian, and I can understand most of it, but I do not speak it well. Is there an Italian club nearby? My kids took years of Italian through our local Italian-Canadian club. Unfortunately, they stopped offering lessons a couple of years ago. Dd (who was in those classes for 7 years) loved it so much that she's going on a student exchange to Italy for three months this fall. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
farming_mum Posted June 25, 2012 Share Posted June 25, 2012 I've been looking for the past 2 weeks after my DH and I decided on Italian. Some of the links might be too easy and some might be just right . . . http://www.education.vic.gov.au/languagesonline/italian/italian.htm No English in this but we can all work out what is said, http://www.professortoto.com/ Might be a bit easy but my kids loved the video clip and we've ordered the pack. http://dinolingo.com/ :001_smile: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gina2702 Posted June 25, 2012 Share Posted June 25, 2012 Thanks for the sites! We have been wanting to learn Italian too since my family is all Italian and have looked into Rosetta Stone, but it is so expensive. I decided to try and buy it next year when my DD is in the 8th grade, but these sites are perfect to start out with. I've been looking for the past 2 weeks after my DH and I decided on Italian. Some of the links might be too easy and some might be just right . . . http://www.education.vic.gov.au/languagesonline/italian/italian.htm No English in this but we can all work out what is said, http://www.professortoto.com/ Might be a bit easy but my kids loved the video clip and we've ordered the pack. http://dinolingo.com/ :001_smile: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
farming_mum Posted June 25, 2012 Share Posted June 25, 2012 I also looked at Rocket Languages but it didn't look suitable for my children yet and it didn't work enough on vocabulary but it did work heaps on conversation, which I thought was quite good. I recently bought the Berlitz italian kids books with Nicholas, they look really good and I can't wait to get our hands on it. http://www.amazon.co.uk/Italian-Berlitz-Grandma-Adventures-Nicholas/dp/9812468269 I think because we aren't fortunate enough to be anywhere near Italy to practice our italian, it is probably better to overload the kids a bit so that they can make the connections and hopefullly the language with come quickly and easily. I'm now just looking for a website that is set up for kids to increase their vocabulary. For example 4 items click on la penna etc. This would be great. I'll have to look for a toddler app created for the italians or something similar?! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DianeW88 Posted June 25, 2012 Author Share Posted June 25, 2012 Thanks, ladies! It seems like it's so easy to find full curriculum for most other languages, but for some reason Italian gets overlooked. Not sure why...it's such a beautiful language. Amazon had some items...I'll come back and link them when I'm not on my iPad. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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