Italian
This page contains links to cultural resources in Italian.
Ads
- A searchable database of ads from around the world (search by country, industry, media/type of ad--audio/print/video, etc.)
Audio
- Very nice database of mp3 recordings in a variety of languages (Arabic, Catalan, Chinese, Corse, English, French, German, Italian, Occitan, Portuguese, Russian, Spanish, etc.) categorized by topic and searchable by language, level, gender, age, and length (Shared by Amy Lenord)
- Links to culturally authentic materials in a variety of languages, including Italian.
Children's Literature
- Searchable database of children's books in a wide variety of languages (including Arabic, Chinese, Croation, Farsi, Filipino, French, German, Hebrew, Italian, Mongolian, Portuguese, Russian, Spanish, Tagalog, & Thai), categorized by age, color of cover, genre, length, topic, etc., that can be read online
- Collection of stories from around the world in both Italian, English, and many less commonly taught languages
Comics
- A variety of cartoons in Italian
Pedagogical Resources Related to Comics
A website created by graphic novelist Gene Yang (author of American Born Chinese) that contains a history of comics in education, reasons for using comics in education, and quality resources (both online and print-based) for educators who wish to use comics in their classrooms.
Cultural Comparisons
Dollar Street - Use the dropdown menus on this incredible site to choose countries and topics for comparison based on socioeconomic level. Your selections will bring up photos of whatever you chose from the countries you selected. The site contains many common everyday objects, people, and situations (e.g., adding spices to food while cooking, alarm clocks, answering phones, arm watches, armchairs, backyards, bathrooms, bedrooms, beds, bikes, boats, books, bowls, brushing hair, brushing teeth, car keys, carrying water, cars, ceilings, chickens, child rooms, chopping food, cleaning equipment, cleaning floors, closing the front door, computers, cooking, cooking pots, cooking utensils, cups, cutlery, diapers, dinner guests, disability aid, dish brushes, dish racks, dishwashing soaps, dishwashers, doing dishes, drinking water, drying clothes, drying dishes, earings, eating, everyday shoes, families, family snapshots, favorite home decorations, favorite items in kitchen, floors, freezers, get water, glasses, go through mail, goats, grains, guest beds, hairbrushes, hallways, handwashing, hands, and so forth.
Cultural information in English, accompanied by a collection of short video clips filmed with native speakers in the 1990s. Some are interviews with native speakers, others demonstrate various cultural practices in cultural settings from around the Italian-speaking world. Topics include communication, shopping, social life, and transportation. Materials in a variety of other languages are also included on the site (shared by Lori Langer de Ramirez)
Images
- Hundreds of free images related to Italian culture
- Searchable database of high quality, professional, royalty-free images including many culturally authentic images from around the Italian-speaking world
Infographics
- A graphic designer's portfolio of infographics
- Collection of infographics in Italian
Infographics for World Languages: Italian - A Pinterest collection of infographics by Leslie Grahn
Informational Texts
- Magazine and newspaper sites, categorized by country and topic, from 200 countries around the world
- A collection of front pages from today's newspapers from around the world
- A map that plots the locations of newspapers from around the world--can be filtered by language (Arabic, French, German, Japanese, Korean, Portuguese, Russian, Spanish)
Interviews
- Videos of eye-witness testimony given in Italian and a vareity of other languages regarding various topics related to a whole host of topics, including acceptance, anti-semitism, choice, civil rights, courage, culture, deportation, discrimination, education, empathy, faith, family, fear, genocide, hate, human rights, humanity, hunger, identity, memory, refugees, religion, resilience, stereotypes, and a whole host of other topics (click language and your target language to access the videos for your language)
Literature (See also Children's Literature)
- Free books in the public domain that are available in text and audio formats
Magazines
- Magazine and newspaper sites, categorized by country and topic, from 200 countries around the world
Memes
Authentic Text: Italian Memes & Quotes - A Pinterest collection by Leslie Grahn
News
- A collection of front pages from today's newspapers from around the world
- A map that plots the locations of newspapers from around the world--can be filtered by language (Arabic, French, German, Japanese, Korean, Portuguese, Russian, Spanish)
Poetry
A database of poems in a very wide variety of languages that can be filtered by country, language, or poet. Each poem is read aloud and accompanied by biographical information about the author. Translations to numerous languages are provided as well.
Realia
- A small collection of images of culturally authentic realia from the Italian-speaking world
Texts
- A collection of books, e-books, and other texts in a wide variety of languages. Use the advanced search feature to find texts in Italian.
Videos
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- 6:11 min. video in Italian about a soccer-playing boy who gives a wheelchair-bound girl a surprise in how he treats her
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Pedagogical Resources
- Magazine available in English and the language of your choice. Each issue is organized around a conceptual theme. Excellent visuals make great bulletin board material if you buy these in your local bookstore instead of viewing online. CAUTION: Much of the material in these magazines is NOT appropriate for classroom use, so teachers should preview and select carefully.
Phenomenal site filled with creative, practical, proficiency-oriented ideas for world language teaching and learning
Handouts from an ACTFL 2010 presentation that contain a comic analysis worksheet form, a comic creation worksheet that asks students to analyze complementarity, contrast, and redundant relationships among images and text, lesson plans, project rubrics, and more
Excellent resources for building, tracking, and assessing proficiency
Excellent materials for building, assessing, and tracking proficiency from Alyssa Villareal
- A PowerPoint presentation from an ACTFL session that contains loads of great examples for engaging students with culturally authentic texts in pedagogically sound ways
Resources grounded in the CI approach.
- World-wide statistics on energy, environment, food, government and economy, health, population, technology, and water in Italian that update in real time