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	Dictionaries and Thesauri Italian http://wordreference.com/index.htm Quick online dictionary or download a multilingual translation dictionary. www.online-dictionary.net/italian/http://dictionaries.travlang.com/EnglishItalian/ English A Web of On-line Dictionaries http://www.yourdictionary.com/ Biggest set of dictionaries on the web (more than 1500 dictionaries representing 230 languages); site also offers linguistic "Fun & Games" (From 'Historical Linguistic Games ' to 'On-line Vocabulary Quizzes') Wiktionary http://www.wiktionary.org/ Free multilingual content dictionary Wikipedia http://www.wikipedia.org/ Free multilingual encyclopedia Lexical FreeNet http://www.lexfn.com/ Connected Thesaurus. Easy to use database that allows you to search for relationships between words, concepts and people. Very powerful with features lacking in other thesauri. Links and Resources for Writers http://www.jbwb.co.uk Jacqui Bennett's Writers Bureau. Constantly updated and reviewed very useful reference links: Encyclopedia Britannica, rhyhming dictionaries, on-line English grammar and searchable quotation collections. Merriam Webster OnLine http://www.m-w.com/netdict.htm The reference classic - fast reliable site
	CDs, Videos, and Books For a list of CDs, DVDs, videos, etc. available in the CFLC search our online database: http://inside.bard.edu/blrc/database/ Amazon.com http://www.amazon.com Mainstream videos and DVDs, including most available popular foreign feature film titles. Film MovieFacts on line http://www.eonline.com/Facts/Movies/ 0,60,71107,00.html Find out about your film's running time, release date, director, reviews etc. FACETS http://www.facets.org The single best source for international cinema on video and DVD. The FACETS catalog includes both feature films and documentary works. Kino International http://www.kino.com A small but important collection of international cinema, including seminal works of Weimar film. Excellent print reproductions; many restored versions. Kino titles are also available through most of general video distributors. Music The Italian Music Homepage http://www.cilea.it/music/entrance.htm Information on institutions, documentation and services, people, manuals, musical genres, territory, temporary events, heritage, education, performance, production, and other websites. Download Italian Songs and Music www.indianchild.com/Music/ download_italian_songs_music.htm These are sites & cultural music resources which offer free Spanish songs, new releases, free Spanish mp3, movie songs, cultural folk songs, tribal music, Spanish music downloads online, lyrics databases etc. Some of these listed music sites or companies may offer them free while some may charge a small fee to register to download their songs or mp3s.
	Language Learning Create exercises, quizzes, tests http://eleaston.com/quizzes.html Find many links to a great variety of online exercises and quiz-makers, FL self-test sites and more. Test your skills with self-tests drawn from award-winning language-learning software http://www.transparent.com/tlquiz/index.htm
	Culture http://italianculture.about.com/culture/ italianculture/ An extensive list of links including art, business, folklore, food and just about any other aspect of culture you might want. Italian Museums http://www.museionline.it/eng/ default.htm Find every museum in Italy!
	Literature ATHENA E-texts and Literature Resources http://un2sg4.unige.ch/athena/ html/athome.htm Nearly 10, 000 links to books on philosophy, science, classics, literature, history, economics, etc. Multilingual.. Several Search programs on author, title, language, words. Italian reading on-line. http://eleaston.com/italian.html Poetry and Narrative http://www.crs4.it/HTML/ Literature.html Archive of poetry and narrative. The actual works in Italian. http://www.liberliber.it/biblioteca/ c/index.htm An online library of Italian literature. Locate works by author and download them from a variety of compressed formats. http://www.silab.it/frox/200/ pwhomita.htm A rapidly growing archive of poetry from the Duecento period. Search by author, poem, or keyword. LiTGloss http://wings.buffalo.edu/litgloss/list-of-texts/shtml The LiTgloss project is a collection of texts written in languages other than English. The texts are of literary, cultural, or historical interest to speakers of English, and likely (we think) to be better appreciated if read in the original language. Our goal is to make them accessible by providing semantic and syntactical help, and to provide supplementary materials which help the students see the text in its literary, artistic, historical, cultural context. Italian texts available from Boccaccio and Machiavelli among others.
	Bibliography and Citation General Research and Documentation http://www.bedfordstmartins.com/hacker/resdoc/ MLA Bibliography http://www.hcc.hawaii.edu/education/hcc/ library/mla.html MLA Citation Examples http://www.hcc.hawaii.edu/education/hcc/ library/mlahcc.html MLA Style Electronic Formats http://www.westwords.com/guffey/mla.html
	Resources and Quizmakers The Realia Project http://realiaproject.org/ Rich electronic archive for language instruction anywhere: publishes faculty-reviewed media for the teaching and study of modern languages and cultures. Moodle http://moodle.org A free open-source course-management system to help teachers create online communities Create your own online vocabulary lists, flashcards, class websites and quizzes! http://www.quia.com Create activites (word lists, flashcards, matching games etc.), class websites, and amazing online quizzes (including multiple choice, pop-up, fill-in, short answer and essay questions with easy links to ANY online source), create class rosters and have easy access to tests, students' scores, time spent on tests etc.; licence fee required for instructors (not for students) Bard has licences for 10 instructors; for information contact kufner@bard.edu Pics Tips and Treats http://www.uiowa.edu/~pics/tips.html Guidelines to work with video in language teaching Software for Learning http://www.cict.co.uk/software/teaching.htm Downloadable programs for use in the classroom or at home . Interesting: Markin a program which replaces the traditional teacher's red pen with a complete on-screen marking environment, is the latest in marking and annotation software for on-line and electronic teaching environments. Create exercises, quizzes, tests http://eleaston.com/quizzes.html Find many links to a great variety of online exercises and quiz-makers, FL self-test sites and more. Interactive Exercise Maker http://lang.swarthmore.edu/makers/index.htm These pages are intended for use by educational institutions to use as a model. Teachers are encouraged to try out cloze, match and gloss makers, and then save copies locally. The multimaker , for example, allows you to enter as many multiple choice questions in an exercise as you like. Include your own title, instructions and individualized feedback for each answer. Transparencies http://college.hmco.com/languages/italian/resources/trans.htm Transparencies that can be used in classes. Great for tutors. Examples would be classrooms, telling times, family, stores etc. http://www.cyberitalian.com/ Eleven basic Italian lessons including pronunciation, grammar, vocabulary, and culture. There are great exercises at the end of each unit as well as a self-check. Exams available.
	Placement Tests Oxford University Placement Test http//:www.lang.ox.uk/tests/italian_placement.html Answer 51 questions and see how you score: beinner, intermediate or advanced. Goethe Language Tests http://www.goethe-verlag.com/tests/ FREE tests in 25 languages and 600 language combinations. Multilingual vocabulary exercises / language tests in Arabic Bulgarian Chinese Croatian Czech Danish Dutch English Estonian Finnish French German Greek Hungarian Indonesian Italian Japanese Norwegian Polish Portuguese Russian Serbian Spanish Swedish Turkish