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Re: Italian resources

Postby reineke » Tue Dec 24, 2019 7:13 pm

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Re: Italian resources

Postby reineke » Sat Dec 28, 2019 3:52 pm

https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCXKm_c ... wIP8Sy2ZBg

https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCuEll- ... qDJdan7MwQ

Alessandro Barbero - Italian historian that's a lot of fun to listen to. He's a treasure trove of interesting details.

Alexxya's YouTube channel features over 500 videos about history, radio dramas (Maigret), audiobooks (Ad Alta Voce and others), audiofumetti (Topolino), some of the best episodes from Alle Otto Della Sera, 100 Opere d'Arte Spiegate, La Storia in Giallo, Radiocronache immaginarie...
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Re: Italian resources

Postby Xmmm » Sun Dec 29, 2019 5:03 pm

reineke wrote:Alexxya's YouTube channel features over 500 videos about history, radio dramas (Maigret), audiobooks (Ad Alta Voce and others), audiofumetti (Topolino), some of the best episodes from Alle Otto Della Sera, 100 Opere d'Arte Spiegate, La Storia in Giallo, Radiocronache immaginarie...


I went ahead and subscribed to Alexxya's channel and linked a couple clips. What I'm actually doing, though, is furiously downloading the original podcasts from Alle Otto Della Sera for use in the car. I'm sick to death of listening to novels and have had a hard time finding good non-fiction.

A lot of Rai Radio stuff is not downloadable. Alle Otto Della Sera is, but for example La Storia in Giallo is from ten years ago and my browser shows "this plugin is not supported" and I don't see any download button. I remember Ad Alta Voce wasn't downloadable either (or at least it's not intuitively obvious how to download it).

All the same, it's a big treasure hoard whether it's on Alexxya's channel or back on the original Rai site ...
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Re: Italian resources

Postby Xmmm » Mon Dec 30, 2019 7:08 pm

You can download the Wu Ming novels in Italian for free here, and they can be conveniently uploaded to your kindle via mobi files with the instructions here.

I don't know if the books are any good, but they are current, they generally get 4 or 5 star ratings, and several have been bestsellers in Italy so at least they are hitting some kind of nerve. They all seem to be part of something called the New Italian Epic, whatever that is (sounds interesting on paper ...)
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Re: Italian resources

Postby TheBlackRussian » Tue Dec 31, 2019 5:23 pm

Hey,

Off the top of my head, here's a list of materials that came in really handy during my learning journey :

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FanPage it : Fanpage.it è un giornale indipendente, sociale, partecipativo. Segui i nostri live, reportage, inchieste, storie e video da Youmedia. Partecipa con noi all'informazione

Italiano Automatico : The course is for people who already have some knowledge about grammar and vocabulary but they can't speak well, or they can't speak at all... ;)

Imparando l'Italiano : Vuoi imparare la lingua italiana online? Su questo canale trovi più di 300 videolezioni di italiano per il livello intermedio e avanzato. Se vuoi imparare la grammatica italiana e ampliare il tuo vocabolario per parlare bene l'italiano, queste lezioni fanno per te!

Human Safari : Mi chiamo Nicolò Balini e sono un fotografo e videomaker italiano che ha deciso di approdare su YouTube come "youtuber di viaggi" o "travel vlogger"...
Su questo canale condividerò le mie avventure per portarvi in viaggio con me e farvi appassionare al mondo che ci circonda!


Il lato positivo : Ehi! Sei alla ricerca delle risposte alle domande più importanti di sempre? Sia che ti piacciano le scoperte scientifiche, l'esplorazione dello spazio, gli intriganti misteri, le storie più straordinarie, salute e fitness, enigmi e indovinelli, la psicologia, le relazioni, tutto sui gadget, qui troverai qualcosa che fa per te!

Matrioshka : Ciao a tutti. Mi chiamo Yana. Sul mio canale potete trovare le lezioni di russo, lezioni di grammatica e di pronuncia. Inoltre ci sono i video informativi sulla cultura russa. Vorrei aiutarvi ad imparare la lingua russa in modo semplice e chiaro, condividere con voi la mia esperienza e raccontarvi di più sulla Russia.

Nicolo Balini : Il ragazzo che gira i video per Human Safari

Weilà Tom : Weilà Tom is a YouTube channel dedicated to teaching English and Italian in a fun and casual way. The channel also features videos related to the language learning process and French.

Ritals : Due espatriati, entusiasti e pentiti, nella Ville Lumière.Perché partire è un po' morire.
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Re: Italian resources

Postby lingua » Thu Feb 18, 2021 8:42 pm

Excellent source of podcasts on a variety of subjects:
https://www.radio24.ilsole24ore.com

Not all programming here is a podcast. The podcast categories don't appear to be organized very well as they didn't have ones I'm subscribed too. Podcasts via Apple or Google may be a better way to search.
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Re: Italian resources

Postby T0NIN0 » Sat Jul 03, 2021 10:11 am

Youtube playlists of Italian Series:

Inspettore Derrick - Full series dubbed in Italian.
https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=P ... U0QMWnHaP_

Il Commissario Koster - Series dubbed in Italian. (Some eps missing)
https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=P ... luc3Sa0kym

Le Avventure Di TinTin - Tintin series dubbed in Italian
https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=P ... mhkUvAkGDC

Il commissario De Vincenzi - Full Series
https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=P ... ZanAox5XV7

L'ISOLA DEL TESORO - Full series
https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=P ... 79s_H5N0qx
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Re: Italian resources

Postby StringerBell » Mon Nov 15, 2021 7:58 pm

Hi Lingua,

I have some resources in my log that I don't see listed here, so I wanted to suggest adding them to the main page you're organizing:

1) Italian courses from Wellesley via the edX.org platform. It's free and there's no commitment to sign up for a course - you can do as much or as little of it as you want. I did one course and was really impressed with how good it was.

2) EfficaceMente This site hosts hundreds of articles about personal growth topics. I find them to be ideal for an intermediate/advanced Italian learner because they are written in an informal way combining colloquial language with some higher level/less frequent vocabulary. The website has been revamped since I used it last and now for a 10 Euro/month membership subscribers have access to audio podcasts of the articles, so it's effectively audio+text.

3) Podcast Italiano Free podcast episodes available through iTunes, Spotify, and his website. He also has a Youtube channel with videos. He has a range of episodes for complete beginners, intermediate, and advance Italian learners. The beginner and intermediate episodes have transcripts available on his website for free. If you pay a small monthly fee on patreon, you can access transcripts for the advanced podcast episodes. I really enjoy his banter with his friend, Erika, and he has some interesting interviews.

4) Italy Made Easy There is a wealth of useful videos for beginner and intermediate learners. I used this site a lot early on.

5) Veleno Podcast Serial: This is 7 episodes produced by an Italian journalist who investigated in depth a true event that happened 20 years ago involving mass hysteria over satanism and child abuse. It consists of narration and interviews with the people involved. It is really intense and very gripping. Free on iTunes. Transcripts for all 7 episodes are available here

6) Equilibrio Digitale This podcast series contains only 4 episodes, which is a shame because it's great. The narrator speaks very clearly. The topic is about problems with living in a digital age and how to counteract issues like being addicted to a smartphone. There's no transcript. It's free to listen to through this website, or to download through iTunes.

7) Wired This is the Italian version of Wired; lots of interesting articles

8) Focus Italia Lots of interesting articles

9) wikiHow This is the Italian version of wikiHow. Read how-to articles in Italian about anything....Examples of things I've read about are: How to train a dog, How to survive in the woods, How to get rid of a wasps' nest.

10) National Geographic Italia This is the Italian version of National Geographic. Lots of interesting articles

11) Quora This is the Italian version of Quora. I've used it in the past as a place to post answers to questions in Italian (to motivate me to write more); so it's a good place to be interactive.
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Re: Italian resources

Postby lingua » Mon Nov 15, 2021 9:05 pm

Thanks I'll get those added ...

I guess you found your password.
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IT: books: 3065 / 5000 film: 5031 / 9000
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IT: write: 0 / 50000 record: 84 / 3000
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PT: Read 100 books: 28 / 100

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Re: Italian resources

Postby StringerBell » Tue Nov 16, 2021 12:49 am

lingua wrote:I guess you found your password.


RDearman was able to work his magic, so I'm back in! I've been going through the chaos that is my bookmark list and I found a few more that I forgot to list. Sorry to make extra work for you!

12) Iceberg Project. The person who hosts the site offers a paid course (which I haven't tried) but there is wealth of free resources on the site. I've found many of the articles really interesting and educational. For example, Parole Pericolose: 5 Embarrassing Words You May Be Saying in Italian an article explaining Italian text/SMS shortcuts. I periodically return to this site, there's always something interesting about Italian to read there.

13) EuroNews This is a news website but the really cool thing is that in the top left corner you can choose to read the articles in Italian (or 17 other languages) so it's great to use for parallel texts. Even if you don't want to use it that way, you can easily toggle between languages if an article is a little too tough.

14) Italian-English Parallel Texts This site is pretty awesome for anyone who is really into literature - it's a collection of famous English and Italian novels set up to read as parallel texts. You can search by great Italian, English, American, or Canadian writers.

15) L’italiano secondo il «metodo natura» This site allows you to download this book for free. I checked online to confirm that it's a public domain book. It's basically a graded reader that teaches Italian through stories that get progressively more complex. (It's also available in Spanish and German on this site).

16) ECL Sample Exams (with answer keys) There are sample exams for 15 languages (obviously including Italian) at the A2, B1, B2, and C1 levels. Hosted by the European Consortium for the Certificate of Attainment in Modern Languages.

17) Il Giornalino di Gian Burrasca This is a public domain book (with pictures) written in the form of a diary of a young boy. Reminiscent of Le Petit Nicolas.
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