Book to help English boy learn Italian Thread poster: Jennifer Forbes
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A friend has just asked me to recommend a book to help her 12-year old son (English) to learn Italian. The family is about to move to Milan. I recommended her to contact Grant & Cutler, the London foreign language bookshop, but I know nothing about books for children learning Italian. I also suggested he might get some of the Harry Potter books translated into Italian (apparently, he loves HP).
Have any Prozians any recommendations or suggestions?
Thanks in advance,
Jenny.
| | | | Russell Jones 
United Kingdom
Local time: 00:26
Italian to English
| | Agree with Russell | Nov 25, 2007 |
Hi Jenny, I would suggest to use the Internet, as Russell says, and the BBC free Italian course seems very good.
Books are kind of boring and obsolete to learn a language, nowadays, especially for children!
Giusi
| | | | | Try with this short list | Nov 25, 2007 |
Hi Jenny!
Usually, I help Italian people with English or French
Anyway, the BBC site is very good, set on English Educational standard, as Russell suggests.
There is also an on-line course on Rai International website, but I never used it, so I can't grant for it, even if it's strictly thought ... See more Hi Jenny!
Usually, I help Italian people with English or French
Anyway, the BBC site is very good, set on English Educational standard, as Russell suggests.
There is also an on-line course on Rai International website, but I never used it, so I can't grant for it, even if it's strictly thought for foreigners living in Italy. http://www.italica.rai.it/lingua/corso.htm
For children, there is a very light linbk I can give you, but it is also for younger children than 12: http://www.enchantedlearning.com/Home.html
A rather well structured site (free of charge, even if promoted by a school)
http://www.oneworlditaliano.com/
A verb lab with the possibility to build the irregulars (but it is all in Italian, it can be used as a support to study this Grammar section), but you should already understand something. An impressive point: it is created and renewed by the University of Toronto
http://lab.chass.utoronto.ca/italian/verbi/modello.html
After the first basical level steps, exercises (even with songs), passages, etc at http://webs.racocatala.cat/llengua/it/index.html
http://academic.brooklyn.cuny.edu/modlang/carasi/site/pageone.html
Very good, attractive and easy:
http://www.quia.com/shared/italian/
http://www.socrates-me-too.org/LINGUE.htm
I hope I could be helpful. Let me know if you really need a book, but it's not so funny for a child.
Keep on films, cartoons, websites. It's easier.
If he loves HP, try with it, but a further step. The translation is not so easy as it may seems ans some passages have been changed from the orginal to optimize it, so...
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| In case you prefer a book... | Nov 25, 2007 |
I highly recommend
"Uno" Corso comunicativo di italiano per stranieri, (exercises book and learning book) there are 2 levels, "Uno" and "Due"
By Bonacci Editore
I use it for teaching Italian and in my opinion it is very good.
Bye bye
Angio
[Edited at 2007-11-25 22:08]
| | | | Jennifer Forbes
Local time: 00:26
French to English
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TOPIC STARTER In memoriam
Thank you, everyone, for your good ideas and advice which I shall pass on to my friend.
Grazie e Auguri,
Jenny.
| | | | Marta Bevanda
Netherlands
Local time: 01:26
English to Italian
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As a child I had a subscription to one of these magazines (the French version, that is) and I absolutely loved them! They are made especially for kids and as far as I can remeber they were great fun - at least from the point of view of somebody who was a child 20 years ago...
I've seen on thier web site that you can even dowload an issue, to see whether it's what you are looking for.
... See more As a child I had a subscription to one of these magazines (the French version, that is) and I absolutely loved them! They are made especially for kids and as far as I can remeber they were great fun - at least from the point of view of somebody who was a child 20 years ago...
I've seen on thier web site that you can even dowload an issue, to see whether it's what you are looking for.
http://www.elimagazines.com/magazines/italiano.htm
http://www.elimagazines.com/magazines/azzurro/index.htm
http://www.elimagazines.com/issue1/index.htm
HTH,
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