Italian graded reading and audio material
 

Italian Self Access Material

Software - CD ROMS - [Easy Readers/Magazines/Audio Books]

Audio Cassettes

Italian Software in Computing Labs


Entrance to Multi Media Centre & Labs on Square 3

The following materials are available for loan from the Multi Media Centre Language & Linguistics Helpdesk which is situated in room 4S.3.10 [next to Lab L]. Directions on how to locate the helpdesk and borrowing rules and regulations can be found on their website.


Italian Self Access Material

Code

Series/type of publication

Title

audio

Level

Loan status

IP201

Imparare leggendo

Storia d'amore (audio book)

cassette

elementary

1 week

IP202

Imparare leggendo

Scoprire l'Italia (audio book)

cassette

elementary

1 week

IP203

Imparare leggendo

La casa sulla scogliera (audio book)

cassette

elementary

1 week

IP204

Imparare leggendo

La fuga di Bach (audio book)

cassette

intermediate

1 week

IP205

Imparare leggendo

Mistero all'abbazia (audio book)

cassette

intermediate

1 week

IP206

Imparare leggendo

Viaggio a Venezia (audio book)

cassette

intermediate

1 week

IP207

Italiano facile

Maschere a Venezia (audio book)

cassette

improvers

1 week

IP208

Italiano facile

Mafia, amore e polizia (audio book)

cassette

elementary

1 week

IP209

Italiano facile

Opera (audio book)

cassette

intermediate

1 week

IP210

Mosaico italiano

Primavera a Roma

 

intermediate

1 week

IP211

Easy readers-Ginz.

Ti ho sposato per allegria

 

elementary

1 week

IP212

Easy readers- Fo

Gli imbianchini non hanno ricordi

 

elementary

1 week

IP213

Easy readers-Cam

Otto giorni con Montalbano

 

intermediate

1 week

IP214

Easy readers- Cal

Marcovaldo

 

elementary

1 week

IP215

Easy readers- Chi

I giovedì della signora Giulia

 

elementary

1 week

IP216

Italian magazine

Linea d'ombra

 

advanced

1 week

IP217

Italian publication

Piemonte dal vivo (with English)

 

elementary

1 week

IP218

Year XIVn.1-6

Azzurro (magazine)

cassette

beginners

1 week

IP219

Year XXII n.1-6

Ragazzi (magazine)

 

elementary

1 week

IP220

Easy reader (NTC)

Beginner's Italian Reader

 

beginners

1 week

IP221

Italiano facile

Dov'è Yukio? (audio book)

cassette

beginners

1 week

IP222

Italiano facile

La partita (audio book)

cassette

improvers

1 week

IP223

Italiano facile

Amore in Paradiso (audio book)

cassette

improvers

1 week

IP224

Italiano facile

L'ultimo Caravaggio (audio book)

cassette

elementary

1 week

IP225

Italiano facile

Mediterranea (audio book)

cassette

elementary

1 week

IP226

Italiano facile

Dolce vita (audio book)

cassette

advanced

1 week

IP227

Easyreadersclassici

Andreuccio da Perugia (audio book)

cassette

interm/ad

1 week

IP228

Imparare leggendo

Manichini (with CD)

CD

advanced

1 week

IP229

Easyreaders- Mo

Sette racconti (pass.remoto)

 

upper inter

1 week

IP230

Easyreaders Cas

La ragazza di Bube (pass.remoto)

 

upper inter

1 week

IP231

Easyreaders Mar

Mio marito/L'altra famiglia

 

elementary

1 week

IP232

Easyreaders Sol

Cinque novelle (imp/pp)

 

lower int.

1 week

IP233

Easyreaders Gua

Don Camillo

 

intermediate

1 week

IP234

Easyreaders Coll

Le avventure di Pinocchio

 

intermediate

1 week

IP235

Easyreaders Buz

La boutique del mistero

 

advanced

1 week

IP236

Easyreaders Scia

Il lungo viaggio

 

advanced

1 week

IP237

Easyreaders CeCro

Le sottilissime astuzie di Bertoldo

 

advanced

1 week

IP238

Easyreaders Camp

Il segreto

 

lower int.

1 week

IP239

Mosaico italiano

Giallo a Cortina (easy reader)

 

lower int.

1 week

IP240

Il piacere della lettura

Stelle, perle e mistero

 

elementary

1 week

IP241

Il piacere della lettura

XR45 (un racconto di fantascienza)

 

elementary

1 week

IP242

Il piacere della lettura

Giampi e l'assassino a teatro

 

intermediate

1 week

IP243

 

Leonardo

 

advanced

1 week

IP244

 

Michelangelo

 

advanced

1 week

IP245

Bellitalia

L'Italia com'era (2 vol.)

 

elem/interm

1 week

IP246

Bellitalia

Valtellina

 

interm/ad

1 week

IP247

Bellitalia

Lago Maggiore

 

interm/ad

1 week

IP248

Bellitalia

Le montagne delle Olimpiadi

 

interm/ad

1 week

IP249

Year XXIV 1-6

Tutti insieme (magazine)

 

intermediate

1 week

IP250

Year XXIII 1-6

Ragazzi (magazine)

cassette

improvers

1 week

IP251

Year XV 1-6

Azzurro (magazine)

cassette

beginners

1 week

IP252

Imparare leggendo

Manichini

 

advanced

1 week

IP253

Imparare leggendo

Libertà/audiobook (with CD)

CD

improvers

1 week

IP254

Imparare leggendo

Delitto in Piazza del Campo (audio)

cassette

improvers

1 week

IP255

Imparare leggendo

La fuga di Bach (audio book)

cassette

intermediate

1 week

IP256

Imparare leggendo

Mistero all'abbazia (audio book)

cassette

intermediate

1 week

IP257

Bellitalia

Marche

 

interm/ad

1 week

IP258

Bellitalia

Sicilia mare

 

interm/ad

1 week

IP259

Bellitalia

Toscana mare

 

interm/ad

1 week

IP260

Bellitalia

Calabria

 

interm/ad

1 week

IP261

Bellitalia

Chianti

 

interm/ad

1 week

IP262

Imparare leggendo

Rose rosse per il commissario

CD

intermediate

1 week

IP263

Imparare leggendo

La collana longobarda

CD

beginners

1 week

IP264

Imparare leggendo

Il viaggio di Laurent

CD

elementary

1 week

IP265

Imparare leggendo

Veleno a colazione

CD

elementary

1 week

IP266

Imparare leggendo

Tango

CD

elementary

1 week

IP267

Il piacere della lettura

Racconti da "Navi in bottiglia"

 

advanced

1 week

IP268

Il piacere della lettura

Altri racconti da "Navi in bottiglia"

 

intermediate

1 week

IP269

Il piacere della lettura

Due fantastici racconti

 

advanced

1 week

IP270

Il piacere della lettura

Le strane notti di Bologna

 

intermediate

1 week

IP271

Il piacere della lettura

Il proiettore del tempo

 

advanced

1 week

IP272

Il piacere della lettura

Il ritrovamento della cupola

 

intermediate

1 week

IP273

Mosaico italiano

Primavera a Roma

 

beginners

1 week

IP274

Mosaico italiano

Due storie

 

beginners

1 week

IP275

Mosaico italiano

Una spiaggia rischiosa

 

beginners

1 week

IP276

Mosaico italiano

Il mondo di Giulietta

 

elementary

1 week

IP277

Mosaico italiano

La straniera

 

elementary

1 week

IP278

Mosaico italiano

Margherita e gli altri

 

elem/int

1 week

IP279

Mosaico italiano

Ferie pericolose

 

intermediate

1 week

IP280

Mosaico italiano

Il mistero del quadro di Porta P.

 

intermediate

1 week

IP281

Mosaico italiano

Due estati a Siena

 

intermediate

1 week

IP282

Mosaico italiano

Premio letterario

 

advanced

1 week

IP283

Mosaico italiano

Hacker per caso

 

advanced

1 week

IP284

VivaVoce

L'italia autentica in 13 interviste

CD

intermediate

1 week

IP285

Easy readers Ba

L'ignorante

 

intermediate

1 week

IP286

Easy readers LdV

La Regola francescana

 

beginners

1 week

IP287

Easy readers

Marcovaldo

 

elementary

1 week

IP288

Easy readers

Nuove avventure con Montalbano

 

intermediate

1 week

IP289

Percorso guidato

Guida di Roma

 

beg/improv

1 week

IP290

Percorso guidato

Guida di Firenze

 

beg/improv

1 week

IP291

Percorso guidato

Guida di Venezia

 

beg/improv

1 week

IP292

Palgrave

Italian 1 (Grammar & Exercises)

 

elementary

1 week

IP293

Mezzadri

Essential Italian (Grammar & Ex.)

 

elem/inter

1 week

IP294

Edilingua

Vocabolario visuale

 

beginners

1 week

IP295

Mondadori Urania

Cambio al comando

 

advanced

1 week

IP296

Year XVI n.1-6

Azzurro (magazine)

CD

beginners

1 week

IP297

Year XXIV 1-6

Ragazzi (magazine)

CD

improvers

1 week

IP298

Year XXV 1-6

Tutti insieme (magazine)

 

intermediate

1 week

IP299

Year XVII n.1-6

Azzurro (magazine)

CD

beginners

1 week

IP300

Year XXV n. 1-6

Ragazzi (magazine)

CD

improvers

1 week

IP301

Year XXVI n.1-6

Tutti insieme (magazine)

 

intermediate

1 week

IP302

Guida Bellitalia

Italia da gustare 1 (nord)

 

interm/ad

1 week

IP303

Guida Bellitalia

Italia da gustare 3 (sud e isole)

 

interm/ad

1 week

IP304

Guida Bellitalia

Italia da scoprire 2 (centro)

 

interm/ad

1 week

IP305

Guida Bellitalia

Italia da scoprire 3 (sud e isole)

 

interm/ad

1 week

IP306

Bellitalia

Dolomiti

 

interm/ad

1 week

IP307

CD AUDIO

Irene Grandi- Prima di partire

CD

 

1 week

IP308 

CD AUDIO

Biagio Antonacci- Convivendo

CD

 

1 week

IP309

Imparare leggendo

Il mistero di Veronica

CD

elementary

1 week

IP310

Letture per stranieri

Elementare, commissario!

 

elementary

1 week

IP311

Easyreaders Bar

Seta

 

interm/ad

1 week

IP312

Essential Italian Grammar- answer key booklet

Un giorno in Italia 1- answer key +glossary

 

beg/interm

1 week

IP313

 

beg/interm

1 week

IP314

Year XVIII n.1-6

Azzurro (magazine)

CD

beginners

1 week

IP315

Year XXVI n. 1-6

Ragazzi (magazine)

CD

improvers

1 week

IP316

Year XXVII n.1-6

Tutti insieme (magazine)

 

intermediate

1 week

IP317

Tesori d?arte

Pisa/Duomo e battistero

 

advanced

1 week

IP318

Storia dell?arte

Michelangelo  vol. 1 and 2

 

advanced

1 week

IP319

Art Dossier

Arcimboldi & arte delle meraviglie

 

advanced

1 week

IP320

Art Dossier

La via dell'arte oriente/occidente

 

advanced

1 week

IP321

Bellitalia

Il Po dei Duchi

 

advanced

1 week

IP322

Electa

Leonardo

 

advanced

1 week

 

Software - CD ROMS

If you wish to borrow any of these easy readers/ magazines/audio books, please go to the Help Desk (next to lab L - the Multi Media Lab). You need to show your library card. Easy readers, magazines,  audio books and CD audio can be taken home for a week.

General guidance for audio books:       Beginners:         500/600 words

                                                    Improvers:        1000 words

                                                    Elementary:      1200/1500 words

                                                    Intermediate:    1800/2000 words

                                                    Advanced:         2500 words

Code Series Title Level
ITA4 EuroTalk interactive Learn Italian with Asterix

Il figlio di Asterix

improvers
ITA5 EuroTalk interactive Learn Italian + Vocabulary Builder beginners
ITA6 EuroTalk interactive Learn Italian beginners
ITA7 EuroTalk interactive Complete Italian (4 disc set) intermediate-advanced
ITA8 MIP Real Time Italian (A trip around Italy) improvers

 

Audio Cassettes

We regret that audio cassettes cannot be taken home

Cassettes on loan from the Languages Helpdesk and from the main library 

Main Library reference: 

Classmark

PC 1111

Author

Italiano, Francesca 

Title

Crescendo! : a thematic approach to intermediate Italian language and culture / Francesca Italiano, Irene Marchegiani Jones

Published

Lexington, Mass. : D.C. Heath and Co., c1995

 

Cassettes on loan from the Languages Helpdesk 

IP1 (a,b)                Crescendo 1

IP2 (a,b)                Crescendo 2

IP3 (a,b)                Crescendo 3

IP4 (a,b)                Crescendo 4

IP5 (a,b)                Crescendo 5

IP6 (a,b)                Crescendo 6

IP7 (a,b)                Crescendo 7                   Intermediate/Advanced

IP8 (a,b)                Crescendo 8

IP9 (a,b)                Crescendo 9

IP10(a,b)               Crescendo 10

IP11(a,b)               Crescendo 11

IP12(a,b)               Crescendo 12

IP13(a,b)               Crescendo 13

IP14(a,b)               Crescendo 14

 

Main Library reference: 

Classmark

PC 1111

Author

Conforti, Corrado

Title

Linea diretta 1 : corso di italiano per principianti / Corrado Conforti, Linda Cusimano

Published

Perugia : Guerra, c1997


Cassettes on loan from the Languages Helpdesk 

IP15   Linea diretta 1        cass 1                   Beginners/Lower Intermediate

IP16   Linea diretta 1        cass 2

Main Library reference: 

Classmark

PC 1111

Author

Guarnuccio, Claudio

Title

Ci siamo / Claudio Guarnuccio, Elio Guarnuccio

Published

Melbourne : CIS Heinemann, 1997


Cassettes on loan from the Languages Helpdesk 

IP17 (a,b)                   Ci siamo          cass 1

IP18 (a,b)                   Ci siamo          cass 2

IP19 (a,b)                   Ci siamo          cass 3      Beginners/Lower Intermediate

IP20 (a,b)                   Ci siamo          cass 4

Main Library reference: 

 

Classmark

PC 1111

Author

Conforti, Corrado

Title

Linea diretta 2 : corso di italiano a livello medio / Corrado Conforti, Linda Cusimano

Published

Perugia : Guerra, 1997


Cassettes on loan from the Languages Helpdesk 

IP21 (a,b)              Linea diretta 2        cass 1

IP22 (a,b)              Linea diretta 2        cass 2                  Intermediate

Main Library reference: 

 

Classmark

PC 1111

Author

Branciforte, Suzanne

Title

Parliamo italiano! / Suzanne Branciforte, Anna Grassi

Published

Boston : Houghton Mifflin, c2002


Cassettes on loan from the Languages Helpdesk 

IP27                      Parliamo italiano  cass 1

IP28                      Parliamo italiano  cass 2

IP29                      Parliamo italiano  cass 3

IP30                      Parliamo italiano  cass 4

IP31                      Parliamo italiano  cass 5

IP32                      Parliamo italiano  cass 6

IP33                      Parliamo italiano  cass 7        Beginners/Lower Intermediate

IP34                      Parliamo italiano  cass 8

IP35                      Parliamo italiano  cass 9

IP36                      Parliamo italiano  cass 10

IP37                      Parliamo italiano  cass 11

IP38                      Parliamo italiano  cass 12

 

IP 39           Canta che ti passa (a collection of Italian songs)      All levels



Italian Software in Computer Labs

Students on campus can also have access to a variety of material both from the Language & Linguistics Helpdesk and from their teachers. There is also interactive software installed in the main computer labs.

The root to access the Italian software from the computer labs is as follows:

PRESS THE START BUTTON MENU

SELECT PROGRAMS

SELECT APPLICATIONS

SELECT LANG & LING

SELECT ITALIAN

On the Italian window there are several programs ready for use. Students need to borrow some of the CD-ROMS from the Language & Linguistics Helpdesk as they couldn't be networked. 

We recommend students take a set of Walkman headphones with them to plug into the computers in order to listen to the audio sections of the various programs. 

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