This is a list of computer software, audio CDs, books, and magazines which are available in the Foreign Language Center, to be used in the FLC by students enrolled in Italian lab classes at Mission College.
COMPUTER SOFTWARE
In giro per l'Italia: Interactive CD-ROM
This interactive program accompanies the In giro per l'Italia textbook. All lessons are loaded onto the computers in the FLC; it is not necessary to insert a CD.
Italian: Talk Now! CD-ROM
Talk Now! is designed for beginners who want to start learning a new language as soon as possible. Handy for business and pleasure, Talk Now! introduces the essential vocabulary needed to successfully communicate in Italian.
Italian World Talk CD-ROM
Italian World Talk builds on the fundamentals of Talk Now!, taking you to the next linguistic level with intermediate activities, added dictation and a recording section. Topics covered include the calendar, building sentences, asking directions, and using numbers.
Italian Talk to Me CD-ROM
Talk to Me ties together the fundamentals covered in Talk Now!and World Talk with lessons on pronunciation and dialogue. Using advanced speech recognition technology, Talk to Me allows you to converse with the software -- the next best thing to a personal tutor. This feature evaluates and corrects your intonation, stress, and rhythm of individual words and phrases.
Italian Interactive Picture Dictionary CD-ROM
The Interactive Picture Dictionary allows you to easily explore over 2000 words in Italian, Spanish, French, English and German. Using highly effective picture association techniques, the Interactive Picture Dictionary includes high-quality images, illustrations, video clips, and other memory-enhancing tools that make retaining vocabulary simple.
"Who is Oscar Lake?" CD-ROM
No repetitive drills or endless vocabulary lists on this CD! Oscar Lake plunges you directly into a foreign city where you must solve a puzzling mystery in a new language! With Oscar Lake, you learn by hearing, seeing and doing. And because you interact directly with all the characters you meet, you control the pace of the story, the speed of learning, and even the outcome of the game. But be careful! With its multiple endings, Who is Oscar Lake? can make you the hero who recovers the stolen diamond, or the convict who ends up taking the rap!
Il Ponte di Linguaggio CD-ROM La Fiera delle Lingue CD-ROM Esplorazione Linguistica CD-ROM
Although Il Ponte di Linguaggio, La Fiera delle Lingue and Esplorazione Linguistica do provide help with Italian vocabulary, sentence structure, and words and phrases, they are language programs intended for children, so be prepared for cutesy graphics and sound effects. You can turn off the musical background and, if you can ignore the special effects for children, you can get some good practice with these programs.
Word Ace: Italian CD-ROM
A translation dictionary and verb conjugations to and from English and Italian.
GeoRunner CD-ROM GeoRunner is a world geography game. It provides a fun way to learn geography and interesting facts about the continents, oceans, countries, and geographic landmarks of the world. The object of the game is to search the world for hidden keys to free the main character, Blit. The game has 15 stages of difficulty with seven different areas of the world in each stage, for a total of 105 levels of play.
World Book Encyclopedia CD-ROM
These CDs contain all the information found in the volumes of the 2003 World Book Encyclopedia.
AUDIO CDs (Italian Language Practice)
In giro per l'Italia Italian Lab CDs
These CDs accompany the In giro per l'Italia textbook. All lessons are loaded onto the computers in the FLC; it is not necessary to insert a CD.
AUDIO CDs (Music)
Cecilia Bartolo / An Italian Songbook: Bellini, Donizetti, and Rossini
(1.) VIncenzo Bellini, 1801-1835: (a) Vanne, o rosa fortunata (b) Per pietà, bell'idol mio (c) La farfalletta (d) L'abandono (e) Il fervido desiderio (f) Dolente immagine di Fille mia (g) Vaga luna che inargenti (h) Malinconia, ninfa gentile (i) Torna, vezzoa Fillide
(2.) Gaetano Donizetti, 1797-1848: (a) Il barchaiolo (b) Amore e morte (c) Ah! rammenta, o bella Irene (d) La conocchia (e) Me voglio fà 'na casa
(3.) Gioachino Rossini, 1792-1868: (a) Or che di fiori adorno (b) L'esule (c) A ma belle mère (d) Aragonese (e) Bolero (f) La danza (tarantella napoletana)
Andrea Bocelli / Romanza
(1.) Con te partirò (2.) Vivere (featuring Gerardina Trovato) (3.) Per amore (4.) Il mare calmo della sera (5.) Caruso (6.) Macchine da guerra (7.) Le tue parole (8.) Vivo per Lei (featuring Giorgia) (9.) Romanza (10.) La luna che non c'è (11.) Rapsodia (12.) Voglio restare così (13.) E chiove (14.) Miserere (featuring John Miles) (15.) Time to say good-bye (Con te partirò) featuring Sarah Brightman
Andrea Bocelli / Sentimento
(1.) En Aranjuez con tu amor (2.) Mattinata (3.) Barcarolle (4.) L'alba separa (5.) Sogno d'amore (6.) La serenata (7.) L'ultima canzone (8.) Malia (9.) La danza (10.) Ideale (11.) Sogno (12.) Plaisir d'amour (13.) Musica Proibita (14.) Occhi di fata (15.) 'A vucchella (16.) Vorrei morire (17.) Vaghissima sembianza
Fabio Concato / Punto e virgola
(1.) Domenica bestiale (2.) Ti ricordo ancora (3.) Fiore di Maggio (4.) Rosalina (5.) Guido piano (6.) Tienimi dentro te (7.) A Dean Martin (8.) Tornando a casa (9.) Ti muovi sempre (10.) Speriamo che piova (11.) Sexy Tango (12.) 051/222525
Gigi D'Alessio / Mi faccio in quattro
CD #1: (1.) Buongiorno (2.) Oj nenna ne (3.) Donna Sofì (4.) Napule (5.) Parlammene dimane (6.) Quando la mia vita cambierà (7.) Fino a quando scure notte (8.) Guagliuncè (9.) Spiegame cherè (10.) Sole cielo e mare (11.) Caro Renato (12.) Primma 'e t'addurmi (13.) Bella canzona mia
CD #2: (1.) Brividi d'amore (2.) Un cuore malato (3.) Como suena el corazon (4.) Ilaria (5.) Mon amour (6.) Un nuovo bacio (7.) Mi vida (8.) Baila (9.) Miele (10.) Bum bum (11.) Besame
CD #3: (1.) Non mettermi in croce (2.) Quanti amori (3.) Primo appuntamento (4.) Una notte al telefono (5.) Canterò di te (6.) La forza delle donne (7.) Il cammino dell'età (8.) Io, che non vivo (9.) Non c'è vita da buttare (10.) Il primo amore non si scorda mai (11.) Non mollare mai (12.) Via (13.) Bambina
CD #4: (1.) Apri le braccia (2.) Liberi da noi (3.) Io vorrei (4.) Non dirgli mai (5.) Dove sei (6.) Una volta nella vita (7.) Insieme a Lei (8.) Sei importante (9.) L'amore che non c'è (10.) M'innamorerò sempre di te (11.) Tu che ne sai (12.) Quel che resta del mio amore (13.) Le mani
Expresso "5" / "No Richieste" è tutto qui
(1.) Guaglione (2.) So pazzo è te (3.) Il mondo non finirà (4.) Mannaggia a te (5.) Il padrino (6.) Torna a Surrento/Oje Mari (7.) Al di là (8.) Quando quando (9.) Una serata (10.) Dammi la luna (11.) Anema e core (12.) L'italiano (13.) Primavera straniera (14.) Luna lagna (15.) A mezza via
Beppe Gambetta, Carlo Aonzo, & David Grisman / Traversata: Italian Music in America
(1.) Costumi siciliani (2.) Oh, mio babbino caro (3.) Idillio Primaverile (4.) Manzanillo (5.) L'onda (6.) Tarantella Op. 18 (7.) Intermezzo (8.) Pizzicando la chitarra (9.) Violinata (10.) Studio per due mandolini (11.) Valtzer fantastico (12.) Il valtzer del padrino (13.) Mazurka VI Op. 141 (14.) Serenata "A Ballo" (15.) Baci d'Aprile
Luciano Pavarotti / The Glorious Voice of Luciano Pavarotti
(1.) O sole mio (2.) Parlami d'amore, Mariu (3.) Funiculì Funiculà (4.) La Bohème: Che gelida manina (5.) Panus Angelicus (6.) Mattinata (7.) La Danza (8.) Maria, Mari (9.) Turandot: Nessun dorma (10.) Ave Maria (11.) Martha: M'appari (12.) Yes, Giorgio: If We Were in Love (13.) Volare (14.) Non ti scordar di me (15.) Madama Butterfly: Love Duet
Le Vibrazioni II
(1.) Aspettando (2.) Angelica (3.) Sensazioni (4.) Raggio di Sole (5.) Immagina (6.) Lisergica (7.) Musa (8.) Ogni giorno ad ogni ora (9.) In un mondo diverso (10.) Sanguinaria (11.) Ovunque andrò (12.) I Desideri delle anime dannate (13.) L'Angolo Buio (14.) ...E non aver paura di vivere
We Three / Eh, cumpari!
(1.) Eh, cumpari! (2.) Solo per te (3.) Santa Lucia (4.) Una festa (5.) Oh, Marie (6.) Sicilian tarantella (7.) Romagna mia (8.) Tango del vino (9.) Tra veglia e sonno (10.) Festive medley: La pansè -- Tic toc polca -- Vitti 'na crozza
BOOKS
NOTE: These books are for student use while in the Foreign Language Center. Please do not write in these books and do not remove them from the center.
Easy Italian Reader, by Riccarda Saggese Easy Italian Reader is an easy-to-follow three-part guide based on the premise that you can learn a language by starting to read it. Part One tells the story of Chrstina, an American girl whose family moves to Italy. As you read about her experiences, you'll discover the nuances of the Italian language and culture. Part Two provides a history of Italiy, from the founding of Rome to the present. Part Three contains three readings from contemporary Italian literature.
English-Italian and Italian-English Unabridged Dictionary Harper, Collins, Sansoni
Comprehensive coverage of both Italian and English, providing up-to-date coverage of business, political, and technical terms.
501 Italian Verbs, by John Colaneri and Vincent Luciani 501 Italian Verbs lists verbs with their full conjugations in all tenses and moods.
Italy: A Traveller's History
This book provides a complete and concise history and a description of the culture of Italy, including a listing of rulers and monarchs(ancient and modern), a chronology of major events, and a variety of historical maps. Useful for students and tourists alike.
Short Stories in Italian/Racconti in italiano This volume of nine short stories allows students to enjoy a wide range of contemporary literature without having to constantly refer to a dictionary. Each Italian story has the English translation on the facing page.
