"Rapid@mente" is an intensive course for all 13+ and adult beginners aiming to reach GCSE level Italian in one or two years. The oral and written work on each topic is integrated with the corresponding civilisation and relevant grammar units to make fully coherent topic-based chapters. Though the course amply covers both the GCSE syllabus and the Common European Framework of Reference for Languages Level B1, it still allows the teacher maximum flexibility in choosing suitable material for each lesson. Students are encouraged to undertake tasks at home and there are extensive self-study sections for each unit as well as a wealth of suggestions for using the internet and IT.

Click here http://www.esb.co.uk/pdf/rapid1.pdf for a complete sample lesson unit.

Below are some links to some additional websites recommended by the author.

Corsi online:

http://www.italica.rai.it/lingua/corso.htm (Grammatica, glossario, sussidio fonetico, dizionario fraseologico, schede di approfondimento)

http://www.chass.utoronto.ca/~ngargano/ (corrospondenza, esercizario, verbi, grandi personaggi)

http://www.oneworlditaliano.com/index.htm (dialoghi, audio, vocabulario, grammatica, esercizi)

http://www.puntolingua.it/esercizi_intro_ita.asp (esercizi di Italia, test di livello, correzione online)

http://academic.brooklyn.cuny.edu/modlang/carasi/site/pageone.html

Grammatica:

http://webs.racocatala.cat/llengua/it/

http://www.chass.utoronto.ca/~ngargano/corsi/varia/index.html

http://www.locuta.com/classroom.html

http://www.geocities.com/f_pollett/i-ind.htm?200621

http://www.cyberpoet.com/italia/LeLingue/italiano/LaGrammatica/esercizi/

http://venus.unive.it/italslab/quattropassi/gram.htm

http://www.italian-verbs.com/verbi-italiani.htm

Dizionari:

http://www.garzantilinguistica.it/

http://www.pdictionary.com/italian/

http://www.wordreference.com/

Leggere:

http://www.scudit.net/mdindicelivello.htm

http://www.dueparole.it/

Metodologia:

http://www.initonline.it/