Open Educational Resources and Zero Textbook Cost

Grammar review, produced by the College of Liberal Arts, University of Texas at Austin. Includes audio lessons for intermediate and advanced Italian learners. Users listen to a series of episodes with characters from the Commedia dell'Arte on Mp3 (audio) archives directly from the webpage, download them onto their computers or subscribe to a RSS feed.

LangMedia provides language learning resources for the Five College community and beyond. LangMedia has a special mission to provide learners with examples of linguistic and cultural diversity worldwide. Included are Italian videos on everyday subjects.

ECourse by Dr. Giuseppe Mazzotta taught at Yale University's Open Yale Courses. Consists of an introduction to Dante and his cultural milieu through a critical reading of the Divine Comedy and selected minor works (Vita nuova, Convivio, De vulgari eloquentia, Epistle to Cangrande). 20 lectures, final exam, in a downloadable course file.

An integrated multimedia journey--combining artistic images, textual commentary, and audio recordings--through the three realms of the afterlife (Inferno, Purgatory, Paradise) presented in Dante's Divine Comedy. The site is structured around a visual representation of Dante's worlds: it shows who and what appear where.

Audiobooks and podcasts presented by Rai, the Italian broadcasting station, mostly of Italian classics but also translations of other well known titles. In addition one can find here radio programs and interviews of critics of Italian literature.

Non-profit cultural association which provides Italian classics as well as familiar titles translated into Italian in a variety of formats, both ebooks and Mp3 files.

Free public domain audiobooks, with a growing collection in the Italian language of the classics. Easily downloadable files to add to media devices. Or download the app for listening on an iPhone.

Choose among free epub and Kindle eBooks, download them or read them online. You will find the world’s great literature here, with focus on older works for which U.S. copyright has expired. Download the app for listening on an iPhone.