<p>I really want to learn Italian as my foreign language, but I realize there are no accredited courses for Italian for homeschoolers, to take at a community college, etc. I have been looking online for some kind of course, but I did not find any in my searches. I just got the Rosetta Stone Homeschool Edition for Italian. I just don't know if doing just that will be enough to statisfy colleges out there. Any suggestions on what I should do?</p>
<p>I don't have the time to search right now (hubby desperately wants the computer!), but I find it hard to believe there is no distance program out there for Italian. Did you check with colleges with distance programs?</p>
<p>You don't need an accredited program to "satisfy colleges," anyway.</p>
<p>I got the computer back. I haven't done an exhaustive search. But in a few minutes I found distance Italian courses here:</p>
<p><a href="http://sln.suny.edu/index.html%5B/url%5D">http://sln.suny.edu/index.html</a></p>
<p>I've never found a good site for searching for separate courses on particular subjects. Just googling and going through the hits ...</p>
<p>If you don't require affiliation with an educational institution, there appear to be other online courses available. Just search on "Italian distance courses" or "Italian online courses." One example I found -- <a href="http://www.iluss.it/%5B/url%5D">http://www.iluss.it/</a></p>
<p>But I see no reason why you can't use RS since you already have it. I've never heard of a college having problems with using this to meet foreign language admission requirements or recommendations.</p>
<p>You can just study it however you want to and then document what you learned by taking the SAT II test in Italian:
<a href="http://www.collegeboard.com/student/testing/sat/lc_two/ital/ital.html?ital%5B/url%5D">http://www.collegeboard.com/student/testing/sat/lc_two/ital/ital.html?ital</a></p>
<p>Or, if you want credit....</p>
<p>The University of Nevada at Reno has an text based Italian program. This is the program I am doing, and it has been great so far.</p>
<p>Hi Allyson, I'm surprised by your question about accredited Italian courses. Homeschoolers are not expected or required to take only accredited courses before college. If accreditation were a requirement, homeschooling would cease to exist. </p>
<p>Besides, some community colleges do offer regular Italian courses. But if you live in a place where you can't find that, Rosetta Stone and independent study materials will be fine. After all, it's your acquisition of the knowledge and skills which counts in homeschooling. </p>
<p>Some suggestions to supplement your study: The Pimsleur CDs, Living Language program, a course at a nearby adult school, watching Italian films in original language, reading and studying about Italian culture. </p>
<p>Have fun, learn as much as you can, and I'm sure that your Italian studies will be more than sufficient for college admissions.</p>
<p>Thanks everyone for your help. I was just at a homeschool bookfair this past week. There was a lady doing a workshop on foreign language. She said getting some of the Barron's Italian books/using Rosetta Stone are fine. Her workshop was so great! She really explained how to learn languages at different ages/stages in our lives. Unfortunately I don't think there is anyone here who teaches Italian. I don't know hard to find a school in Texas that does. It's all Spanish here. homeskulmom that's true, I just want to prove to colleges I did the work. Thanks everyone again for your suggestions! I'm working on the Rosetta Stone the most right now and i'm really picking it up quickly! So excited! This is such a great program. If anyone here has a young child, start them ASAP on a language. They will be able to pick it up so quickly and remember for a really long time. :)</p>