Oggi in Italia, 6th ed.
computerized study modules for the Macintosh; ancillary material for the text Oggi in Italia, 6th ed. (©1998 Houghton Mifflin Co.) by Merlonghi, Merlonghi, Tursi, O'Connor; includes modules for preliminary lesson through lesson 20; provides practice with vocabulary, grammar items, mini-dialogues and cloze paragraphs.

Transparent Language Sampler
Macintosh software program designed to help students read and understand authentic literature; sampler text in Italian = La ricerca di Ruben Bundy; "transparent language" version of original text features hideable Help windows that provide text-related information when user highlights a segment of text; windows available: (1)Word Meaning provides literal meaning of each word of original text; (2)Phrase Meaning gives the meaning of a phrase as a whole (i.e. idiomatic sense); (3)Sentence or Clause Meaning offers the meaning of a highlighted segment of the original text; (4)Comments holds grammatical information, such as infinitives of verbs and other types of "root words"; (5)Notes is used for longer explanations of grammar; program also includes Bookmark, Word Search, Root Search features; includes audiocassette recording of story.