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GigaSardinian is a free multimedia Sardinian language course.

  1. Download the free PDF (188 pages).
  1. Install the free app on your smartphone and tablet and display translations  into

Longclick the folder button (bottom left) to display the language list.

  1. Download the GigaSardinian worksheet to document your study time.
  1. Download the GigaSardinian Flyer and display it in public.
  1. Optional: Check the GigaSardinian print edition sold at production costs.

Volantino GigaSardinian per i vostri clienti (hotel, ristoranti, bar, negozi, B & B).

GigaSardinian flyer for your clients (hotels, restaurants, bars, shops, B&Bs).

The App

    Install the Android app.

GigaSardinian teaches you the Sardinian language. The Android app is the core of the project:

  1. First longclick the folder button (bottom left) and select your language (example: English,  German, Spanish, French, Italian, Chinese, Russian, Ukrainian, Punjabi, Tagalog). 

To open the language menu, longclick the folder button (bottom left).

  1. Now listen to each sentence until you understand which sound corresponds to which word.
  1. Check the translation in the right column and try to understand the meaning of the Sardinian words.
  1. Finally memorize the word lists (see the PDF).
  1. Repeat each chapter the next day (Day 1) and on Day 3, Day 6, Day 10 and Day 15.
  1. Last not least, document your study time in the GigaSardian Worksheet: bsk1.com/GSWorksheet.

 

Félix, a 13-year-old French-American boy from Paris, demonstrates how to use GigaSardinian.

App content

Click the three vertical points inside the GigaSardinian app (top right) and download more content:

  1. GigaRobinson: Robinson Crusoe, read by Elio Arthemalle
  1. GigaRossella: Sardinian songs by Rossalla Faa
  1. GigaZio: 84 vital words and sentences, by Francesco Cocco

Links

  1. Ear2Memory (2016): www.Ear2Memory.com
    Learning languages with your smartphone
    Explains how often you should listen to an audio file
  1. The Word Brain (2015): www.TheWordBrain.com
    A short guide to fast language learning
    Explains the importance of memorizing words
  1. Italian with Elisa (2015): www.4Elisa.com
    A Free Multimedia Language course for the world
    220 pages, partly with audio files
  1. OLIENA (2017): www.oliena.com
    Open Language Interface for Enhanced Network Activity
    Language recovery after stroke

 

  1. Elio Turno Arthemalle: www.bsk1.com/eta

Actor, artistic director, playwright and radio talk show host. One of his programs, Buongiorno Cagliari, has been on air for the last 10 years.

He regularly collaborates with Middlebury College (Vermont, USA), offering acting workshops to students of Italian.

Founder of two theater companies (Riverrun Theater and Impossible Theater), his interests span from the classics to the contemporary, from technology and science (collaborations with INAF and Sardinia Ricerche) to social impact (CGIL, therapeutic communities, ASL, various NGOs).

 

  1. Bernd Sebastian Kamps: www.bsk1.com

Director of the Amedeo Medical Literature guide (Amedeo.com).

Between 1991 and 2015, author and editor of numerous medical textbooks (HIV/AIDS – hivbook.com [16 editions], SARS – SarsReference.com, Influenza – InfluenzaReport.com, Hepatitis C – HepatologyTextbook.com).

Author of several language manuals (French [3], Italian [3], Spanish, English, Sardinian).

Author of The Word Brain (www.TheWordBrain.com) and Ear2Memory (www.Ear2Memory.com).

Author of OLIENA (Open Language Interface for Enhanced Network Activity, www.oliena.com).