Product Description

Do you want to learn Italian or brush up what you know already? Are you planning a holiday in Italy or preparing for an exam? Are you looking for a course with a traditional approach to language learning, based on solid grammatical foundations, translation skills and practical vocabulary? If so, this is the course for you. The material covers a variety of everyday topics in a simple, concise manner. There are plenty of examples and explanations to illustrate how the language works and to build confidence. Each unit, designed to build systematically on what you have already learned, contains: • clear grammar explanations • vocabulary lists • reading material consisting of a story, dialogue or letter • questions for speaking practice • exercises There are also revision units to help you practise what you are learning. At the back of the book, an exercise key enables you to check your answers while grammar and vocabulary sections provide a useful reference. The accompanying CD will help you with listening and speaking. In addition to a full pronunciation section, it contains reading passages or dialogues from the course book, followed by comprehension questions in Italian, together with model answers.

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Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #44117 in Books
• Published on: 2009-06-26
• Original language: Italian, English
• Binding: Paperback
• 328 pages

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About the Author

Derek Aust, who has updated Maria Valgimigli's original course, is an experienced author and has published with OUP, Berlitz and Hodder Murray.

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Customer Reviews

Very informative and easy to use.
This book starts with the basics, proceeds with step-by-step vocabulary building exercises. By the end of your self-taught course you will have enough vocabulary and grammar for a week or two on holiday! Buona fortuna!

Living Italian
This is one of the best language books that I've ever seen. It's extrememly simple and concise and supplies enough examples and explanations for those who need a "rule" to follow.
I found the verb table at the end of the book particularly helpful since the Italian verbs are slightly more complex than the English ones! I've recommended this book to a lot of people and am constantly buying myself a new copy as I often "lend" out my copy which reguarly doesn't get returned!

Well structured introduction
I've just worked through this book and I feel it has served as an excellent introductory guide to the language. Each chapter (there are 30) can be mastered in an hour, the choice of vocabulary seems practical and the order of grammatical points introduced seems logical. Each chapter has useful exercises and if worked through dilligently, this book should provide you with the confidence and knowledge to get by on your next trip to Italy.