Series: Behind the Wheel
Audio CD: 3 pages
Publisher: Behind the Wheel; Com/Pap Un edition (July 6, 2010)
Language: English
ISBN-10: 1427209294
ISBN-13: 978-1427209290
Product Dimensions: 5.7 x 0.7 x 8.6 inches
Shipping Weight: 8.8 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
Average Customer Review: 3.9 out of 5 stars See all reviews (10 customer reviews)
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I've used several systems like this in the past, for Spanish and Italian -- this one is pretty good. It consists of 3 audio CDs and a small book with the following contents:1. Constructing Your First Sentences, 12. Asking Questions and Providing Answers, 113. Daily Routines and Eating Out, 224. Two Forms of To Be and Conjugating Verbs, 295. Using Tenses and Basic Travel Vocabulary, 366. Describing What You Like and Showing Possession 527. Other Ways to Talk About Things in the Past and the Future, 578. Direct Objects, Indirect Objects, and Double Object Pronouns, 679. Audio Transcript (transcript of the audio CDs), 74A serious student of Italian would surely want more, but if you are just trying to learn to get around better while visiting Italy, this is a pretty good start. You can find products out there with more material, but only if you are really disciplined about such things would you be likely to master more than this as trip preparation.By the way, my own experience of Italy is that I felt I really needed to know some Italian there, in contrast with other countries I've been to where I never had to struggle to find somebody who spoke English. In part that's because Italy is full of charming little hill towns you'll want to visit -- they aren't tourist traps, so most people don't have that much exposure to (or economic incentive to learn) other languages. But even in the cities, it seems like a lot of folks in Italy just know Italian.The CDs consist largely of an American guy running through some vocabulary and phrases with a native speaker of Italian, usually with a woman named Ana whose voice is very clear and easy to understand.
If you are considering the possibility of learning a new language, but don't want to spend a lot of money, "Express Italian: The Fast Lane to Learning Italian" may be just what you are looking for. This is an "express" learning course, but if you desire to learn the language in a month you are setting your bar too high, but if you listen to these CDs for fifteen to twenty minutes a day on your daily commute to work, you'll have a great head start. Those who need to learn any language in great depth may need some form of language immersion or a course. In that event you may need to look elsewhere. If you want a casual introduction to Italian, you've come to the right place.In essence you as the "learner" can choose your own approach and pace to learning with this method. Auditory learners are at a great advantage because they can simply load the CD, listen, learn, and repeat after the instructor, Mark Frobose. You will learn phrases, expressions, sentence structure, and will learn English translations as you go along, thus enabling you to learn the language quickly. Keep in mind you will need to listen to these CDs many times over because as Frobose claims, "the best way to learn a new language is through speaking and imitation." One other important message he imparts is that "making mistakes are an important and natural part of the language learning process."PROS:* This is a very affordable introduction to basic Italian.* An audio book format allows the learner to learn the correct pronunciation of words from native speakers (something you can't get from a book).* The CD's tracks are set up in multiple tracks so the learner can easily repeat a section multiple times.
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