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Title: Italian: A Self-Teaching Guide, 2nd Edition by Edoardo A. Lèbano ISBN: 0471359610 Publisher: John Wiley & Sons Pub. Date: May, 2000 Format: Paperback Volumes: 1 List Price(USD): $18.95 |
Average Customer Rating: 4.4
Rating: 4
Summary: Straight No-Nonsense Approach That Works
Comment: I am currently using this book as a student in an adult beginner Italian course with great results. The book immediately plunges into some of the more difficult concepts which normally would perplex the English speaking student with great ease. Each page consists of sidebar type boxes where verbs are conjugated, vocabulary lists abound, and grammar rules are succinctly laid out. Each chapter begins with new vocabulary revolving around a specific event like "Buying a Ticket in a Train Station" or "A Family Birthday". Dialogues using the vocabulary words in typical uncomplicated sentences accompany each topic and a variety of exercises follow along with detailed grammer explanations. All exercise answers are provided in the back of the book.
Unlike some of the more colorful workbook type language guides, this book omits the cutsy pictures and cartoons and concentrates on what's really important: getting the rules of the language down by engaging in the variety of exercises included. If there is one thing that would add to the value of this text, it would be the inclusion of an audio CD with recitations of the dialogue and some practice exericises to train the ear and the tongue to the cadences of the Italian language.
Bear in mind, that I am using this book in conjunction with having an instructor who, of course, corrects pronunciation and comes up with imaginative composition assignments to augment a course outline that closely follows the format of the book. As with any new language, an instructor to correct misconceptions and misunderstanding, I feel, is paramount to ultimate understanding and prevents the student from creating a language that only he or she understands.
Rating: 5
Summary: A Good, No-Nonsense Approach
Comment: The book introduces basics of the Italian language in a logical and rational way, giving the student a good grounding in the grammar and a reasonable vocabulary basis. After going through the book, one should be able to read an Italian newspaper with the aid of a dictionary. (Or without one if you already know another Latin language)
Rating: 5
Summary: Italian: A Self-Teaching Guide: An Excellent Overview
Comment: This book is packed with value for the money. There are many books out there that are much more expensive, but are not as coherently put together. I am an older student who last studied Italian in the 1950's. I decided to sign up for an adult education course in Italian this fall as an Advanced Beginner. I bought this book to get me up to speed. I have not been disappointed. I find the explanations of irregular verbs and nouns to be easy to follow, and the exercises are actually fun to do, with all the answers in the back. You have to work, but it is worth it. I find I love Italian as much as I did when I was young.
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Title: 501 Italian Verbs by John Colaneri, Vincent Luciani ISBN: 0764113488 Publisher: Barrons Educational Series Pub. Date: 01 February, 2001 List Price(USD): $14.95 |
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Title: Webster's New World Italian Dictionary: Italian/English, English/Italian by Catherine E. Love ISBN: 0139536396 Publisher: Webster's New World Pub. Date: September, 1992 List Price(USD): $12.95 |
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Title: Italian Verb Drills by Paola Nanni-Tate, Paola Nanni Tate ISBN: 0844280690 Publisher: McGraw-Hill/Contemporary Books Pub. Date: 11 January, 1994 List Price(USD): $8.95 |
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Title: Essential Italian Grammar by Olga Ragusa ISBN: 048620779X Publisher: Dover Pubns Pub. Date: June, 1963 List Price(USD): $5.95 |
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Title: The Complete Idiot's Guide to Learning Italian (2nd Edition) by Gabrielle Euvino ISBN: 0028641477 Publisher: Alpha Books Pub. Date: 09 May, 2001 List Price(USD): $18.95 |
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