Teach Yourself Improve Your Italian (Book Only)

Teach Yourself Improve Your Italian (Book Only)
Author: Sylvia Lymbery
Publisher: McGraw-Hill
Total Pages: 0
Release: 2004-04-22
Genre: Foreign Language Study
ISBN: 9780071430845

Graduate from the fundamentals to fluency! For language learners stuck at rudimentary greetings and memorized phrases, this new Teach Yourself Improve Your Language series is the ideal way to move beyond beginners' basics. By building on existing knowledge, readers improve the competency of their spoken and written communication. Lively, authentic dialogues cover a range of situations, such as making invitations and suggestions; writing job descriptions; talking about past events; conveying hotel requirements; making complaints; shopping; and describing ailments. The course also expands sophisticated linguistic skills, such as expressing obligation and needs; probability; contrasting ideas; and regret. Features include: Clear explanations of key structures Extensive vocabulary lists Easy-access verb tables Useful practice exercises

Teach Yourself Improve Your Italian Package (Book + 2CDs)

Teach Yourself Improve Your Italian Package (Book + 2CDs)
Author: Sylvia Lymbery
Publisher: McGraw-Hill
Total Pages: 288
Release: 2004-07-07
Genre: Foreign Language Study
ISBN: 9780071430852

Graduate from the fundamentals to fluency! For language learners stuck at rudimentary greetings and memorized phrases, this new Teach Yourself Improve Your Language Audiopack series is the ideal way to move beyond beginners' basics. By building on existing knowledge, readers improve the competency of their spoken and written communication. Lively, authentic dialogues cover a range of situations, such as making invitations and suggestions; writing job descriptions; talking about past events; conveying hotel requirements; making complaints; shopping; and describing ailments. The course also expands sophisticated linguistic skills, such as expressing obligation and needs; probability; contrasting ideas; and regret. Features include: Two 60-minute audio CDs with paperback book Clear explanations of key structures Extensive vocabulary lists Easy-access verb tables Useful practice exercises

50 Ways to Improve your Italian: Teach Yourself

50 Ways to Improve your Italian: Teach Yourself
Author: Valeria Malandra
Publisher: Teach Yourself
Total Pages: 161
Release: 2010-08-27
Genre: Foreign Language Study
ISBN: 144413230X

Is this the right course for me? Do you have a working knowledge of Italian, but want to improve? Allow this book to come to your rescue and eliminate basic errors and slips of the pen. Each one of 50 top tips for improving your spoken and written Italian is presented and analysed across a whole double page, with explanations as to where and why people sometimes go wrong. The tips are grouped into grammar, spelling, false friends, pronunciation and cultural faux pas sections. There's even free downloadable audio content available to help you with your pronunciation. Polish your Italian with this brand new series from Teach Yourself - the No. 1 brand in language learning. 50 ways to improve your Italian touches all essential bases and is divided into easily digestible sections. Learn effortlessly with an easy-to-read page design and interactive features: Only got a minute? A 60-second introduction to Italian to get you started. Only got five minutes? Get to grips with Italian and its common pitfalls even if you're short of time. Only got ten minutes? Use your free time wisely to learn something about the Italian language. Insights Instant help with common problems and quick tips for success, based on Valeria Malandra's many years of experience. Test yourself Tests online to keep track of your progress. Articles Extra information to keep you motivated. Summaries Quick refreshers to help you remember the key facts. Grammar Easy-to-follow building blocks to give you a clear understanding. Pronunciation Don't sound like a tourist - polish your pronunciation before you go. Audio Downloadable audio support online to help with key areas - iPod/MP3 compatible.For your free audio download please visit: www.hodder.co.uk/TYLfreedownloads

Italian Made Simple

Italian Made Simple
Author: Cristina Mazzoni
Publisher: Crown
Total Pages: 337
Release: 2013-01-23
Genre: Foreign Language Study
ISBN: 030743432X

Whether you are planning a romantic Italian getaway, packing a knapsack for your junior year abroad, or just want to engage your Italian business associate in everyday conversation, Italian Made Simple is the perfect book for any self-learner. Void of all the non-essentials and refreshingly easy to understand, Italian Made Simple includes: * basics of grammar * vocabulary building exercises * pronunciation aids * common expressions * word puzzles and language games * contemporary reading selections * Italian culture and history * economic information * Italian-English and English-Italian dictionaries Complete with drills, exercises, and answer keys for ample practice opportunities, Italian Made Simple will soon have you speaking Italian like a native.

Conversational Italian for Travelers

Conversational Italian for Travelers
Author: Kathryn Occhipinti
Publisher: Stella Lucente, LLC
Total Pages: 0
Release: 2015-07-15
Genre: Foreign Language Study
ISBN: 9780990383451

The textbook, Conversational Italian for Travelers, is a fun, friendly book, not formal like most language books, and teaches everything one needs to know to travel to Italy. If you want to really understand the Italian of today, you need this book! We learn language and culture as we follow the character Caterina in dialogues that detail her travels through Italy. As she boards planes, trains, and finally takes a ride in her cousin's car, we learn how to do these things in Italian. When she meets up with her Italian family, we learn the phrases of communicating with others, including what to say if you meet someone special, how to go shopping and how to use the telephone. Finally, Caterina goes on a trip to Lago Maggiore with her Italian family, and we learn phrases needed to stay at a hotel, go sight-seeing, and of course, go to the restaurant and order wonderful Italian food! Many Italian dishes commonly ordered in Italian restaurants are listed in the last three chapters of the boo

Teach Yourself

Teach Yourself
Author: Sylvia Lymbery
Publisher:
Total Pages:
Release: 2004-02
Genre:
ISBN: 9780340870686

Colloquial Italian

Colloquial Italian
Author: Sylvia Lymbery
Publisher: Routledge
Total Pages: 368
Release: 2015-08-14
Genre: Foreign Language Study
ISBN: 131730652X

Colloquial Italian: The Complete Course for Beginners has been carefully developed by an experienced teacher to provide a step-by-step course to Italian as it is written and spoken today. Combining a clear, practical and accessible style with a methodical and thorough treatment of the language, it equips learners with the essential skills needed to communicate confidently and effectively in Italian in a broad range of situations. No prior knowledge of the language is required. Colloquial Italian is exceptional; each unit presents a wealth of grammatical points that are reinforced with a wide range of exercises for regular practice. A full answer key, a grammar summary, bilingual glossaries and English translations of dialogues can be found at the back as well as useful vocabulary lists throughout. Key features include: A clear, user-friendly format designed to help learners progressively build up their speaking, listening, reading and writing skills Jargon-free, succinct and clearly structured explanations of grammar An extensive range of focused and dynamic supportive exercises Realistic and entertaining dialogues covering a broad variety of narrative situations Helpful cultural points An overview of the sounds of Italian Balanced, comprehensive and rewarding, Colloquial Italian is an indispensable resource both for independent learners and students taking courses in Italian. Audio material to accompany the course is available to download free in MP3 format from www.routledge.com/cw/colloquials. Recorded by native speakers, the audio material features the dialogues and texts from the book and will help develop your listening and pronunciation skills.

French for Reading

French for Reading
Author: Karl C. Sandberg
Publisher: Prentice Hall
Total Pages: 548
Release: 1997
Genre: Foreign Language Study
ISBN:

Programmed text for acquisition of reading skills for beginning courses or rapid review.

Improve Your Italian

Improve Your Italian
Author: Sylvia Lymbery
Publisher: Hodder Education
Total Pages: 275
Release: 2004
Genre: Italian language
ISBN: 9780340870679

This double CD provides approximately two hours of listening material and accompanies the book Teach yourself: improve your Italian (0-340-87067-2). The book and CDs are also available as a pack (0-340-87069-0).