Colloquial Italian: The Complete Course for Beginners: v. 10 (Colloquial Series) - Softcover

Lymbery, Sylvia

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9780415362689: Colloquial Italian: The Complete Course for Beginners: v. 10 (Colloquial Series)

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ISBN 10: 0415362687 ISBN 13: 9780415362689

Publisher: Routledge, 2005

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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.

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Synopsis:

This new edition of "Colloquial Italian" has been revised and updated to make learning Italian easier and more enjoyable than ever before. Specially developed by an experienced teacher for self-study or class use, this clear, accurate course delivers a step-by-step approach to written and spoken Italian. The best choice in personal language learning, this expanded edition features: up-to-date authentic texts, and lively new illustrations in each unit. No prior knowledge of the language is required, and by the end of this easy to follow course students will be able to communicate confidently and effectively in a broad range of everyday situations. With two sixty minute cassettes and CDs available to complement the book, "Colloquial Italian" provides every opportunity to perfect pronunciation, listening and speaking skills using material recorded by native speakers.

About the Author:

Sylvia Lymbery is jsut about to retire after a working life which saw her at one time heading up an international School in Oxford, and later teaching EFL in Italy for several years. Also author of Teach Yourself 'Improve Your Italian' and our own Colloquial Italian 2.

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