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Beginner's Italian with Online Audio & Video

by Tom Means

Italian lessons built around everyday encounters

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Italian lessons built around everyday encounters

Tom Means’s beginner course combines language instruction with an itinerary through four Italian cities, following American visitor Chiara and local Luca in dialogues about everyday topics. The 14 lessons pair vocabulary and grammar with exercises, while the accompanying audio and video offer additional pronunciation and practical-language material, including situations such as ordering food or shopping. An introduction to pronunciation, an answer key, and an Italian-English glossary round out the study tools. Food, family, art, history, and fashion provide cultural context alongside the core work of learning written and spoken Italian.

Good fit for readers who enjoy

  • Beginners seeking a structured introduction to written and spoken Italian.
  • Learners who want audio and video practice alongside lessons and exercises.
  • Students interested in Italian language learning with cultural context and city-based dialogues.

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Italian language and pronunciationEveryday communicationItalian cities and cultureFood, family, art, history, and fashion

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Book overview

Start speaking Italian today with this modern interactive beginner's course!A language steeped in history, culture and art, Italian is spoken by over 65 million people worldwide and is also one of the most widely studied Romance languages. Ideal for those new to Italian, learning at home or in the classroom, Beginner's Italian with Online Audio & Video teaches both written and spoken Italian using modern pedagogy and engaging audio and video. Follow the adventures of Chiara and Luca! Chiara is an American visiting Italy for the first time and Luca is the Italian guy she meets on her first day in Italy. Across the book's 14 chapters, they visit four Italian cities from Rome to Florence to Venice and down to Naples. Food, family, art, history, and fashion await them. Join Chiara and Luca for an Italian language and culture avventura!Includes:
  • An introduction to the Italian language and basics of pronunciation
  • Fourteen carefully-paced lessons, each one opening with dialogues about an everyday topic followed by vocabulary, grammar lessons, and exercises
  • Free companion YouTube channel, @BeginnersItalian, with over 200 videos on topics like how to order a meal or shop at a store to reinforce using Italian in everyday situations
  • 200+ audio files for streaming or free download featuring pronunciation by native speakers
  • Easy-to-use QR codes that link to the audio and video
  • Answer key to the exercises
  • Italian-English glossary
  • Lessons equivalent to two semesters of college-level Italian

 

 

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