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Italian Phase 1, Unit 11-15
Learn to Speak and Understand Italian with Pimsleur Language Programs
This Edition: MP3
Lessons: 5
ISBN: 9781442314702
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Includes 5 lessons and reading instruction (150 minutes) as MP3 download, plus PDF reading booklet
Pimsleur® equals success. Just one 30minute lesson a day gets you speaking and understanding like no other program. Italian Phase 1, Units 1115 build on material taught in prior units. Each lesson provides 30 minutes of spoken language practice, with an introductory conversation, and new vocabulary and structures. Detailed instructions enable you to understand and participate in the conversation. Each lesson contains practice for vocabulary introduced in previous lessons. The emphasis is on pronunciation and comprehension, and on learning to speak Italian. These units contain Reading Lessons designed to teach you to sound out words with correct pronunciation and accent. A Reading Booklet to be used with the audio lessons is also included in PDF format.
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- Easy to use (5)
- It works (5)
- Perfects accent (5)
- Portable (5)
- Fun (3)
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- Self-improvement (3)
- Travel (3)
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Pros
- Easy to use
- Fun
- It Works
- Perfects Accent
- Portable
Cons
- Too Fast
Best Uses
- Self-improvement
- Travel
Comments about Italian Phase 1, Unit 11-15:
I have never had much success or been able to "stick to it" with language learning. At 50 I thought I was too old to learn even a little bit of a foreign language. But this system teaches you to learn how to hear and speak a language first rather than read it and for me this has been fun and exciting. It's not a "video game" and uses lots of repetition but for me it is helping the language to "stick". I am pausing the audio often but by the time I finish each lesson I feel I am succeeding!
Pros
- Easy to use
- Fun
- It Works
- Perfects Accent
- Portable
Cons
- Expensive
Best Uses
- Family background/Heritage
- Just for fun
Comments about Italian Phase 1, Unit 11-15:
I found the lessons easy to follow and I am surprised by the way I am learning Italian. This is easy and effective!
Pros
- Easy to use
- It Works
- Perfects Accent
- Portable
Cons
- No Reading Component
- Not Always Clearly Spoken
- No writing component
Best Uses
- Self-improvement
- Travel
Comments about Italian Phase 1, Unit 11-15:
I listen in the car whenever I have at least 30 minutes. Sometimes the responses come too quickly to hear clearly or to even repeat it but I know the process, as I have used this system previously. It does help on a 30,000 foot level but I would like to have more advanced "tense" and "person" instruction. Everything is in first or third person. I was disappointed this time in that, by buying the download instead of discs, I am missing out on the reading lessons. This was NOT indicated when purchased and I would have liked to have the reading lessons, had I known
All in all, for the casual traveler, this is a good system but doesn't get very deep in the language.
Pros
- Easy to use
- It Works
- Perfects Accent
- Portable
Cons
Best Uses
Comments about Italian Phase 1, Unit 11-15:
I have been listening to the Pimsleur units while I drive and have learned very quickly. The repetition ensures success but not in a way that bores you. I recently returned from a trip to Italy and felt more comfortable that I could ask for directions and shop knowing my numbers. I will continue on in further units and I highly recommend this program.
Pros
- Easy to use
- Fun
- It Works
- Perfects Accent
- Portable
Cons
Best Uses
- Family background/Heritage
- Self-improvement
- Travel
Comments about Italian Phase 1, Unit 11-15:
I have taken other sources, even spent 4 weeks in a school in Italy but they all teach grammar and rely on memory. This course is fun and I do it in 30 minute bites which is enough for the brain to handle. In the car is great. Learning is more natural and they don't get into all the rules about conjugating verbs and such which turns on the analytical part of my brain which gets in the way of remembering the language. It becomes math problem. I wish i had study this method before going to Italy because what I really needed to know in order to communicate would have been accessible. Instead I was at I loss because I hadn't learned the right verb tense because it was considered further advanced in the curriculum, but saying "would you like' or 'I would like' is the first thing I reach for when traveling and being polite with strangers. I recommend this whole heartedly. Following up with real life practice is essential to retaining it, also.
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