Description
Learn Italian step-by-step and soon you'll be making leaps and bounds
Your quickest route to learning Italian is through a solid grounding in grammar basics. Now don't be put off by the G-word. What you won't find in this book is a lot of repetitive drills. Instead, you get an original, step-by-step approach to learning Italian based on the way people naturally acquire language.
From the very beginning, you are introduced to the most essential structures--allowing you to communicate in Italian almost immediately. Gradually, through a series of interconnected steps, you logically progress to more common concepts that govern how Italian is spoken and written. And along the way you are introduced to hundreds of carefully selected verbs and vocabulary words presented on the basis of how often they are used in everyday Italian.
Guaranteed to get you quickly up and running with the knowledge and skills you need to communicate in Italian with confidence, Easy Italian Step-by-Step features:
- A unique building-block approach to mastering essential grammar, verbs, and vocabulary
- Down-to-earth explanations of important rules and concepts
- Hundreds of frequently used verbs and key terms a beginner should know
- Exercises to test what you've learned and measure progress
- Engaging readings that help you hone your skills in everyday contexts
Author: Paola Nanni-Tate
Publisher: McGraw-Hill Companies
Published: 11/01/2008
Pages: 336
Binding Type: Paperback
Weight: 1.21lbs
Size: 9.12h x 7.28w x 0.66d
ISBN13: 9780071453899
ISBN10: 007145389X
BISAC Categories:
- Foreign Language Study | ItalianAbout the Author
Paola Nanni-Tate teaches Italian at Ohio State University and is the author of Italian Verb Drills and Practice Makes Perfect: Italian Verb Tenses.