Berlitz Self-Teacher: Italian (Berlitz Self-Teachers) [Paperback]

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Product Details

• Reading level: Ages 18 and up
  
• Paperback: 336 pages
• Publisher: Perigee Trade (March 6, 1987)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0399513256
• ISBN-13: 978-0399513251
• Product Dimensions: 8.1 x 5.2 x 0.9 inches
• Shipping Weight: 6.4 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 4.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (13 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #518,151 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
  • #84 in Books > Education & Reference > Dictionaries & Thesauruses > Foreign Language > Italian

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19 of 19 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars GREAT!, July 28, 1999

By A Customer

This review is from: Berlitz Self-Teacher: Italian (Berlitz Self-Teachers) (Paperback)

This book is brobably one of the best Italian Language books that you can find for self study. The only problem with this book is that it has no tapes to help with pronunciation. However, this book is the greatest book that I have ever seen for Italian. It teaches some basic nouns, which are great for having a small conversation. If I did not think that this was a wonderful book, I would not use it to teach my younger brother Italian!

18 of 18 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Best Self Study Book For The Italian Language !!, September 24, 2000

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abe savona - See all my reviews

This review is from: Berlitz Self-Teacher: Italian (Berlitz Self-Teachers) (Paperback)

I cannot say enough about this book! I have tried so many tapes, books, techniques, you name it! I became overwhelmed by numerous rules to learn, conjugations to memorize, and the like until I grew discouraged! This book is simple. Each lesson builds on the previous one. There are minor notes to guide you, to remind you- and you will practice real conversation in the exercises. Each and every word has an English phonetic guide so that you instantly pronounce Italian words correctly. Not only is the technique used (almost no grammer rules to memorize, which is how you learned your 1st language) incredible, but it is extremely fun! The format is friendly, youthful, energetic, charming in style, and extremely user friendly. I could go on and on! This book is the best thing to happen to Italian language aquisition, ever!

5 of 5 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Not the best, but good., May 22, 2005

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Beethoven (United States) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Berlitz Self-Teacher: Italian (Berlitz Self-Teachers) (Paperback)

I rate this book the highest out of my books on teaching yourself a language. There are two big problems with it however. It does not go into irregular verb usage and adjective placement, you just have to sort of figure it out on your own. Also, Berlitz often throws in vocabulary and concepts that are not defined in either the lesson, glossary, or index.

Obviously this is not an all in one sort of book.