Easy Italian Reader (Book & CD-ROM) [Paperback]

Riccarda Saggese (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: November 10, 2008 | ISBN-10: 0071603344 | ISBN-13: 978-0071603348 | Edition: 2

The fun and easy way to quickly enhance basic reading skills--now with CD-ROMs!

Easy Italian Reader is based on the premise that the best way to learn a language is to start reading it, immediately. Suitable for the raw beginner to intermediate-level language learner, this book features engaging readings of progressive difficulty that allow you to rapidly build your comprehension. The additional CD-ROM contains a 90-minute recording of selected passages from the book, which can be downloaded to an iPod or other mp3 player, or heard via computer where the text can simultaneously be viewed on screen.

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About the Author

Riccarda Saggese, a native of Italy, is an assistant professor of Italian at the University of Delaware. In addition to various Italian degrees, she earned a Ph.D. in Italian literature from Johns Hopkins University.

Product Details

• Paperback: 240 pages
• Publisher: McGraw-Hill; 2 edition (November 10, 2008)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0071603344
• ISBN-13: 978-0071603348
• Product Dimensions: 9 x 6 x 0.7 inches
• Shipping Weight: 14.4 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 4.4 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (11 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #28,207 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
  • #25 in Books > Education & Reference > Foreign Languages > Instruction > Italian
  • #26 in Books > Education & Reference > Foreign Languages > Italian

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Riccarda Saggese, a native of Italy, is an assistant professor of Italian at the University of Delaware. In addition to various Italian degrees, he earned a Ph.D. in Italian literature from Johns Hopkins University.

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12 of 12 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Ottimo libro per acquisire l'italiano! Great book to acquire Italian!, February 22, 2011

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Libertino Antonio "Author of Speak Italian Ma... (Tropea, Italy) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Easy Italian Reader (Book & CD-ROM) (Paperback)

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I am Antonio Libertino, author of The secrets of the Italian language - I segreti della lingua italiana per stranieri (Italian and English edition), Parla l'italiano magicamente! Speak Italian Magically! Relax! You Can Learn Italian Now! and Impariamo l'italiano a Tropea (Italian Edition). I teach Italian for a living and I can say that this is a great book for self study, provided that you decide to work a little a day, every day. Enjoy the video review.

8 of 8 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Good but not for absolute beginner, March 31, 2009

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flybynight_lovebymorning (New Jersey) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Easy Italian Reader (Book & CD-ROM) (Paperback)

I am a beginner/intermediate level italian learner and this was pretty much exactly what I was looking for. Something easier than online italian newspapers to help me get used to italian grammar and pick up some more vocabulary in context. I've only made it through the first 8 "stories" and supposedly it gets tougher as it goes, so I'm looking forward to a little more advanced learning. Oh, and it comes with a CD that has MP3s so I can listen in my car on the way to work, nice bonus for the price.

Definitely not for the absolute beginner, not sure why they would even suggest that in the item description. You have to have had at least some basic grammar and vocab otherwise this would be torture. But if you know how to conjugate present tense, agreement of subject and adjective, masc vs fem nouns, you should be ok (at least for the beginning).

3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

2.0 out of 5 stars ho-hum, May 9, 2010

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This review is from: Easy Italian Reader (Book & CD-ROM) (Paperback)

Not a particularly amazing book, but does the job. One thing I found totally unacceptable was that the glossary at the end doesn't bother to tell you the gender of any nouns, such as those ending in -e.