Just Listen 'N Learn Italian [Audiobook] [Paperback]

Brian Hill (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: January 11, 1996 | ISBN-10: 084429599x | ISBN-13: 978-0844295992 | Edition: 1

An introduction to beginning Italian provides listeners with the basics of conversational Italian.

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Product Details

• Paperback
• Publisher: McGraw-Hill; 1 edition (January 11, 1996)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 084429599x
• ISBN-13: 978-0844295992
• ASIN: 084429599X
• Product Dimensions: 11.4 x 8.2 x 1.8 inches
• Shipping Weight: 1.7 pounds
• Average Customer Review: 4.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (10 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #2,731,486 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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41 of 43 people found the following review helpful:

2.0 out of 5 stars Just Listen 'N Learn Italian, April 4, 2000

By A Customer

This review is from: Just Listen 'N Learn Italian (Paperback)

I did not find this CD useful. It was advertised as listen and learn. I am going on a trip to Italy and I wanted to become familiar with the language. I have a 45-minute drive to work each day and wanted something to listen to on the way that would familiarize me with the language. This CD requires constant interaction with the book, which doesn't work well driving to work. Most the CD is in Italian, but without the book there is very little English translation.

25 of 25 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars Interesting method, but confusing, March 20, 2000

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Brian Cull - See all my reviews

This review is from: Just Listen 'N Learn Italian (Paperback)

I found this course a little frustrating to use. It's interesting to hear the sounds of speakers over loudspeakers in the train stations and how "real" Italians might sound when they speak with each other on the tape. However, the tape and booklet do not always follow along with each other. In addition, if you want to learn to speak Italian, this is not the course for you. It's more about listening because words and phrases are spoken much to quickly for you to easily repeat them and to practice pronunciation. I not recommend this for someone who is starting from the very beginning in their Italian study.

21 of 21 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Very good course for practical, spoken Italian, April 10, 2000

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Patrick Campion (Maryland, USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Just Listen 'N Learn Italian (Paperback)

This is a well paced course suitable for someone just starting Italian. At first, the taped conversations can be frustrating, because most are recorded live "on location", using real native speakers in real life situations. However, there is a full transcript of each conversation, along with vocabulary and an explanation of grammatical points. (I actually ended up wishing that the book concentrated MORE on grammar, although most people probably prefer less.) One of the few improvements that could be made would be an explanation of the stress patterns in Italian words, which would make it easy for the reader to know exactly how to pronounce a word or verb form that appeared only in print, but not in the dialogues. This is NOT intended to teach you just a few "set" phrases for use during short trip to Italy or to an Italian restaurant. Instead, it's meant to help you understand and converse in Italian in real life situations.