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Oxford Take Off In Italian Multimedia CD – May 11, 2008

ISBN-13: 978-0199534319 ISBN-10: 0199534314 Edition: 3rd
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Product Details

  • Series: Take Off In...
  • CD-ROM: 256 pages
  • Publisher: Oxford University Press; 3 edition (May 11, 2008)
  • Language: English
  • ISBN-10: 0199534314
  • ISBN-13: 978-0199534319
  • Product Dimensions: 1.5 x 5.4 x 8 inches
  • Shipping Weight: 1.2 pounds (View shipping rates and policies)
  • Average Customer Review: 4.2 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (19 customer reviews)
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"Ideal for the above-average tourist or business traveler, the Take Off In language-learning series offers a practical yet entertaining approach for beginners to read, write and speak a foreign language...The mix keeps the audio sessions fresh and realistic, with a dash of humor. All that fun still requires a test at the end of each unit, but upon completion, novice speakers will have graduated to the intermediate level with the ability to book hotels, order from menus, send thank-you notes, navigate public transportation and engage in office parlance."--Kirkus Reviews


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This is a very good learning tool for anyone planning on traveling to Italy.
ardnam
The cds are not quite as good as the Pimsleur program but they are still very good - the speakers do not go too fast which gives you time to comprehend.
a reader
The second way is the authors took great pains to explain concepts of the Italian language, rather than put the student through rote memorization.
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Most Helpful Customer Reviews

9 of 9 people found the following review helpful
Finally...a learning program that focuses on listening and speaking!
By Keith A. Preble on August 27, 2008
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Having read and reviewed dozens of books on learning Italian, I have to say that this is one of the best resources that I have ever seen. I only gave this item four stars because there is some room for improvement. Below I'll outlines the positives, describing the item in greater detail:

1: If you purchase this item, you'll receive a set of CD's that have activities and dialogues that are shown in the book. Some activities on the CD's are not in the book and require you to work on your listening skills. This is a HUGE plus -- not many books do this. There is a "review CD" that is billed to be used in your car since it doesn't require the book. The extra material in the final CD will help you practice your listening skills without relying too much on the book.

2: You will also receive a book which has all the lessons. Each lesson is divided into parts with sections on Italian grammar. The explanations are clear and concise and exercises follow to help your learning. I find some of the explanation to be a bit short, but for beginners the amount of learning is concentrated into small lessons might work well. I would follow up a second grammar book to help improve on certain concepts that are presented. Also accompanying this is a travel dictionary and phrase book. I wouldn't say that this is the greatest travel dictionary, but it is adequate. The last dozen pages is the most useful section and includes important phrases you are likely to encounter.

3: There is an access code to access the materials that are online. The online materials contain mp3's as well as extra exercises and activities to further improve your understanding of the language.Read more ›
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6 of 6 people found the following review helpful
An excellent old school language kit
By Rane VINE VOICE on October 19, 2008
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The Oxford Take Off in Italian language learning kit consists of a booklet and 5 CDs. This is an old school learning kit, the type you listen to in your car on the way to work. There is no software to go with the kit. It teaches speaking and listening proficiency, but don't expect to learn to read and write in Italian. It is primarily designed for tourists and travellers. You will not become a fluent speaker, but will be able to get by pretty well on what you learn.

How well someone is able to learn with this kit will, of course, depend on the individual. People who learn languages easily will find it the most useful. People who struggle with languages will probably need something a little more sophisticated, with supporting software.

The biggest advantage to this kit, as opposed to software like Rosetta or something like Pimsleur, is the price. This is a very affordable language lesson. I think it is ideal for someone who isn't sure if they want to commit to learning a language. It will allow you to experiment before investing 100's of dollars into a bigger system.
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6 of 7 people found the following review helpful
Good for what it promises
By Seven Kitties on August 27, 2008
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This product is not an attempt to teach you to MASTER Italian, but to give you a good foundation in the language, with a focus on travelling/tourism. As such, it's great and offers a surprising amount of material--much more vocabulary, for example, than you normally get in your 'quickie travel' language items. The lessons are each broken up into five mini-units, really quite bite sized pieces, that introduce a few new items while reviewing old ones.

At first, jumping back and forth between the CD and the book seems like it's going to drive you crazy, but it really doesn't--both the book and the CD prompt you when to switch and what to do. And the CD track format makes it easy to relisten to a dialogue.

However, the CD format also makes it a pain in the booty to *FIND* a certain track. There is no 'key' to the track listings, so if you want to start lesson three, you have to poke and poke till you find the right track. Ruinous? No. Annoying because it's so easily avoidable? Yes.

This is a British product, so SOME of the translations (calcio = football 'soccer' to us US types) may need a little tweaking, and the narrator (a native Italian speaker)'s British accent is a bit wonky--sometimes it sounds posh-London, sometimes almost Cockney.

The online support includes all new dialogues and activities for the units, neatly broken down; but does slow a computer down if you're on dialup.

There is no visual support to this item, which seems a lackluster use of online supplements, so if you're a visual learner, this might not be the ticket for you.Read more ›
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3 of 3 people found the following review helpful
Recommended by someone who speaks Italian! (not me)
By Nick TOP 1000 REVIEWERVINE VOICE on September 16, 2008
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While I was hard at work trying to study the Oxford Take Off Spanish, I gave this to a friend who already speaks Italian passibly (4 years in college, so she's more of an expert than I) to get her input on how it compared to both how she learned at the University level, and her opinion on how well a language-challenged person such as myself would get along with this course.

The verdict is that her experience with the Oxford Take Off in Italian mirrors how I felt about the Latin American Spanish version: It's a decent way to get the basics covered, along with laying the groundwork for learning more Italian. The materials themselves consists of a phrasebook and 5 CDs, which is pretty standard across most of the language learning kits that I've seen, but they all vary on how well they pronounce the words and how much time to give you to repeat the phrase. I tried another competitor's Italian product a few years ago, and I got more frustrated because it wasn't clearly enunciated and I had what seemed like half a second to repeat it.

So, my friend gives this an excellent review and I trust her judgement and will start working on this after I master Spanish, or at least master the art of making a fool out of myself in Spanish.
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Most Recent Customer Reviews

The presentation guide takes Italian and makes it come to life for the...

The presentation guide takes Italian and makes it come to life for the user. The style of instruction includes the wisdom of a little repeatedly is better than a lot at once. Read more

Published 11 months ago by R. McClintick
Pretty good but vocab is frustrating

I previously got "Take off in German" for a trip to Austria and that one was very effective in refreshing my German. I bought this one to learn Italian. Read more

Published on July 23, 2012 by Bill
For the Traveler

This is a very good learning tool for anyone planning on traveling to Italy. It focuses on listening and speaking but not on reading and writing. Read more

Published on January 10, 2012 by ardnam
How does one pronounce 'pronunciation'?

I've only got 3 weeks to learn Italian of which I didn't know a word, before going to the Venito for 2 weeks in May. What a hope. Read more

Published on May 4, 2009 by Gary B. Stewart
Nice set of materials for the price

I've used this set with my son, who is enrolled in an English/Italian immersion program at elementary school. It has been quite helpful, not only for him, but for me. Read more

Published on January 22, 2009 by Amazon Customer
A Decent Supplement

I read, write and speak Italian at a moderately accomplished level. Of course, I haven't had to read, write or speak it in about 18 months, and so my skills and comprehension have... Read more

Published on November 20, 2008 by George Grella
An excellent program

The cds are not quite as good as the Pimsleur program but they are still very good - the speakers do not go too fast which gives you time to comprehend. Read more

Published on October 16, 2008 by a reader
Adequate Interactive Learning for Beginners to Intermediates

My first impression of the "Oxford Take Off in Italian: the Complete Language Learning Kit" is that it pretty much resembles other such interactive programs. Read more

Published on September 22, 2008 by Diana F. Von Behren
Probably not the best program, but it couldn't hurt.

The package comes with audio-only CDs, a lesson book, and a phrasebook. The fact that the CDs are audio-only surprised me, but I suppose they would be best for people who want to... Read more

Published on September 18, 2008 by Dame Droiture
Improvement on Earlier Versions... useful for traveller.

This latest Oxford "Take Off in Italian" offers a variety of media to learn to speak Italian. I had an earlier version, in a clunky big blue box, that was pretty useful.. Read more

Published on September 17, 2008 by Patrick McCormack

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