Speak Italian with Michel Thomas (Speak... with Michel Thomas) [Audiobook] [Audio CD]

Michel Thomas (Author)

Book Description

ISBN-10: 0071380620 | ISBN-13: 978-0071380621 | Publication Date: March 28, 2001 | Edition: 1

Anyone can learn a language with Michel Thomas--The World's Greatest Language Teacher.

No books. No writing. No drills. And nothing to memorize--ever! With his unique program, Michel Thomas has taught celebrities, corporate leaders, and schoolchildren--with immediate and amazing results. Now the Language Teacher to the Stars invites everyone to join his class!

Using Speak Italian with Michel Thomas, listeners learn in real time--fully understanding as they go along, turning words into short sentences, and then building them into longer, more complex sentences, until they are conversing in Italian.

Michel will have listeners formulating their own thoughts and sentences from the very beginning, even if they have never succeeded in learning a language before. Michel has used this very method to teach celebrities such as Mel Gibson, Woody Allen, Barbra Streisand, Warren Beatty, and Princess Grace of Monaco.

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About the Author

Michel Thomas (New York, NY) is head of the Michel Thomas Language Centers and has been teaching languages for more than 50 years. He has taught his revolutionary language program all over the world.

Product Details

• Audio CD
• Publisher: McGraw-Hill; 1 edition (March 28, 2001)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0071380620
• ISBN-13: 978-0071380621
• Product Dimensions: 7.6 x 5.4 x 0.8 inches
• Shipping Weight: 6.6 ounces
• Average Customer Review: 4.5 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (8 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #630,730 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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26 of 26 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Very worth the price and your time!, December 11, 2002

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Michael A. Klem (Glendale, CA United States) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Speak Italian with Michel Thomas (Speak... with Michel Thomas) (Audio CD)

I tried other language CDs and you mostly ended up repeating what was said. They left me wanting to learn more about how verbs are conjugated and why certain words are where they were. This CD fills in all the gaps, explains how the Italian language works and how it compares to English. This gave me a more complete understanding of how to use the language. Michel Thomas' technique works great too. I felt I was able to expand my ability to speak Italian almost instantly.

15 of 15 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars worth the time and money, February 21, 2005

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Oscar J. Zuniga Jr. "taildrags" (Medford, Oregon, USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Speak Italian with Michel Thomas (Speak... with Michel Thomas) (Audio CD)

I was a little skeptical about a "learn while you drive" product, but this one is very good. I know Spanish and some French, so much of the Italian sounds familiar and flows well from what I already know. The instructor is excellent... not condescending, doesn't move too fast, and inspires confidence. And for heaven's sake- don't even think of buying just the two-CD "intro" version! If you are at all serious about being able to learn and speak Italian, the first two CDs will only "open the box" and whet your appetite without really teaching you enough to make sense.

13 of 13 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Good for jump starting your Italian, December 3, 2005

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Bruce_in_LA "reader_in_LA" (los angeles, ca United States) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Speak Italian with Michel Thomas (Speak... with Michel Thomas) (Audio CD)

I've studied German, Spanish, Italian, French, one or two in college, others by book or book/tape alone. Michel Thomas and Pimsleur are both audio-based, bit-by-bit, repetitive courses. Here, Michel Thomas (himself) teaches you a couple hours of introductory Italian ("That's not possible = Non e possibile, "I want to buy it here = Voglio comprarlo qui", "I want the same as that" etc). It's aimed at people who "hate languages" or got nowhere with them in school. I'd add my experience that even though Michel Thomas courses allow you to start from absolute zero, his products can also be great for jump starting real usage and conversation based on words you've already seen from high school, a Berlitz paperback, etc. For example, I can even read Italian at, say, the fourth grade level, and similar Spanish at high school level, but this CD set really helped me think and vocalize in Italian better. Like others have said, if your goals go very far, you'll get the 8-hr version, this is the first 2 CDs of that. If you happened to have a year or two of high school Italian or Spanish, rather than zero, you'll likely get way more out of these CDs than you'd expect.