Instant Immersion Italian Platinum

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Product Features

• Audio compact discs for over 6-1/2 hours of portable lessons
• Italian language multimedia learning software on CD-ROM
• 750 hours of beginner, intermediate, and advanced tutoring
• 8,000 word audio glossary; 3,600 exercises; 37 activities; 6 workshops
• Monitor pronunciation and intonation with Spoken Error Tracking System

Product Details

• Shipping Weight: 12.8 ounces
• Shipping: This item is also available for shipping to select countries outside the U.S.
• ASIN: B0002DLRRU
• Item model number: CS-463S
• Date first available at Amazon.com: June 1, 2005
• Average Customer Review: 3.7 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (3 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #7,939 in Software (See Top 100 in Software)
  • #24 in Software > Education & Reference > Foreign Languages > Italian
• Discontinued by manufacturer: Yes

Product Description

From the Manufacturer

Long considered the gold standard in self-paced language tutoring, Instant Immersion brand has proven invaluable to millions of people worldwide desiring to learn a new language. Now, the global leader in language instruction melds improved flexibility and utility with lustrously polished content to create Instant Immersion Italian Platinum, the unparalleled language system combining hands-on computer-based teaching with the portability of audio lessons on compact discs. Tell Me More 3 CD-ROM set comprises 750 hours of instruction at beginner, intermediate, and advanced levels, heightening your Italian proficiency through tutorial technologies including the use of 3D animation and the Spoken Error Tracking System (S.E.T.S.), providing detection and correction of pronunciation errors. Stay motivated when you're away from the computer with the Instant Immersion Italian audio book eight-compact disc set. Developed by linguistic experts, these recordings offer an in-depth curriculum allowing students on the move the opportunity to master spoken Italian, from vocabulary to conjugation.

Features:

• 8,000 word audio glossary
• 3,600 exercises
• 750 hours of work
• Three curriculum modes
• 37 activities
• Six workshops
• 3D phonetics
• Cultural activities
• Three levels--beginner, intermediate, advanced
• Audio compact discs featuring over 6-1/2 hours of lessons

Product Description

Instant Immersion Italian Platinum takes from the basics to intermediate language skills, in no time at all. It combines computer-based teaching with the portability of audio lessons on compact disc. With over 750 hours of instruction, you'll become completely immersed in the language and learn by hearing real-world conversations and usage.

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

9 of 9 people found the following review helpful:

2.0 out of 5 stars More is less, April 16, 2007

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J. Vanore "Novelist" (New Jersey USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Instant Immersion Italian Platinum (CD-ROM)

The program is slow and tedious,and seems to concentrate more on games and videos than on teaching the language. It's extremely complicated to follow, and the only thing I've gained any useable information from are the vocbulary CDs, and you can get those with many other, far less expensive programs. Few people are going to sit by their copmputer waiting for videos to load so they can take a multiple choice test, which seemed to be a large part of the practice. I got more out of "The Complete Idiot's Guide to Learning Italian."

5.0 out of 5 stars Great value, December 27, 2011

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Jen D - See all my reviews

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This review is from: Instant Immersion Italian Platinum (CD-ROM)

I bought this for my sister and she says that it is pretty easy to use and that it's definitely helping her learn Italian. For the price compared to some of the more high end language learning programs this is fantastic and you still get great results.

4.0 out of 5 stars Quite valuable especially for pronunciation and vocabulary, April 18, 2011

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Tracy Marks (Arlington, MA USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Instant Immersion Italian Platinum (CD-ROM)

Instant Immersion Italian Platinum is definitely not the best learning Italian software on the market, but now that it's price is reduced, it is definitely a bargain especially for listening to the correct pronunciation, exercises in speaking the language and vocabulary. I wish it came with a book, but buying a book separately, and using the cds for hundreds of hours of pronunciation and vocabulary practice is particularly valuable. One does not learn Italian either by books alone or by listening alone. I have bought several books on learning Italian, and these cds are great practice to use with the books.....and far far cheaper than Rosetta Stone which relies exclusively on cds as well.