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| Author: Pimsleur
Publisher: Pimsleur
Category: Book
List Price: $24.95
Buy New: $9.39
You Save: $15.56 (62%)
New (36) Used (15) from $9.39
Avg. Customer Rating:  18 reviews
Sales Rank: 20308
Format: Audiobook
Media: Audio CD
Number Of Items: 5
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.7
Dimensions (in): 8.9 x 6.9 x 2.2
ISBN: 0743550684
Dewey Decimal Number: 458
EAN: 9780743550680
ASIN: 0743550684
Publication Date: September 6, 2005
Availability: Usually ships in 1-2 business days
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| Customer Reviews:
Just the basics.... February 1, 2008
19 out of 19 found this review helpful
My husband and I have, in the last few years taken two trips to Europe and though we were only staying for a couple weeks wanted to learn a bit of the language in order to make an effort to at least be able to say the polite phrases and to understand the basics. I was not looking for a comprehensive program, nor was I looking to continue on to a more challenging program.
This set was recommended by my sister who has a degree in Language and has learned and speaks several languages fluently. She advised me that Pimsleur was one of the best programs on the market for what I was looking for, and she was right.
I have found that any effort that I have made to speak the language (no matter how horribly mangled-it appears that it is all about the sincere effort) has been met with appreciation and has often resulted in a more friendly and pleasurably stay. I'm NOT fluent, nor am I a quick study. I used polite/useful phrases from the series frequently in my travels such as: Hello, How are you, excuse me, do you speak English? I do not speak Italian, Where is the bathroom, the list goes on. Any attempts seem to be appreciated, and for me it is worth the time for me to learn a little to be able to get around a little easier. Also, it is fun. I can take the cd's in my car and work on them on my commute. Perfect!
This will not teach you all the Italian you want to know if you are looking to speak fluently, but for a traveler, I thought it was perfect and it was both useful and fun.
I would highly recommend this product for those traveling to Italy that would just like to know a bit of Italian. You can always build onto it later if you wish to, but for the traveler it is a very nice program.
My one wish for these sets would be a booklet that gave a basic run-down on the chapters. With an audio only format sometimes I did not catch the word immediately and found myself looking up a few words on-line in order to understand how they were spelled so I knew if I was pronouncing them correctly. I'm a visual person, what can I say? Other than that I felt this was a highly effective program and would definitely look at other items in this series for our next adventure.
Good course January 28, 2008
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
I found it quite useful, however it provides the very basic vocabulary and then you have to purchase an extremely expensive course to continue learning.
great italian January 7, 2008
0 out of 3 found this review helpful
The product arrived in time specified and the product works as described. I'm already learning Italian.
 Italian CD November 17, 2007
2 out of 2 found this review helpful
Great easy to use and follow. Excellent for quick, basic knowledge. Helped me a great deal on my recent trip to Italy.
Pimsleur makes it easy October 14, 2007
3 out of 3 found this review helpful
If you want to learn Italian quickly, this is the product. Simply driving to work and listening to these cd's has made it very easy for me to begin speaking this language. I will visit Italy this coming year and am confident that I will be able to speak and understand the language. Thankyou Pimsleur!
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