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Sylvia Lymbery (Author)

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Publication Date: 31 Oct 1996 | ISBN-10: 0415120861 | ISBN-13: 978-0415120869

Colloquial Italian is easy to use and completely essential! Specially written by experienced teachers for self-study or class use, the course offers you a step-by-step approach to written and spoken Italian. No prior knowledge of the language is required.

What makes Colloquial Italian your best choice in personal language learning?

interactive – lots of dialogues and exercises for regular practice
clear – concise grammar notes
practical – useful vocabulary and pronunciation guide
complete – including answer key and special reference section.

By the end of this rewarding course you will be able to communicate confidently and effectively in a broad range of situations.

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What makes Colloquial Italian your best choice in personal language learning?

interactive – lots of dialogues and exercises for regular practice
clear – concise grammar notes
practical – useful vocabulary and pronunciation guide
complete – including answer key and special reference section.

By the end of this rewarding course you will be able to communicate confidently and effectively in a broad range of situations.

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Paperback: 336 pages
Publisher: Routledge (31 Oct 1996)
Language: English
ISBN-10: 0415120861
ISBN-13: 978-0415120869
Product Dimensions: 21.5 x 13.6 x 2.1 cm

Average Customer Review: 4.8 out of 5 stars See all reviews (4 customer reviews)

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..."easy to use with two 60-minute cassettes recorded by native Italian speakers."
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Sylvia Lymbery is jsut about to retire after a working life which saw her at one time heading up an international School in Oxford, and later teaching EFL in Italy for several years. Also author of Teach Yourself 'Improve Your Italian' and our own Colloquial Italian 2. --This text refers to an alternate Paperback edition.

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5.0 out of 5 stars Easy user-friendly learning for beginners 18 Aug 2002

By Mr. W. P. Simpson

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A really good book for getting started with Italian. I found this book deceptive, because it packs in a lot of grammar, as well as useful vocabulary, with such a light touch that you don't really appreciate how much you're learning!I certainly felt that I could handle Italian conversation and magazines at the end of it. Not "heavy", just a friendly and helpful tone that keeps you going. It gave me a lot of confidence when I was getting started, and that's when beginners need such help.The way grammar is explained is so clear that you make very quick progress.

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5.0 out of 5 stars Excellent book for novice and more advanced student 9 Jan 2001

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Colloquial Italian is a book that you cannot put down once you pick it up. It gives a very good insight into the Italian culture and way of life. It is very well written and presented and a brilliant book for all those interested in Italy.

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4.0 out of 5 stars Italian for beginners 15 May 2003

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I have no idea why this book is called Colloquial Italian as it is simply a beginners level introduction to Italian. I used it to complement the evening class I was taking and as beginners courses all cover the same things, saying hello, telling the time, asking directions, booking a hotel etc I found it very useful. Each chapter introduces grammar points (although not in great detail), excercises, dialogues (to accompany the tapes) and small texts. I found the book very useful in particular the dialogues and the texts (most which are read aloud). The tapes allowed me to wander around doing the housework and listen at the same time so that I could improve my comprehension and the small texts taken helpd me as a beginner gain confidence. I'm not sure if this course alone would allow you to learn Itlian language independantly but I found it very useful as an aid to the evening class. I could work on both the course book and this book and learn additional useful phrases and expressions. My only compltaints are that the tapes are too short and the english women who introduces each dialogue is so annoying I think she used to read the news on the television in the 1950's!

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