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Italian Now!: A Level One Worktext | 
 enlarge | Author: Marcel Danesi
Publisher: Barron''s Educational Series
Category: Book
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Rating:  13 reviews
Sales Rank: 17644
Media: Paperback
Pages: 560
Number Of Items: 1
Shipping Weight (lbs): 2.5
Dimensions (in): 10.9 x 7.8 x 1.2
ISBN: 0764130730
Dewey Decimal Number: 458.2421
EAN: 9780764130731
ASIN: 0764130730
Publication Date: March 1, 2005
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Product Description
Designed for both classroom use and as a text for self-teaching language learners, this book consists of 30 work units, an extensive Italian-English and English-Italian vocabulary list, idioms, and dialogues, all focused to build proficiency in reading, writing, speaking and understanding Italian. Word-completion and multiple-choice exercises, word games, and entertaining stories in dialogue form are supplemented with photos of Italian landmarks, cartoon-style illustrations, and reproductions of Italian classical art that give students something of the flavor of contemporary Italian culture. Italian Now! emphasizes practical, functional use of conversational and informal written Italian but also offers solid foundation in Italian grammar, verb forms, and correct sentence structure.
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Really is Italian Now November 23, 2008
S. Falvo (NJ)
I great why to learn conversational Italian in a fun way. Helps with your vocabulary. A great way to reinforce what you are learning with a high school or college level class.
 Very good book! August 25, 2008
M. M. Buchecker (Chicago, IL United States)
In general this is a very good book to learn Italian. Other reviewers have commented on how it is organized and layed out, so I won't repeat that here. Comments to add though are that it does build nicely upon itself, so in Unit 10 for instance, it will re-emphasize something important that you may have forgotten from Unit 7.
I really like the crossword puzzles as I find that a very effective use of really testing my comprehension. Unfortunately there are the occasional errors in the answers, or the crossword puzzle will spell a word wrong in the cross so that there is 1 fewer box than actual letters for the word. These errors are very few though.
The book has an Italian-English and English-Italian translation in the back. I think it could be improved by adding the page number, or at least Unit number where it is discussed. For instance, I can look up "parlare" (to speak), but it doesn't say how to conjugate it. So I have to flip through the book to the unit that it is discussed it to find out. And there is no index either.
But I still think it is a very useful and comprehensive book.
Excellent for Beginners Like Me Who Want to Learn Italian! February 16, 2008
Rocco B. Rubino (Ohio)
5 out of 5 found this review helpful
I was looking for an Italian language resource that was both introductory in nature, but not so rudimentary that it could not serve as a building block for future mastery.
Italian Now! is an entry level/college-high school first semester course designed to give the Italian student a solid foundation/introduction and a springboard to intermediate study.
I was impressed by the facility with which the dialogues utilize the vocabulary and the applicablity for daily life. I'm about a 1/4th through this book; I feel that I will be ready to speak this beautiful language when my wife and I travel to Tuscany late next year.
Very effective December 30, 2007
Pauline (Chicago, IL USA)
2 out of 2 found this review helpful
I started learning Italian by myself using the Pimsleur (listen only) method and reached a point where I needed to learn how to read and write Italian and also grammar, etc. I tried a few books, but Italian Now! is the only one that I stuck to. It is fun, the lessons are organized in a very effective way; it makes it easy to memorize new information and understand the grammar, without seeming overbearing.
Good Italian textbook for beginners December 2, 2007
IL Vera Milanista
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
Well I just began to study Italian by myself at home and I bought this textbook. Its a very good starting point to learning Italian. Learn basic expressions, pronunciation, and grammar. I recommend anyone who wants to start learning Italian to buy this textbook.
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