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Prego! An Invitation to Italian (Student Edition) | 
 enlarge | Authors: Graziana Lazzarino, Janice Aski, Andrea Dini, Maria Cristina Peccianti
Publisher: McGraw-Hill Humanities/Social Sciences/Languages
Category: Book
Buy Used: $3.99
Rating:  12 reviews
Sales Rank: 24340
Media: Hardcover
Edition: 6
Pages: 512
Number Of Items: 1
Shipping Weight (lbs): 2.5
Dimensions (in): 10.1 x 8 x 0.9
ISBN: 0072561319
Dewey Decimal Number: 458.2421
EAN: 9780072561319
ASIN: 0072561319
Publication Date: October 10, 2003
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Product Description
This best-selling beginning Italian text has provided hundreds of thousands of students with a lively, authentic, and comprehensive introduction to Italian language and culture. Prego! introduces students to the language through a focus on vocabulary and exceptionally clear grammar explanations, then reinforces that knowledge through the wealth of exercises and activities that follow each grammar point. The abundance and variety of exercise material make Prego! a popular choice for beginning Italian because it is easily adapted to suit many different teaching styles. The richness and diversity of Italian culture permeate each chapter, from the opening dialogue through the numerous illustrations to the final reading. Prego! Fourth edition especially reflects the issues, language and the look of contemporary Italy. New audio-visual supplements for the fourth edition include a listening comprehension tape for instructors to use in class and a lively new video, filmed on location specifically to accompany Prego!
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| Customer Reviews: Read 7 more reviews...
 real conversational italian January 6, 2009
Henry D. Rosen (North Carolina)
Best of all the books trying to teach Italian to non-Italians...really brings it to life for the 21st century. Extremely well thought out and presented. Highly recommended!!Bravo
Great Book! January 11, 2007
R. Jones (Orlando, FL)
0 out of 2 found this review helpful
Learning Italian for an upcoming trip....this school book is the key...it's easier to follow (as it's intended for High School)than other self help books....and is full of useful information...I would recommend the workbook to go with it...or just make copies of the pages to work with....Great book...it is helping me a lot.
Prego! an Invitation to Italian November 9, 2006
GottaShop (California)
0 out of 5 found this review helpful
Mint condition & arrived in a short time! Very pleased!!
 Not awful, but not perfect either December 16, 2003
Jess
13 out of 18 found this review helpful
This is an alright text book. It does what it's meant to do. A person can learn Italian from this book as long as they are also in a class as well, but it definately has some flaws. One -it needs more examples of some of the more difficult grammar points. Two - the order is strange. Why did you start with avere? Somehow essere seems like a better place to start. And the chapter themes! They pretend that they have chapters arranged by topic, but it seems very haphazard to me. Also, several major grammatical topics are missing from this book, and as a result, many of my teachers have had to give us multiple hand outs to compensate. It's ok - but it could be a lot better.
Invaluable resource January 14, 2003
Jason Pease (Voghera (PV), Italy)
12 out of 13 found this review helpful
I read this entire book across two college semesters before moving to Italy. After having spent $500 or so on Italian language books, this is one of the few that was worth the money. Even though I speak fluently, I still refer to this book frequently to resolve difficult tense questions or clarify grammar details. I highly recommend this book to any serious student.
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