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| Emerald Triglot Senior Member United Kingdom languagedabbler.blog Joined 6248 days ago 316 posts - 340 votes  Speaks: Hindi, Gujarati*, English Studies: Spanish | Message 1 of 21 28 June 2008 at 12:11pm | IP Logged | ||
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I have just started learning Italian, and after many good reviews about Assimil, especially from Prof., I have decided to give it a try.
But I have also read that just Assimil on it's own won't be enough. Which other software/material do you think would work best combined with Assimil to achieve maximum results for Italian? What are good points about those? Any guidance would be appreciated. Edited by Emerald on 28 June 2008 at 1:13pm 1 person has voted this message useful | |||
| jimbo baby Groupie United States Joined 6086 days ago 61 posts - 64 votes Speaks: English* | Message 2 of 21 28 June 2008 at 1:54pm | IP Logged | ||
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The usual formula is Assimil + FSI but I hear the FSI Italian course was very poorly done.
Global Access 25: Italian is good for beginners and will build up your vocabulary and conversation skills. I have the older ones for French and Spanish and they are very well done. 1 person has voted this message useful | |||
| Emerald Triglot Senior Member United Kingdom languagedabbler.blog Joined 6248 days ago 316 posts - 340 votes Speaks: Hindi, Gujarati*, English Studies: Spanish | Message 3 of 21 28 June 2008 at 2:12pm | IP Logged | ||
Yes, I already had a look at FSI Italian. It was rubbish compared to FSI German, which I like very much. I will check out Global Access. Thanks. 1 person has voted this message useful | |||
| brian00321 Senior Member United States Joined 6601 days ago 143 posts - 148 votes Speaks: English* Studies: German | Message 4 of 21 28 June 2008 at 4:21pm | IP Logged | ||
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How about Assimil and then some novels? I have a source for the first two Harry Potter
audiobooks in Italian if you're interested. The writing is simple and it's a step towards reading tougher material. Besides, you can only restrict yourself to courses for so long. 1 person has voted this message useful | |||
| kmart Senior Member Australia Joined 6127 days ago 194 posts - 400 votes Speaks: English* Studies: Italian | Message 5 of 21 29 June 2008 at 6:54am | IP Logged | ||
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I've been using Assimil Italian recently, and finding it very good for improving my listening comprehension, but I think it would be a hard slog if I'd started with it. My recommendation is to do the following courses in order -
1. Pimsleur - for a good start on conversation and excellent pronunciation (by the end of Level 2, you can travel around Italy comfortably on your own) 2. Michel Thomas - for a great overview on grammar, goes further than Pimsleur, but has less opportunity for practice 3. Assimil - to improve listening comprehension. Somewhere during the MT/Assimil phase, I recommend picking up a good textbook and starting to study the written language - but not too soon, or you'll interfere with your pronunciation. Buon studio. 2 persons have voted this message useful | |||
| lamanna Newbie Australia Joined 6276 days ago 27 posts - 31 votes Speaks: English* Studies: Italian | Message 6 of 21 29 June 2008 at 7:04am | IP Logged | ||
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Which textbook would you recommend? I found Pimsleur to be a bit too slow so skipped it after ~15 lessons. MT wasn't too bad but I didn't concentrate too hard on it. Assimil has been the best but not the be all end all. For each method, I found/find myself writing things down and going against what's recommended. It seems like the logical thing to do is buy a proper exercise/textbook.
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| Emerald Triglot Senior Member United Kingdom languagedabbler.blog Joined 6248 days ago 316 posts - 340 votes Speaks: Hindi, Gujarati*, English Studies: Spanish | Message 7 of 21 29 June 2008 at 8:56am | IP Logged | ||
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I cannot seperate written study from verbal. My studying method has always been more through written word. For example, I am more likely to remember something by writing it than just saying it, so just verbal wouldn't work for me.
Kmart: Thanks for your suggestions. I have never used Primsleur or Michel Thomas so I will check them out. I have heard good things about them both. I like to second lamanna's question about any proper exercise books that you may know of? Drills like FSI work for me too, unfortunately Italian FSI is just not good. 1 person has voted this message useful | |||
| Emerald Triglot Senior Member United Kingdom languagedabbler.blog Joined 6248 days ago 316 posts - 340 votes Speaks: Hindi, Gujarati*, English Studies: Spanish | Message 8 of 21 29 June 2008 at 10:43am | IP Logged | ||
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Has anyone tried "Collins Language Revolution!Italian Beginner - 1 Book & 2 CD's"?
Is it any good? 1 person has voted this message useful |
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