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 newyorkeric Diglot Moderator Singapore Joined 6385 days ago 1598 posts - 2174 votes  Speaks: English*, Italian Studies: Mandarin, Malay Personal Language Map | Message 9 of 26 17 October 2008 at 5:12am | IP Logged | ||
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Assimil has an English-based version of L'Italien sans peine (Italian with Ease). So no problem there. Edited by newyorkeric on 17 October 2008 at 5:13am 1 person has voted this message useful | |||
| diabolo menthe Diglot Groupie United Kingdom Joined 5979 days ago 68 posts - 70 votes Speaks: English*, French Studies: Italian, Swedish, Japanese | Message 10 of 26 17 October 2008 at 7:53am | IP Logged | ||
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I have just gotten a hold of L'italien sans peine and, while I have not used it enough to tell, so far it seems very good indeed.
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| gogglehead Triglot Senior Member Argentina Joined 6081 days ago 248 posts - 320 votes Speaks: English*, Spanish, Portuguese Studies: Russian, Italian | Message 11 of 26 17 October 2008 at 2:35pm | IP Logged | ||
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What exactly is that? Is it audio, or like a workbook that you can progress through?
I forgot to mention that I also have pimsleur, but I don't really rate it as been all that effective. 1 person has voted this message useful | |||
| diabolo menthe Diglot Groupie United Kingdom Joined 5979 days ago 68 posts - 70 votes Speaks: English*, French Studies: Italian, Swedish, Japanese | Message 12 of 26 17 October 2008 at 4:24pm | IP Logged | ||
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Assimil as reviewed by ProfArguelles.
Basically, it's tapes and accompanying reading material/oral exercises. It starts off listening to texts and reading along with them, and eventually works up to some interactive stuff. I find it very useful. 1 person has voted this message useful | |||
| Javisst Newbie United States Joined 6307 days ago 35 posts - 34 votes Speaks: English* Studies: French, Italian, Swedish | Message 13 of 26 17 October 2008 at 10:07pm | IP Logged | ||
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After finishing all three levels of Pimsleur, I worked through Assimil's Italian with Ease and it was good. I recommend it. It has around 100 or so lessons, so you can break it down and create goals for yourself. Before that, I bought a couple textbooks on learning Italian designed for a classroom setting. I couldn't stand them. If I didn't get Assimil, I probably would've gotten nowhere.
Now I'm working through Perfectionnement Italien, the advanced Italian course offered by Assimil. My French is on par with my Italian and I look up the unknown words in a dictionary, wordreference.com, so I can figure out the meaning. So far it's working great. 1 person has voted this message useful | |||
| jondesousa Tetraglot Senior Member United States goo.gl/Zgg3nRegistered users can see my Skype Name Joined 6270 days ago 227 posts - 297 votes Speaks: English*, Portuguese, Japanese, Esperanto Studies: Latin, Mandarin, Spanish | Message 14 of 26 18 October 2008 at 9:07pm | IP Logged | ||
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I am just finishing Assimil's Italian with Ease. It really is a phenomenal textbook. My only gripe is that the Using Italian text (follow on to Italian with ease) is not available in English and my French is relatively non-existent. Fortunately, I am going to Rome on vacation in three weeks so I will get some good practice and I will pick up lots of good reading material to follow on.
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| patuco Diglot Moderator Gibraltar Joined 7021 days ago 3795 posts - 4268 votes Speaks: Spanish, English* Personal Language Map | Message 15 of 26 19 October 2008 at 11:27am | IP Logged | ||
Don't forget to also get some matching audiobooks (if available) for extra practice. 1 person has voted this message useful | |||
| jondesousa Tetraglot Senior Member United States goo.gl/Zgg3nRegistered users can see my Skype Name Joined 6270 days ago 227 posts - 297 votes Speaks: English*, Portuguese, Japanese, Esperanto Studies: Latin, Mandarin, Spanish | Message 16 of 26 20 October 2008 at 7:16am | IP Logged | ||
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Patuco,
Thanks for the suggestion. I will do that. By the way, have you read the first Harry Potter book in Italian? I am curious if I could get through it without too much trouble after Assimil. I have also done all three levels of Michel Thomas, all three levels of Pimsleur Comprehensive Italian, and Linguaphone. Thanks, Jon 1 person has voted this message useful |
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