Kadin.Goldberg Newbie United States Joined 4244 days ago 30 posts - 34 votes Speaks: English* Studies: Italian, Swedish
| Message 1 of 4 24 December 2012 at 7:57am | IP Logged |
I just got Teach Yourself Complete Italian in the mail and just remembered I did the
Teach Yourself book for Swedish a few years ago. At the time I was dating a Swedish girl
and I remember that she told me a lot of the language that they used in the Teach
Yourself book was not common everyday language that Swedish people use.
I am wondering, would those of you that are more familiar with Italian and how it is
spoken in conversation say that the Teach Yourself Complete Italian book is accurate? Am
I going to be learning things that people do not use in everyday conversation?
Thanks,
Kadin
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aspiringplyglot Triglot Groupie United Kingdom aspiringpolyglot.comRegistered users can see my Skype Name Joined 4388 days ago 40 posts - 62 votes Speaks: English*, GermanB2, Spanish Studies: Dutch, Esperanto, Polish, Scottish Gaelic, French
| Message 2 of 4 30 December 2012 at 2:36am | IP Logged |
I pretty much think that all of the teach yourself series are all unused language because its very formal, not
the language used between natives day-to-day! I think, however, that all of this language is useful and we
should learn it even if we are told by native speakers that we shouldn't.
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garyb Triglot Senior Member ScotlandRegistered users can see my Skype Name Joined 5018 days ago 1468 posts - 2413 votes Speaks: English*, Italian, French Studies: Spanish
| Message 3 of 4 30 December 2012 at 6:46pm | IP Logged |
I had a flip through that book a while ago. The language looked relatively useful; indeed a bit more on the formal side of things, but still everyday stuff that's good to know and build upon.
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grunts67 Diglot Senior Member CanadaRegistered users can see my Skype Name Joined 5113 days ago 215 posts - 252 votes Speaks: French*, English Studies: Spanish, Russian
| Message 4 of 4 07 January 2013 at 6:22pm | IP Logged |
IMO, it's better to learn in a more formal manner than being to casual as you might ended up in unpleasant situations with the later.
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