Simon & Schuster's Pimsleur Conversational Italian

. Pimsleur developed The Pimsleur Method based on two key principles:  the Principle of Anticipation and a scientific principle of memory training that he called “Graduated Interval Recall.”  This Method has been applied to the many levels and languages of the Pimsleur Programs. Paul Pimsleur devoted his life to language teaching and testing and was one of the world’s leading experts in applied linguistics. After years of experience

PGO said Effective teaching methods. These fully prepared me for our trip to Italy. I found the teaching method to be very effective. I knew no Italian before this set. Much much better than the living language series, which doesn't give you any time to absorb the material, and basically just reads aloud lists/sentences to memorize. The Pimsleur set engages you and makes you think and respond.. Try Living Language instead! Lisa in W.C. I have listened to these CDs to learn Italian during my 40 minute commute each way to work. I really liked the set - although after completing the 8 two-sided discs I feel that I should have learned more nouns, colors, basic stuff. Also, I would love to have an enclosure in the kit with how the words are spelled and what is masculine or feminine. So while I liked it and learned f. The opinion of a French language teacher Parmathule This is the first time I have attempted to learn a foreign language outside of a classroom. I was dubious at first, but have found this system to be quite effective. I transferred the lessons to my iPod and do my practicing during a daily walk. So far I have made my way through all 16 lessons once, and am now reviewing, beginning with lesson 7, around where the content becomes mo

Paul Pimsleur devoted his life to language teaching and testing and was one of the world’s leading experts in applied linguistics. About the Author Dr. . Pimsleur developed The Pimsleur Method based on two key principles:  the Principle of Anticipation and a scientific principle of memory training that he called “Graduated Interval Recall.”  This Method has been applied to the many levels and languages of the Pimsleur Programs. After years of experience and research, Dr

Just one 30-minute lesson a day gets you speaking and understanding like no other program. This course includes Lessons 1-16 from the Italian Level 1 program - 8 hours of audio-only effective language learning with real-life spoken practice sessions. Historically, Italian is a daughter language of Latin. Each lesson provides 30 minutes of spoken language practice, with an introductory conversation, and new vocabulary and structures. Topics include: greetings, numbers, meals, shopping, telling time, scheduling activities, and asking and giving directions. Italian is spoken by about 58 million people in Italy, 24,000 in San Marino, 840,000 in Switzerland, another million in other European countries, and approximately 5 million in North and South America. Reading instruction begins in Lesson 9 to provide you with an introduction to reading Italian. Practice for vocabulary introduced in previous lessons is included in each lesson. The emphasis is on pronunciation and comprehension, and on learning to speak Italian. Detailed instructions enable you to understand and participate in the conversation. A Reading Booklet PDF must be downloaded.The Italian Language Italian is the official language of Italy and San Marino, and one of the official languages of Switzerland, Croatia, and Slovenia. Italian uses the Roman alphabet