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1.Easy Italian Reader: A Three-part Text for Beginners (Easy Reader Series) by: Riccarda Saggese December 01, 2005
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I am enjoying this book and finding it very helpful, but think it would be pretty scary for a complete beginner to start with. Often the reader is required to give opposites of words which are not in the text being studied, and often there are words which need to be understood in order to answer the questions, but there is no translation given. I think this is frustrating for the reader. Surely the point of a graded reader is that the student doesn't have to keep reaching for a dictionary, thus breaking the flow of the reading and learning? I am managing by ignoring the words I don't know in order to keep the flow going, as I imagine I'll pick them up at some other stage along the way. Good for very confident post-beginners or pre-intermediates ... Read More:

2.Eleven Short Stories (Dual-Language Book) by: Luigi Pirandello 1994-09
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I am enjoying this book and finding it very helpful, but think it would be pretty scary for a complete beginner to start with. Often the reader is required to give opposites of words which are not in the text being studied, and often there are words which need to be understood in order to answer the questions, but there is no translation given. I think this is frustrating for the reader. Surely the point of a graded reader is that the student doesn't have to keep reaching for a dictionary, thus breaking the flow of the reading and learning? I am managing by ignoring the words I don't know in order to keep the flow going, as I imagine I'll pick them up at some other stage along the way. Good for very confident post-beginners or pre-intermediates ... Read More:

3.Italian Short Stories: Racconti Italiano (New Penguin Parallel Text Series): Italian from: Penguin Books Ltd September 30, 1999
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This is a useful little book, well aimed at school-level students of written Italian. The stories are by well known names, some very famous (e.g. Primo Levi). As works of literature, they are not all particularly inspiring. However, if you have the stomach to read about the somewhat disgusting sex-lives of unclean peasants (as occurs in one story), then it is fine. A strong point is the notes about idiomatic usages, some of which are very useful, and indeed illuminating about life in modern Italy. I can confirm the accuracy of these notes. Recommendable, on the whole. Indeed, I hope that the author will continue, and give us further volumes.

4.Easy Italian Crossword Puzzles (Language - Italian) by: Nancy Goldhagen November 01, 1989
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This is a useful little book, well aimed at school-level students of written Italian. The stories are by well known names, some very famous (e.g. Primo Levi). As works of literature, they are not all particularly inspiring. However, if you have the stomach to read about the somewhat disgusting sex-lives of unclean peasants (as occurs in one story), then it is fine. A strong point is the notes about idiomatic usages, some of which are very useful, and indeed illuminating about life in modern Italy. I can confirm the accuracy of these notes. Recommendable, on the whole. Indeed, I hope that the author will continue, and give us further volumes.

5.Practice Makes Perfect: Italian Pronouns and Prepositions: Practice Makes Perfect by: Daniela Gobetti May 01, 2006
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Written in a sloppy and thoughtless style. E.g. On page 5 the learner is introduced to two sentences: 'Seals love to play' and 'Bats are mammals.' This is redolent of the infamous nineteenth-century travellers' guide which offered 'My postillion has been struck by lightning' as a useful phrase to memorise. It is also full of careless mistakes e.g. on page 8 we are taught that 'a sinistra' means 'on the right.' Pulp it!

6.Italian Verb Drills (BGR12) by: Paola Nanni Tate October 01, 2003
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I am currently doing a intermediate level of italian but find it always useful to remember the key verbs. I have used a lot of italian books in order to understand italian and this one explains and does what it says ''drills'' those verbs into your mind with a good set of exercises. A well organized easy to understand book perfect for beginners of Italian! I would seriously recommend it.

7.Better Reading Italian: A Reader and Guide to Improving Your Understanding of Written Italian (Better reading) by: Daniela Gobetti March 01, 2003
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This is a compact, thorough book with plenty of reading material from a variety of styles, including contemporary writing, poetry, prose, newspapers, etc. Each chapter introduces the piece of reading and sets it in context, then there is a comprehension section, some grammatical and vocabulary-building exercises and help with idiomatic expressions. I would recomend this book to people having studied Italian up to A-level or who have lived in Italy a while, as the grammar can be a bit tricky. The only frustrating thing, is that not all the sections within each chapter are answered in the answer-section at the back of the book.

8.Italian Short Stories: Racconti In Italiano: Volume 2 (Penguin Parallel Texts Series): 2 by: Dimitri Vittorini January 27, 1972
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This is a compact, thorough book with plenty of reading material from a variety of styles, including contemporary writing, poetry, prose, newspapers, etc. Each chapter introduces the piece of reading and sets it in context, then there is a comprehension section, some grammatical and vocabulary-building exercises and help with idiomatic expressions. I would recomend this book to people having studied Italian up to A-level or who have lived in Italy a while, as the grammar can be a bit tricky. The only frustrating thing, is that not all the sections within each chapter are answered in the answer-section at the back of the book.

9.Italian Idioms (Barron's Idioms Series) by: Daniela Gobetti May 26, 2000
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Come un principiante in Italiano, this book is an extremely useful reference containing around 2000 words and expressions including an index of common English idioms as well as an index in Italian. I'm just beginning to read Italian without a translation, so my copy gets lots of use. In my opinion, the authors have done a fantastic job. Two thumbs up as well for the clear plastic cover and the nice small size.

10.Rapid Italian: 200+ Essential Words and Phrases Anchored into Your Long Term Memory with Great Music (Musical Brain Trainer) by: Marlon Lodge July 15, 2005
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This is an amazing item, I have tried many diferent techniques to learn Italian and this is by far the best. I really do encourage you to buy this you won't regret it. The voices used are really good as well, they saying everything clearly allowing you to understand quicker. The music is also an added bonus it allows the words to stick in your brain faster, and makes the experience alot more enjoyable. With this product its not a matter of having to use it, but you want to use it. Fantastic.

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