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Italy

Learn Italian at home or on the go with the most complete, up-to-date program available!

Developed by the experts at Living Language, this deluxe course has everything you need to speak, understand, read, and write Italian. Ultimate Italian combines conversation with grammar and culture in an easy-to-follow, enjoyable, and effective format.

COMPREHENSIVE LESSON MANUAL with REFERENCE SECTIONS

40 lessons:

• lively, authentic dialogues
• vocabulary, grammar, and usage
• cultural highlights
• revised and updated with additional exercises, the latest in computers, the Internet, euros, and more

Reference sections:

• complete grammar summary with verb conjugations
• business and social letter writing
• Italian-English / English-Italian glossary

EIGHT COMPACT DISCS

First learn at home:

• immerse yourself in Italian -- listen and repeat with the all-Italian recordings
• follow along with the manual, which includes English translations
• learn conversation, grammar, and culture

Then practice on the go:

• review and expand upon what you've learned
• an English-speaking instructor guides you through each lesson
• no reading required with these Italian/English recordings
• learn in the car, at the gym, anywhere

INCLUDES:

• Eight Compact discs
• 448-page textbook

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Anyone can learn a language with Michel Thomas--The World's Greatest Language Teacher.

No books. No writing. No drills. And nothing to memorize--ever! With his unique program, Michel Thomas has taught celebrities, corporate leaders, and schoolchildren--with immediate and amazing results. Now the Language Teacher to the Stars invites everyone to join his class!

Using Italian with Michel Thomas, listeners learn in real time--fully understanding as they go along, turning words into short sentences, and then building them into longer, more complex sentences, until they are conversing in Italian.

Michel will have listeners formulating their own thoughts and sentences from the very beginning, even if they have never succeeded in learning a language before. Michel has used this very method to teach celebrities such as Mel Gibson, Woody Allen, Barbra Streisand, Warren Beatty, and Princess Grace of Monaco.

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A series of ten-minute Italian language lessons introducing key words and phrases. Also includes tips for travelers visiting Italy, cut-out flash cards and menu guide, and travel and bumper stickers.

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With this course you receive free, expert online language tips and advice on how best to learn a foreign language. Audio Fluency Italian delivers what most foreign language courses only promise; maximum communicative ability in a minium of time. Speed and simplicity are words which describe the method used in these 6 one hour audiocassette tapes. The founder of Language Dynamics guides you through the course in English while a trained native Italian speaker teaches you how to really speak Italian. Since no reading is required, you can learn to speak Italian anywhere. What's more, the tapes come complete with clear explanations and English equivalents so you never have to look up meanings which saves you time and frustration. Whether it's in your car, at home, at work, or at the gym, you'll love these fast and easy to understand tapes that will get you really speaking Italian the fast, easy, natural way!!!

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Platform: Mac OS, Windows 95 / Me / 2000 / XP / NT / 98
Media: CD-ROM
Features:

• Award-winning program selected by the U.S. State Department, the Peace Corps and NASA
• Over 800 real-life color pictures and phrases spoken by native speakers
• Curriculum with 12 activities in each of 22 lessons (ages 6 and older)
• Develops all key language skills: Listening Comprehension, Reading, Speaking and Writing
• Previews, tests and automated tutorials that "learn" where you need extra help

Now you can learn a new language with the award-winning method used by the U.S. State Department to train diplomats. Proven effective by NASA astronauts, Peace Corps volunteers, and millions of students worldwide, the Rosetta Stone Language Library teaches new languages faster and easier than ever before.

We all learn our childhood language by associating new words and phrases with the world around us. The Rosetta Stone method replicates this process by presenting vivid, real-life images to convey the meaning of each new phrase. Instead of translating, memorizing, and studying rules of grammar, you actually learn to think in the new language. Vocabulary and grammar are integrated systematically, leading to everyday proficiency. It's the natural way to learn.

The Rosetta Stone Explorer contains 22 lessons for beginning learners with nearly 900 real-life images and phrases spoken by native speakers. It develops all key language skills--listening comprehension, reading, speaking, and writing--while its systematic structure teaches vocabulary and grammar naturally, without lists and drills. Includes previews, exercises, and tests for every lesson, with automated tutorials throughout the program. (Ages 6 and older)

System requirements
PC:

• Windows 95/98 or NT/2000
• Pentium 100 class processor
• 32 MB RAM
• 40 MB free hard drive space
• 4X CD-ROM drive
• 16-bit color display
• 16-bit Windows compatible sound card
• Speech Recognition feature requires a Pentium 100 class processor (or better) and a microphone

MAC:

• Mac OS 8.1 or later
• PowerPC processor
• 32 MB RAM
• 40 MB free hard drive space
• 4X CD-ROM drive
• 16-bit color display
• Speech Recognition feature requires a PowerPC 90 processor (or better) and a PlainTalk compatible microphone

Compiled in collaboration with a team of expert linguists, the Webster's New World concise bilingual dictionaries are the perfect choice for beginning students and advanced speakers as well. Comprehensive and authoritative, yet clear and concise, the dictionaries offer a full array of features, as well as wide-ranging coverage of current expressions. Long-standing favorites in hardcover, the dictionaries will continue to be standard references for years to come -- especially now that they are available in unabridged paperback editions. More than 100,000 words, giving wide-ranging coverage of current terms and expressions Detailed definitions so the user can understand and translate idiomatically Extensive examples of usage, showing how translations of words can vary according to context Verb tables, including irregular verbs Cross-references from every verb to the appropriate verb table

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With this course you receive free, expert online language tips and advice on how best to learn a foreign language. Complete Italian for Dimwits was created by the experts at Language Dynamics for individuals that thought they could never learn to speak or understand spoken Italian. This fabulous 6 one hour tape course takes the listener from beginning to low intermediate level Italian by providing easy to understand explanations, pronunciation and clear English definitions for all Italian spoken on the tapes. Best of all, each useful lesson on the tapes is repeated for you slowly by the instructor and the native Italian speaker so that you understand immediately and thus learn to speak a maximum amount of useful Italian quickly and easily without the frustration normally associated with language learning. Speed and simplicity are words which best describe Complete Italian For Dimwits which will have even you speaking Italian within minutes of receiving your course, and enjoying the process!!

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A guide that combines the famous Berlitz approach to language with the famously fun and friendly For Dummies format. Helps people master the basics-from vocabulary and pronunciation to commonly used idioms and phrases Includes "false cognates"-words that look and sound like familiar English words but menan something different Practical dialogues tackle common situations, from dining to shopping and traveling Mini dictionaries and pronunciation guides offer on-the-spot help Bonus CD helps readers pronounce words correctly and improve their understanding of the language

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The popular Fast and Fun Way language learning series, previously available as book-and-cassette programs and in paperback book-only versions, can now be purchased to teach Italian and three other languages as a combination book and audio CD package. This program, designed for both travelers and students, instructs in the basics of speaking, understanding, and reading and writing Italian. Suitable both for adults and older children, the program includes language games and puzzles, cartoon illustrations, vocabulary flash cards, and other features that help make language-learning fun. The four compact discs present dramatized bilingual conversations and introduce students of Italian to correct pronunciation and listening comprehension.

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Combining the features of a textbook, a workbook, and a self-study manual, this book helps learners conjugate and use verbs.

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SPEAK ITALIAN WITH CONFIDENCE IN JUST 6 WEEKS!

The Living Language® Italian Complete Course teaches the basics of Italian language and usage. It uses a highly effective speed-learning method developed by U.S. government experts to teach languages to overseas-bound service personnel and diplomats.

THREE 60-MINUTE COMPACT DISCS WITH 40 LESSONS

• Begin with simple words and progress to complex phrases and sentences.
• Just listen and repeat after the native speakers on the recordings to learn naturally, the way you learned English.

ITALIAN COURSEBOOK

• 40 lessons from the recordings with translations, additional vocabulary, detailed explanations, quizzes, and reviews.
• Verb charts, a comprehensive grammar summary, and a section on letter writing are also included.

ITALIAN–ENGLISH / ENGLISH–ITALIAN DICTIONARY

• More than 20,000 words, idioms, and expressions.
• Examples show how words are used in everyday conversation.
• 1,000 frequently used words are highlighted for easy reference.

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Ingram:

At last, a humorous, uncensored language guide to the colorful slang and rude colloquialisms that are so essential to a true understanding of everyday Italian. For the first time, all those words and phrases that were deemed off-color for the classroom are included in one volume.

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Here is a fine quick-reference source for language students, teachers, and translators. The 501 most commonly used Italian verbs are listed in table form, one verb per page, and conjugated in all tenses, identified by English infinitive forms. Verbs are both regular and irregular, and are presented alphabetically for easy reference. Added material related to verbs and verb usage is also presented, including lists of hundreds more regular verbs, idiomatic verb usage, and more.

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Ingram
Immerse yourself in Italian from the very first lesson. By taking just 30 minutes a day, you can learn Italian at your convenience and in the comfort of your own home, car or office. No books are required. This "Traveler's Edition" was developed so that you can hear, understand, and speak Italian without difficulty.

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Platform: Mac OS, Windows Me / NT / 2000 / XP / 98 / 95
Media: CD-ROM
Features:

• Award-winning program selected by the U.S. State Department, the Peace Corps and NASA
• Over 3500 real-life color pictures and phrases spoken by native speakers
• Curriculum with 12 activities in each of 92 lessons (ages 6 and older)
• Develops all key language skills: Listening Comprehension, Reading, Speaking and Writing
• Previews, tests and automated tutorials that "learn" where you need extra help

Learn a new language with the award-winning method used by the U.S. State Department to train diplomats. Proven effective by NASA astronauts, Peace Corps volunteers, and millions of students worldwide, the Rosetta Stone Language Library teaches new languages faster and easier than ever before.

We all learn our childhood language by associating new words and phrases with the world around us. The Rosetta Stone method replicates this process by presenting vivid, real-life images to convey the meaning of each new phrase. Instead of translating, memorizing, and studying rules of grammar, you actually learn to think in the new language. Vocabulary and grammar are integrated systematically, leading to everyday proficiency.

The Rosetta Stone Level I program offers a comprehensive course of study for beginning learners, leading to intermediate proficiency. The program contains over 3,500 real-life images and phrases in 92 lessons and more than 250 hours of mastery instruction in listening comprehension, reading, speaking, and writing. Systematic structure teaches vocabulary and grammar naturally, without lists and drills. There are reviews, exercises, and tests for every lesson with automated tutorials throughout the program. (Ages 6 and older)

System Requirements:
PC:

• Windows 95/98 or NT/2000
• Pentium 100 class processor
• 32 MB RAM
• 40 MB free hard drive space
• 4X CD-ROM drive
• 16-bit color display
• 16-bit Windows compatible sound card
• Speech Recognition feature requires a Pentium 100 class processor (or better) and a microphone

MAC:

• Mac OS 8.1 or later
• PowerPC processor
• 32 MB RAM
• 40 MB free hard drive space
• 4X CD-ROM drive
• 16-bit color display
• Speech Recognition feature requires a PowerPC 90 processor (or better) and a PlainTalk compatible microphone