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Pimsleur Italian Level 5 CD: Learn to Speak and Understand Italian with Pimsleur Language Programs (Comprehensive) (English and French Edition)
Pimsleur Italian Level 5 CD Learn to Speak and Understand Italian with Pimsleur Language Programs - Comprehensive - English and French Edition Author:Pimsleur The Easiest and Fastest Way to Learn Italian — Pimsleur courses use a scientifically proven method that puts you in control of your learning. If you?ve tried other language learning programs but found they simply didn?t stick, then you owe it to yourself to give Pimsleur a try. — Why Pimsleur? — - Quick & Easy - Only 30 minutes a day. — - Portable &... more » Flexible - Core lessons can be done anytime, anywhere, and easily fit into your busy life.
- Proven Method - Works when other methods fail.
- Self-Paced - Go fast or go slow - it?s up to you.
- Based in Science - Developed using proven research on memory and learning.
- Cost-effective - Less expensive than classes or immersion, and features all native speakers.
- Genius - Triggers your brain?s natural aptitude to learn.
- Works for everyone - Recommended for ages 13 and above.
What?s Included?
- 30, 30-minute audio lessons
- 60 minutes of reading instruction in the form of a short story, allowing you to build your skills toward reading Italian for pleasure
- in total, over 16 hours of audio, all featuring native speakers
- a Reading Booklet and User?s Guide
What You?ll Learn
Building on skills taught in Italian Levels 1-4, Italian Level 5 moves you closer to near fluency, and adds a broad range of conversational skills. The pace and conversation move rapidly, accelerating exposure to new vocabulary and structures, and approaching native speed and comprehension. You?ll learn to speak more in depth about your personal life and experiences, and gain even more proficiency at creating complex sentences, and discussing events in the present, past, and future. You?ll learn to talk about hypothetical situations, and to relate what someone else has said.
Of course, you'll not just need to speak Italian; you?ll also need to be able to read it. Take your reading to a new level with a 60-minute story broken down into 20 manageable segments.
The Pimsleur Method
We make no secret of what makes this powerful method work so well. Paul Pimsleur spent his career researching and perfecting the precise elements anyone can use to learn a language quickly and easily. Here are a few of his "secrets":
The Principle of Anticipation
In the nanosecond between a cue and your response, your brain has to work to come up with the right word. Having to do this boosts retention, and cements the word in your mind.
Core Vocabulary
Words, phrases, and sentences are selected for their usefulness in everyday conversation. We don?t overwhelm you with too much, but steadily increase your ability with every lesson.
Graduated Interval Recall
Reminders of new words and structures come up at the exact interval for maximum retention and storage into your long-term memory.
Organic Learning
You work on multiple aspects of the language simultaneously. We integrate grammar, vocabulary, rhythm, melody, and intonation into every lesson, which allows you to experience the language as a living, expressive form of human culture.
Learning in Context
Research has shown that learning new words in context dramatically accelerates your ability to remember. Every scene in every Pimsleur lesson is set inside a conversation between two people. There are no drills, and no memorization necessary for success.
Active Participation
The Pimsleur Method + active learner participation = success. This method works with every language and every learner who follows it. You gain the power to recall and use what you know, and to add new words easily, exactly as you do in English.
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 is also 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. Historically, Italian is a daughter language of Latin. Italian uses the Roman alphabet and the pronunciation of the language follows the spelling very closely.
Tech Talk
- CDs are formatted for playing in all CD players, including car players, and users can copy files for use in iTunes or Windows Media Player.
- MP3 files available exclusively from Pimsleur.com can be played using the free Pimsleur Course Manager app, which can be installed on smartphones, tablets or computers for personal use only.« less