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5 COMPACT DISCS - 5 hours

Publisher, Simon & Schuster / Pimsleur (September 2005)

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Basic Italian includes the first 10 lessons from the Pimsleur Comprehensive Level I. 5 hours, audio-only, effective language learning with real-life spoken practice sessions.

HEAR IT FROM PIMSLEUR! SAY IT WITH PIMSLEUR! SPEAK PIMSLEUR TO OTHERS!

Praise for the Pimsleur Method:

"Pimsleur programs provide plenty of positive reinforcement that will keep learners on track, and we found that Pimsleur gave us MORE PROFICIENCY AND CONFIDENCE in speaking the new language than any of the other language programs we reviewed." --AudioFile Magazine

"EXtrEMELY ACCESSIBLE...each section within the lessons is short enough to hold our attention, and there is enough repetition to teach even those who consider themselves slow learners...Pimsleur [programs] are extremely thorough and easy to use—quite lively!" --Boston Herald

”Learn French while commuting, German while jogging, Spanish while cooking (or Russian, Italian, and Japanese) all with NO WRITTEN MATERIALS!" --New York Daily News

"Designed for the ear and not the eye...the lessons provide PERFECT 30-minute bites of work." --St Louis Post-Dispatch

"Learn to speak Italian before your next trip aboard. The INTERACTIVE LESSONS CHALLENGE STUDENTS to use new words in conversation instead of memorize them." --American Way/American Airlines inflight magazine)

”I tried other language programs with little success...This is the best by far!" --Pamela A. Mitchell, Pilot, International Society of Women Airline Pilots

What is the Pimsleur® difference?

The Pimsleur Method provides the most effective language-learning program ever developed. The Pimsleur Method gives you quick command of Italian structure without tedious drills. Learning to speak Italian can actually be enjoyable and rewarding.

The key reason most people struggle with new languages is that they aren't given proper instruction, only bits and pieces of a language. Other language programs sell only pieces -- dictionaries; grammar books and instructions; lists of hundreds or thousands of words and definitions; audios containing useless drills. They leave it to you to assemble these pieces as you try to speak. Pimsleur enables you to spend your time learning to speak the language rather than just studying its parts.

When you were learning English, could you speak before you knew how to conjugate verbs? Of course you could. That same learning process is what Pimsleur replicates. Pimsleur presents the whole language as one integrated piece so you can succeed.

With Pimsleur you get:

• Grammar and vocabulary taught together in everyday conversation,
• Interactive audio-only instruction that teaches spoken language organically,
• The flexibility to learn anytime, anywhere,
• 30-minute lessons designed to optimize the amount of language you can learn in one sitting.

Millions of people have used Pimsleur to gain real conversational skills in new languages quickly and easily, wherever and whenever -- without textbooks, written exercises, or drills.

Basic Italian includes the first 10 lessons in the Pimsleur Comprehensive Chinese Mandarin Level 1. Once you complete the 10 lessons in this edition, we are confident that you will want to continue on and complete the full, 30-lesson Level 1.