Tom Means: Beginner's Italian with Online Audio & Video, Kartoniert / Broschiert

Blurb

Start speaking Italian today with this modern interactive beginner's course! A language steeped in history, culture and art, Italian is spoken by over 65 million people worldwide. Italian is also one of the most widely-studied Romance languages. Ideal for those new to Italian, learning at home or in the classroom, Beginner's Italian with Online Audio & Videoteaches both written and spoken Italian using modern pedagogy and engaging audio and video.

Follow the adventures of Chiara and Tommaso! Chiara is an American visiting Italy for the first time and Tommaso is her tour guide. Across the book's 16 chapters, they visit eight Italian cities from Rome up to Milan and down to Sicily. Food, family, art, history, fashion and romance await them. Join Chiara and Tommaso for an Italian language and culture avventura !Includes:

• An introduction to the Italian language and basics of pronunciation
• Sixteen carefully-paced lessons, each one opening with dialogues about an everyday topic followed by vocabulary, grammar lessons, and exercises
• Free companion website with hundreds of self-correcting exercises + video content
• Online audio files for free download featuring pronunciation by native speakers
• Easy-to-use QR code links to over 100 audio tracks and videos on topics like how to order a meal or shop at a store to reinforce using Italian in everyday situations
• Answer key to the exercises
• Italian-English and English-Italian glossaries
• Lessons equivalent to two semesters of college-level Italian