Practice Makes Perfect: Italian Conversation

Practice Makes Perfect

by Marcel Danesi

Want to strike up a conversation with a native Italian speaker but are nervous that you're not ready? Practice Makes Perfect: Italian Conversation helps you overcome that obstacle, and--before you know it--you'll be speaking comfortably in your new language. Inside you will find realistic conversational situations, from meeting people to talking about sports to discussing current events to just having fun. With these engaging dialogues as a starting point, each unit is packed with helpful instructions on correct grammar and word usage--in addition to lots of conversation-ready phrases that will be indispensable as your fluency increases. Of course you'll get plenty of practice, practice, practice using your new conversational skills. Each dialogue is followed by a variety of exercises that not only give you the opportunity to put new concepts into action but also encourage you to construct personalized conversations. These lessons will reassure even the most hesitant speakers that they too can achieve a confident--and spontaneous--speaking style. Practice Makes Perfect: Italian Conversation will help you

Genres: Italian Literature

176 pages, Paperback

First published July 17, 2012

About the author

Marcel Danesi (b. Marcello Danesi, 1946) is a current Professor of Semiotics and Linguistic Anthropology at the University of Toronto. He is known for his work in language, communications, and semiotics; being Director of the Program in Semiotics and Communication Theory.

He has also held positions at Rutgers University (1972), The University of Rome "La Sapienza" (1988), the Catholic University of Milan (1990), and the University of Lugano.

He is the Editor-in-Chief of Semiotica: Journal of the International Association for Semiotic Studies and is a past-president of the Semiotic Society of America.

Reviews

[Irena Pasvinter · Rating 5 out of 5]

Excellent, as all the books in Practice Makes Perfect series. Extremely useful and very well suited for self study. Each section has exercises the answers to which you can write in the book itself and then check with the exercise key at the end of the book. Each of the ten chapters covers a different aspect of everyday conversation skills while also introducing a number of essential grammar topics. So by the end of the book you both refine your conversation skill and refresh your grammar.
E' un vero piacere di studiare con questo libro.

[Bob · Rating 4 out of 5]

I brought this along on my most recent trip to Italy to study since I'm beginning to feel more confident in my basic Italian. I've mostly been doing Duolingo, Babbel and a bit of Pimsleur for the last 5 years so I really just used this as a refresher for what I already knew. There were some new things of course, especially sayings and new vocab, but overall it was a breeze to work thru the lesson (without doing the workbook questions...I'd like to be able to revisit and not already have the answers written down). Still, it was a fairly thin volume for something as important as having the ability to talk with others regardless of the topics.