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Read & Think Italian
A first-class ticket to building key Italian language skills
From the bestselling Read & Think series, this fully-illustrated guide brings the Italian language to life! In addition to introducing, developing, and growing key vocabulary, this book gives you an insider's look at Italian life--from Italy's coffee culture to regional festivals, and from biographies of famous Italians (from Leonardo to Sophia Loren) to articles on the history and gastronomy of the country.
Including more than 100 engaging articles written by native Italian-speakers, each one provides a bilingual glossary on the same page, allowing you to learn without stopping to look up new or unfamiliar words. Each chapter contains several exercises to reinforce comprehension and the new premium edition features streaming audio recordings of more than 40 readings (70 minutes) and over 7,000 vocabulary items by flashcard, easily accessible online or on any mobile device, through the unique McGraw-Hill Language Lab app.
From the bestselling Read & Think series, this fully-illustrated guide brings the Italian language to life! In addition to introducing, developing, and growing key vocabulary, this book gives you an insider's look at Italian life--from Italy's coffee culture to regional festivals, and from biographies of famous Italians (from Leonardo to Sophia Loren) to articles on the history and gastronomy of the country.
Including more than 100 engaging articles written by native Italian-speakers, each one provides a bilingual glossary on the same page, allowing you to learn without stopping to look up new or unfamiliar words. Each chapter contains several exercises to reinforce comprehension and the new premium edition features streaming audio recordings of more than 40 readings (70 minutes) and over 7,000 vocabulary items by flashcard, easily accessible online or on any mobile device, through the unique McGraw-Hill Language Lab app.
642 pages, Kindle Edition
First published June 10, 2011
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July 13, 2022
Filled with articles on Italian history and culture and written in Italiano. Keywords and phrases are translated in the margins and each section has a comprehension review.
Loved that the translations were on the same page so I'm not constantly flipping back and forth between pages. Just right for my beginner's reading ability. I skipped around and read mostly articles that seemed interesting to me.
Loved that the translations were on the same page so I'm not constantly flipping back and forth between pages. Just right for my beginner's reading ability. I skipped around and read mostly articles that seemed interesting to me.
September 22, 2022
This is a fantastic book for those of us intermediate language learners who are past the point of learning vocabulary and short sentences in DuoLingo, but not quite ready for major novels with a lot of slang or difficult sentences. It was challenging but educational, informative and interesting, and many of the articles reminded me of the many many things I love about Italy and Italian culture.
As a note, I spent 8 months in Italy (seven years ago) learning Italian at an Italian language school. I was certified at level B1 (CELI) and reached C1 by the time I left but have lost a LOT of the language in recent years with no one to practice with. Hopefully that helps anyone wondering what level language learner this might be good for!
As a note, I spent 8 months in Italy (seven years ago) learning Italian at an Italian language school. I was certified at level B1 (CELI) and reached C1 by the time I left but have lost a LOT of the language in recent years with no one to practice with. Hopefully that helps anyone wondering what level language learner this might be good for!
January 7, 2023
Great for Intermediate level and a more advanced beginner.
May 4, 2014
A great book for practising Italian with interesting little articles accompanied by a glossary on each page and an audio CD of some of the articles.
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