It started off OK but some words are hard to figure out just from sound alone. Thankfully there was some overlap between the Spanish I already know and the new Italian words but it didn't help with all the words some of them I'll just never know. This wouldn't be my top pick for a book to learn a new language with.
This is a horrible way to learn a language. They play sounds and then say the word in Italian, but since when does an apple make a noise? It's really hard to tell what the noises are and if you don't know the Italian word you will be completely lost.