Type of bind: Audio CD
EAN num: 9781597680462
ISBN number: 159768046X
Label: Language Dynamics Ltd.
Manufacturer: Language Dynamics Ltd.
Page Count: 226
Printing Date: July 01, 2006
Publishing house: Language Dynamics Ltd.
Sale Popularity Level: 669854
Studio: Language Dynamics Ltd.
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Now you can take the foreign out of language and avoid the pain and frustration usually associated with language learning. Finally, you can learn to speak, understand and even read and write the real authentic language of Italy just like the natives with a minimum of time and effort, all in the comfort of your car or home. At last a beginning level Italian CD course which requires no reading and which teaches you to actually speak beginning to intermediate level Italian in a minimum of time and effort. The course also comes complete with a complete 226 page illustrated text with audioscript, same page answer keys and English translations for home review. Designed by the experts at Language Dynamics, Behind the Wheel Italian 1 Revised takes you, the learner from basic to intermediate level Italian without the guesswork and pain usually associated with language learning. An expert English speaking instructor talks you through these tapes in English while a trained professional native Italian speaker teaches you Italian the way it is really spoken. Behind the Wheel Italian 1 Revised is the ideal way to learn Italian while you drive because there is no confusion, no reading, no looking up meanings, and no guessing. It's all on the CDs. Use your commute time to effectively learn French with this delightful course whose method will have you speaking your very first words in Italian within minutes of receiving your course, and enjoying it.
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I used the cds without the book while exercising and later listened to the same cd following along in the book. In that way I could study the pronuonciation and written words. The book also includes exercises to write out. Since I have not yet been to Italy, I don't know if the phrases are up to date. I also bought the French language set that this author produced and also like it. To really understand the verb tenses, you will need another source, but this gives you quick learning of usable phrases.
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I learned to speak Spanish in just two weeks with Behind the Wheel Spanish.
I am now experiencing great sucess with Behind the Wheel Italian. Same great method. Very easy to use and you learn to speak fast.
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Like many other Amazon reviewers I greatly enjoy Mark Frobose's courses, and this one is no exception. The quality of audio is excellent, the native speaker has a steady, clear, and pleasant voice and gives both slow and "normal speed" pronunciation. Some minor problems include the absence of tracks (1 disc = 1 track), which makes it more difficult to go back to a particular material. Also, the beginning of the very first lesson deals briefly with reading and cannot be easily understood if you are truly "behind the wheel". Even though I've just started with the course, I'm already looking forward getting the second (intermediate) part by the same author!
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As with other 'Behind the Wheel' language products I have used, I like the entire package.
I have found the text included in Behind the Wheel Italian Revised to be extremely helpful in learning tenses, showing basic to advanced sentence construction. The same page answer keys to the exercises on each page along with the helpful diagrams make learning Italian a breeze.
Now, on to the CDs. Words cannot describe how effective they are. I have tried many and these are the fastest and easiest on the market.
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After reading some of the comments from reviews of some of the more popular language-learning systems by the students (mainly that the phrases were not accurate for true Italian speakers) I tried to find one that used a native Italian speaker. As I have not been to Italy and do not know any native Italians, I cannot say with certainty that this program is accurate, but the instructor seems to be an accomplished speaker in the romance languages and his "interpreter" sounds like a native speaker.
I find the course easy to use. The CDs are very clear and build upon what has already been learned. The accompanying book is helpful, but at times a bit confusing. It appears the author simply took the material from the Spanish study and transposed it to this book (because some of the phrases are still in Spanish). I believe this to be a result of bad editing, and not lack of expertise by the instructor. However, it would lend more credence to the study to fix these few flaws in the book. Proofreading is a good thing - believe me I know. I used to work for a newspaper and you can get some very amusing or very embarrassing errors if you don't proofread carefully.
Overall, I like this program. It's easy to use and understand, and it starts the learner out with simple phrases instead of conjugating verbs as some of the other books do. The instructor explains sentence structure and grammar as he goes, but it is integrated into the lessons where one would actually use it immediately. Therefore, it is easier to understand and remember. I have used three different language-learning systems, and this seems to be the best of the three. I would definitely recommend it.
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