Insieme is a content and communication-based interactive text designed for intermediate students of Italian. It combines a streamlined grammar review with readings varying from authentic materials,... This description may be from another edition of this product.
This book is great for many reasons. One -- the opening dialogue of each chapter uses colloquial Italian, and you really learn a lot of useful expressions and ways of speaking from this book. For that it is very strong. The book is peppered with them, and I think that you should read through the book to find them. The exercises are not the greatest but they are ok. I wouldn't buy it for the exercises. The readings in each chapter are also pretty good, taken from newspapers and magazines. This is for intermediate students so if you have a good foundation in Italian already, you can learn a lot from this book. I think that you will get the most out of this book using it in a classroom situation and not so much for self-study, but even in self-study there is much one can learn. Keith [...]
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Published by Thriftbooks.com User , 20 years ago
Ciao a tutti da los angeles.I'm no expert on italian textbooks, but it was a definite upgrade from my previous required book, Eccoci. That book was so dull and not interesting.I recommend this book. But dont just buy for self instruction, better in class setting.
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