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ISBN-10: 0340939001

Published: 29/09/2006

Extent: 6 Hrs

Series: Michel Thomas Series

 

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Summary:
This recording follows on from the Foundation (8-hour) all-audio course which took the language-learning world by storm.
With no books, no memorising and no homework, Michel Thomas teaches the basic grammar of the language painlessly. Using the method he perfected over 50 years, he shares his secret with the world - and 'makes it simple' (Sunday Times).
In only a matter of hours, he teaches what it takes years to cover by conventional methods, giving his students a comprehensive working knowledge of the language all the tenses are taught and practised; the position of pronouns is made easy, and Michel spends some time on the problems of translation, instilling in the students 'an enhanced awareness of their own language'. And he does all this effortlessly, 'effectively and easily' (Daily Star).
By the end of the Advanced course Michel has covered ALL the structures and tenses of 'A' level and beyond. Grammar points and tenses only touched upon in the Foundation (8-hour) course are expanded to give the student a complete knowledge of the structure of the entire language.
He points out the similarities of the vocabulary in English and Italian and gives his students the tools to guess the words they do not know, or think they do not know.
Join two students as they learn in real time. Become the third member of the class and experience the excitement of learning a language as if by magic!

This new edition has one, very significant, new feature an additional Review CD. All the main teaching points have been lifted from the 5-hour Advanced course and are contained on this one CD. The student hears Michel teaching a specific point, there is a pause which allows time for the student to give his/her response to Michels prompt, followed by Michel giving the correct response. If the student has struggled or given an incorrect answer, s/he can use the index in the accompanying booklet to locate the area of the main course where the specific language point was being taught in depth and can return to the main course to work through the relevant section again, quickly and efficiently. It can also be used very successfully by those coming back to the course after a lapse of time, either to check how much they have retained or as a quick revision tool. Only Michels words and phrases are on the new CD, so the course is summarised succinctly and with a new, snappy pace. Finally, the new edition is repackaged, with an up-to-the minute cover treatment and robust DVD-type cases inside a rigid card slip case, to ensure that the CDs remain damage-free and are easy to access and use.

• addition of brand new, 1-CD Review course, plus booklet – now the student at home can check learning to find areas causing difficulty and revisit relevant teaching point in main course, or have quick review of the course if returning to it after some time

• smart, up-to-the-minute cover treatment – brings the product into the 21st century and appeals to whole new, younger, sector of the market

• new packaging – customers and booksellers alike will welcome the new, robust DVD-type packs in the smart slipcase

• price remains same as current edition – addition of extra review CD and booklet are free and give real, measurable, added value

• sales history - over one million copies of Michel Thomas products sold

• backed by significant marketing spend – the profile of all Michel Thomas products will receive a huge boost

Table of Contents:
verb forms for ‘loro’, ‘voi’ and ‘tu’
pronouns, including ‘ne’ and ‘ci’: form, position, contraction
present continuous (‘-ing’) tense
future
conditional
‘di’ before verbs
perfect tense with ‘avere’
irregular past participles
past ‘-ing’ tense (the ‘w-ing’ tense)
irregular forms in present tense
usage in past tense: ‘dot’ vs. ‘line’ past
English ‘could’ = ‘would be able’ and ‘was able’
‘handles’ (‘have to’, ‘must’, ‘can’, ‘want to’)
agreement of past participles
English ‘to know’ translated by two verbs in Italian
perfect tense with ‘essere’
imperative
conditional perfect
prsent subjunctive
past subjunctive
advice on reading

About the Author(s):
Michel Thomas had an amazing life. Born in Poland, he spent his early years in Germany and then in France, where he studied psychology at the Sorbonne in Paris. When war broke out, he fought with the Resistance and suffered imprisonment in slave labour camps. At the end of the war he joined the US liberation army and later settled in the US where he established his world-famous language school. For more than 50 years he taught languages to the rich and famous and became the world's most sought-after language teacher.

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adults/teens

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