Summary:
• Are you looking for a simple way to learn Italian?
• Do you want to progress at your own pace?
• Do you want to communicate and get around with confidence?

Let the experts be your guide! Beginner’s Italian will help you get to grips with the basics of Italian and be confident in everyday situations – without using jargon or requiring any prior language knowledge. With lots of support, practice pronunciation, examples and explanations this flexible course will suit your needs, whether you need a refresher, want to make the most out of a holiday or wish to go on to further study.

With Teach Yourself Beginner’s Italian you’re in control of your learning and you set the pace!

The CDs that accompany the book are available spearately or in a book/CD pack. They have been specially recorded by native speakers and contain:
• dialogues from the book
• exercises in listening and speaking

• Easy to follow – the pace and approach mean that this is a course for the true beginner.
  Practical – covers all the basic structures and vocabulary you will need for everyday situations
  Up to date – contains lots of cultural information
  Brand new recordings

Table of Contents:
Introduction
How the course works
Pronunciation guide
1 How are you?
2 What’s your name?
3 Where do you live?
4 How is (it)?
5 How much is it?
6 What’s the time?
7 What time does it leave?
8 What do you want to do today?
9 When do you get up?
10 Did you book?
11 Shopping
12 It is my turn!
13 Going about town
14 Accommodation
15 Enjoy your meal!
16 Family life
17 Keeping fit
18 What’s the weather like?
19 Fill it up, please
20 What shall I write?
Key to the exercises and tests
A summary of grammar
Italian-English vocabulary
English-Italian vocabulary
Taking it further
Index

About the Author(s):
Vittoria Bowles has taught Italian for 27 years including 18 at the University of Brighton.