Easy Italian Reader (Easy Reader)

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Customer Reviews:

Good way to increase vocabulary [Posted on 2007-07-13]
The readings in this book become more difficult gradually, making it easy to increase your vocabulary and your exposure to more complicated grammatical structures. As a fringe benefit, the later readings will also add to your knowledge of Italian history. The book does have a vocabulary section, but you'll still need to keep an Englisth-Italian dictionary handy.

Worth It [Posted on 2007-09-03]
The format is a little longwinded and you do have to write some of the responses on a separate notebook due to space restraints but it is an excellent starting reader for an Italian 102 0r 103 student. Introduces italian poetry, writing, songs and history. I highly recommend it. Good practice in reading and critically responding to text. There are also some breaks with crosswords and fill in the blanks.

Valuable learning tool [Posted on 2008-01-02]
I am a beginning/intermediate adult Italian language student--taking lessons weekly from a tutor. I have worked my way through about 1/3 of the reader and find it at just the right level for me and it's been a valuable way to practice translation and vocabulary. Well done.

Fun and practical way to learn Italian [Posted on 2008-02-19]
This is a great book if you want to move from basic grammar and vocabulary to something more engaging. The stories are easy to read, and each chapter has some questions, exercises, and a 'discussion' topic. It's geared toward class settings, but it works quite well for self-study, too. Of course it helps if you have someone fluent in Italian to correct your stories!

NOT that easy [Posted on 2008-07-30]
I agree with the other reviewer, that this book is not easy at all, and the title is misleading. I am an advanced student, having taking 3 years of classes that teach in Italian only. I still get baffled with some of the lessons, even with the first few, which are the easiest. Reading material that is too advanced leads to frustration.

Most helpful in reading Italian for beginners, was the series of books by cideb, which include an audio CD with the book. Very helpful, and written for all levels depending on the book.

Scoprire I'Italia is great. ISBN: 88-530-0241-7. Check out the others they have for all levels.

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