I segreti della lingua Italiana per stranieri The secrets of the Italian Language
Antonio Libertino Collection: Multimedia Pages: 140 Price: Euro 12,90 Buy it on Amazon.com
In short Learning Italian without false steps. A simple but effective method to learn the language of love, music and culture while having fun.
The book A book to always keep next to other Italian books and courses. It will help you while learning the Italian language, either if you study by yourself or if you take a class. Here is the basic idea of this English speaker oriented manual: The horizontal format on two columns (with English parallel text) lets you discover the tricks of learning the language directly in Italian as well Tony Buzan’s mind maps (http://www.buzanworld.com/). By studying the books of this English psychologist, “the most important researcher in the fields of learning, intelligence development and memory”, the author, an Italian teacher Ditals certified, gets inspiration to create and draw several mind maps showing frequent Italian words and basic grammar. Thanks to the internet and multimedia, “The secrets of the Italian language” can be heard through the real author’s voice. The book is divided in three parts. In the first section, about the vocabulary, you will discover, among other things, memory techniques and an easy way to use flash cards. In the second section, you can see how easy it is to cope and solve the first hurdles of the Italian grammar, verbs and prepositions. In the third section, in full color, you will look at the mind maps of the most common Italian words. These mind maps have been hand drawn or created through the official Buzan’s IMINDMAP software.
Learn more about the book and the author www.italianlanguagesecrets.com – www.italianoinitalia.com Contents in English
Introduction: Once upon a time there was the “sussidiario” Part One: Understanding the secrets of words and expanding your vocabulary Learning Italian in the blink of an eye Part Two: Grammar is easy The Present Tense for Regular Verbs… Prepositions The past Part Three: Draw, colour, learn! The human body My family My house Trasportation means In the bar Where is it? In the restaurant The weather Colours Cases and boxes Shapes Acknowledgement Resources Indice del volume in italiano Introduzione: C’era una volta il sussidiario Parte Prima: Conoscere i segreti delle parole e accrescere il proprio vocabolario Imparare l’italiano in quattro e quattr’otto Parte Seconda: La grammatica è facile Il presente dei verbi regolari… Le preposizioni
Il passato prossimo Parte Terza: Disegnare, colorare, imparare! Il corpo umano La mia famiglia La mia casa I mezzi di trasporto Al bar Dov’è? Al ristorante Il tempo (meteorologico) I contenitori I colori Le forme Ringraziamenti Risorse