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Summary: Give me 0 stars for this one
Review: How horrible!!! All I can do is go to Italy for a week and say words like yellow corn and ask where the bank is "Dove' la banca?" If I was asked a question or wanted to converse about flowers I couldn't because well the disks don't even teach you how to say flower. No sentence building, no basics even to learn when to use il, lo or la. Don't even ask about the other disks because it just gets worse. Only two teach the very simple words and they speak so fast you don't learn correct pronounciation. Save your money and go buy an Italian text book and do the homework. I realy wished I would have researched before buying this product.
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Summary: Big jump between the two cd's
Review: IF you can keep your wife from talking too much in the background, you will learn quite a bit of Italian. Better yet, use headphones and put a sign on your back that you are trying to learn the language so that she won't be eating strange food like pig intestines when you get there. Otherwise, you will learn quickly, but there is a big leap between the beginner cd and the intermediate one. That's okay because you will have to wade into using Italian once you get there. It's worth the purchase.
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Summary: Big jump between the two cd's
Review: IF you can keep your wife from talking too much in the background, you will learn quite a bit of Italian. Better yet, use headphones and put a sign on your back that you are trying to learn the language so that she won't be eating strange food like pig intestines when you get there. Otherwise, you will learn quickly, but there is a big leap between the beginner cd and the intermediate one. That's okay because you will have to wade into using Italian once you get there. It's worth the purchase.
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Summary: Words cannot describe my digust towards this awful product
Review: It is advertised that the method of learning a language through this program is the way you learned as a child. I don't like I learned English from watching game shows. The first is fine but the second is, uhh, I don't know what to call it. It didn't teach a thing. I had to do some studying on the side to use it. I still didn't learn a thing. The second disk repeats the first disk's information in a more complicated fashion! I recommend purchasing one the old Berlitz books for learning Italian or any other language for that matter.
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Summary: instant immersion italian
Review: Most unfriendly user product I have ever encountered. The help menus are terrible and the 4 cd's included must have been selected at random. There is no continuity. Don't waste your time.
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Summary: instant immersion italian
Review: Most unfriendly user product I have ever encountered. The help menus are terrible and the 4 cd's included must have been selected at random. There is no continuity. Don't waste your time.
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Summary: Horrible, please don't buy
Review: Ok I'll make it short and clear: DO NOT BUY IT.
It's a waste of time and money.
it doesn't have a continuos course, and they don't teach you usefull sentenses.
I'm still looking for a good software, but this I know, this one sucks very much
Oh and the dictionary is terrible too, 'cause when u wanna know how u pronounce a word in italian, it says that this feature is only available in english. But I already know how to pronounce in english, it's the italian I'm learnin.
And it doesn't even help you build phrases.
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Summary: Inexpensive and decent!
Review: The first couple of weeks on this program I picked up a vocabulary of over 130 words. I can pronounce the words, recognize them in print, and recognize them when spoken.I needed a Italian program because in the summer of 2001 I am flying Italy to meet 17 cousins, 7 aunts and 8 uncles for the first time since I was less than a year old. Only a few of the cousins speak English, so I need to have some background in Italian too!I purchased this program because it was inexpensive and gave me 4 different CD's for my money. The CD's include: * Talk Now! which is basic vocabulary * World Talk Italian which is mainly sentence structure * Italian English Dictionary * Voyage to Italy Tour I liked this program because it is basic and gave me a good foundation of words in Italian. The Talk Now! CD is broken into 9 major divisions: First Words, Foods, Colors, Phrases, Body Parts, Numbers, Time, Shopping, and Countries for a total of 275 words. Each of the divisions have 5 subdivisions: Print the Dictionary for that division, Play a Easy Game, Play a Hard Game, Practice Speaking, and Learning the New Words. In addition there are also 2 other games for each division set up like concentration game in the main window (check out the card dealer!) and certificates can be printed for the completion of this CD. Several different people can use the same CD...just log on to retrieve your file. The 2nd CD is much more involved. I have just begun this CD and one of the activities involves hearing a sentence read aloud. Then you are presented with 5 strips with phrases on them. Only 4 strips contain the phrases of the sentence you heard. You must put the strips in order. IT is tough because the sentences are spoken at a conversational rate - not slowed down! The dictionary CD is GREAT! The tour of Italy CD is really pretty and interesting. For my money I am very, very pleased with my purchase. My only suggestion to you, is to use headphones while using this CD. You will be surprised at how much more you retain when all those background noises are removed! ENJOY!
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Summary: You get what you pay for
Review: This is the worst product I have wasted money on yet. Most of the program had errors. You had better know a little about computers WHEN you want to remove it. The format is sub-par. The extra disks are fairly worthless. DO NOT WASTE your money. GO with the Pimsleur or living language courses. This one is not only a joke, but it will put you off from learning Litaliano. I dont write reviews, but this product angered me so much I had too. Too bad there is not a 0 star.
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Summary: Learning Italian
Review: This product is ideal for someone that wants to potentially go to Italy and not cause an internation incident by offending the entire country or, more likely, impress a date at a local restaurant. The interactive format helps you retain a lot of words and phrases in a short period of time. I would recommend it to anyone that thinks Italian is a beautiful language but doesn't have the time to learn it. It can be done!
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