Easy Italian Reader: A Three-Part Text for Beginning Students (Easy Reader Series) |  | Author: Riccarda Saggese
Publisher: McGraw-Hill
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Media: Paperback
Edition: 1
Pages: 256
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Dimensions (in): 8.9 x 6 x 0.7
ISBN: 0071439579
Dewey Decimal Number: 458.6421
EAN: 9780071439572
ASIN: 0071439579
Publication Date: November 3, 2005
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The quick, easy, enjoyable way to learn how to read Italian This new addition to the popular Easy Reader series allows beginners to start reading Italian right away and intermediate learners to hone their reading skills. Rather than relying on dry grammar rules, EasyItalian Reader features engaging readings on Italian history, people, and contemporary literature that rapidly build comprehension, progressing in difficulty as readers’ abilities increase. Helpful review sections, comprehension questions, and proficiency-building games are included throughout to reinforce what is learned. Easy Italian Reader: - Provides timesaving new vocabulary footnotes
- Includes exercises and an answer key to test understanding
- Offers insights into Italian culture
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A beginner book September 22, 2009
M. Di Grande
This is a good book for begineer students of the Italian language, but, with a bit of imagination, it can be also useful to students who have comand of the language
Very Good, But There's One Better September 13, 2009
WikkeWicce88 (Bklyn, NY USA)
I bought this book to keep my Italian fresh after taking one entire year of Italian at my college.
The first few chapters were easy to understand, and as I continued I noticed the vocabulary was getting tough as well as the grammar. As you read from cover to cover the text will become advanced.
As you notice, you're following a character who's also learning Italian. She goes to Italy with her family and slowly learns more about Italy and the Italian language, which I think is the most brilliant idea for a foreign language book. What better way to learn Italian than learning it alongside the main character. So the vocab and grammar the main character learns will later be used by her and her friends, which is a good drill.
Between chapters there will be questions in Italian with spaces for you to answer in Italian, which was helpful. Sometimes there's crossword puzzles, fill in the blanks, and true or false questions. I liked how this book had ideal answers in the back of the book so you can make sure you're understanding the question and know how to answer it. It leaves space for you to write in, but I like to use a separate loose leaf paper.
The reason why I gave this book 4/5 stars instead of 5/5 because I found the same exact book at my college library but with a CD. The story is on the disc so you can listen along as you read, which is helpful when you get to the dialogue portion of the book. I'm the type that can read and write a different language but as soon as you try talking with me... I'll blank out, lol. Oral is a big part of learning so try searching for the same book but with the CD accompaniment. Otherwise, I recommend this book to every beginner-intermediates.
 Reading Italian September 2, 2009
Maria P. Bernazzani (USA)
The Easy Italian Reader is a very good product because you can listen to and read the text simultaneously. However, I think it should be titled Intermediate Italian Reader because the text and vocabulary is too difficult for beginners.
 Disappointing July 10, 2009
M. L. Toohey (Washington, DC)
3 out of 4 found this review helpful
I'm learning Italian with the help of a tutor. I bought this book as an intermediate text, after I'd completed all the exercises in a book for beginners. I was not impressed with the way the readings and exercises are presented; the lessons are not created in a way that would make the information easy to learn.
For example, a vocabulary list in a beginner's foreign language text should include the articles (il, la, i, le, etc.) that precede the nouns, to help the student learn the gender of the noun. This book omits them.
The questions that follow readings are of the sort teachers ask to see if the students have completed their homework, not the sort that engage the students with the reading or facilitate familiarity with the language.
If you are seeking an easy beginner's reader, I do not know of any. If you are ready for an intermediate-advanced book, I recommend the Easy Readers series (try an amazon search for "Easy Readers Italian"). These are paperbacks of Italian literature, made accessible to language students through vocab lists and illustrations.
 Not so easy. May 2, 2009
Jay H. Colborn (Tallahassee, FL)
There is a part of the book which deserves 5 stars for me. It is about the history of Italy. Another large part, maybe half or a quarter, is about "boy meets girl" type of thing. I guess a teenager may give that five stars, butfor me two is appropriate. Finally, it should be considered an intermediate reader, not an easy one. Someone starting out in Italian would be upset, and maybe even an intermediate one would be frustrated.
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