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Instant Immersion Italian - Deluxe Edition Workbook (Italian Edition) |  | Authors: Mary March, M.A., Kristin Salerno, Ed.M.
Creators: Giulia Guarnieri, Elizabeth Haidle, Paul Haidle
Publisher: Topics Entertainment
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Media: Paperback
Edition: 2nd
Pages: 116
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Dimensions (in): 10.6 x 8.2 x 0.6
ISBN: 1600774016
Dewey Decimal Number: 458
EAN: 9781600774010
ASIN: 1600774016
Publication Date: May 1, 2008
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Product Description
Italian Language Instruction as easy as Uno, Due, Tre! Now you can join the conversation with native speakers using Instant Immersion's Deluxe Edition Workbook! Whether you're learning a new language for vacation, studying in school or simply polishing your fluency, Instant Immersion is the easiest and fastest way to learn a language. By combining written vocabulary, conversational, and cultural skills, you'll learn a new language in just minutes a day! Bonus! Portable Video Phrasebook DVD & Full color National Geographic map Essential vocabulary, dialogues & exercises in every chapter
Phonetic pronunciation & translations as you go
Cultural impressions with everyday native expressions
Flash cards for easy word & phrase recognition
Using the Portable Video Phrasebook DVD, transfer key audio and video phrases from your computer to iPod, MP4, mobile phone, PSP or other multimedia player for on the go learning Over a $50 Value (if purchased separately) $24.95 MSRP Portable Video Phrasebook DVD from Eurotalk Interactive
$9.95 MSRP National Geographic full color wall map
$18.95 Instant Immersion Standard workbook plus over 75 bonus flash cards and stickers
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Great Service October 13, 2009
Nadine Macdonald (Sacramento, CA)
Product is average, but the item was sent to me quickly and in great shape. Thank you =)
 Not worth the price September 9, 2009
Fancy Pants
Workbook:
The materials are extremely basic, so the workbook might be good for someone with absolutely no knowledge of a Latinate language. Because I already speak Spanish, I found the book to be full of cognates, so I didn't really diversify my vocabulary. The workbook only conjugates verbs into the present tense--again, very basic. Ironically, the exercises are too difficult for such a basic workbook. The workbook is also extremely thin. For what you're paying for this book, you're not getting your money's worth. Mastering Italian Vocabulary: A Thematic Approach (Mastering Vocabulary Series) is a better choice for building vocabulary and learning basic verbs. Mastering Italian Vocabulary does not offer pronunciations for each word, however, while the Instant Immersion Italian Workbook does.
Flashcards:
There are 48 flashcards, which might be useful if there were actually English words on the front instead of pictures. I suppose the pictures make the flash cards useful for speakers of a language other than English, but since the entire workbook is in English, what's the point? The pictures just make it confusing to pinpoint the exact word on the back of the card.
Stickers:
There are 32 stickers with this book. I was hoping for stickers to affix to household items. It's useful to look at the mirror and see "lo specchio." A "Quanto Costa?" sticker, on the other hand, is not so useful, unless you stick it on a flash card.
DVD-ROM:
The DVD-ROM is just strange. You can upload 3 second videos to your iPod that have some basic words and phrases in various forms. There is a picture of the word or phrase in the background with the word or phrase printed over it in Italian. A person stands in front of the picture and says it in Italian. Sound bytes I can listen to in the car without looking at my iPod would have been more useful. The phrases could have also been more useful. I don't think I will ever have to ask someone "Could you please heat up this baby food?" or "Would you like to go for a bike ride down by the river?" The selection of phrases was very odd. The one nice thing about the mp4 files is the choice of languages--sort of. I chose the Spanish language videos for Italian, but the only Spanish related to the videos is the title of the videos. It would be nice if the video read it to you in both languages instead of just Italian.
Overall, the workbook was mediocre and over-priced. There are much better options available. I give the workbook 3 stars for a few redeeming reasons:
1) Pronunciations are given for each word.
2) There are ample illustrations to help you make those all-too-important visual connections.
3) While the grammar is a bit too basic, it's also helpful that the book is not overloaded with a million tenses you won't be able to remember.
4) The videos can help anyone struggling with pronunciation to link sounds with phonemes.
 Molto bene September 8, 2007
L. M. Seals (w.va.)
3 out of 5 found this review helpful
This is great especially on the long commute to work I love to put in a cd and actually do something progressive. These are easy to repeat and follow along.
"Underwhelmed" March 30, 2007
TravelBug (Stillwater, OK)
11 out of 15 found this review helpful
I guess I just expected so much more after reading the other reviews. Guess I'm just the odd man out but I don't like what I've listened to thus far. Hopefully the last half of the CDs will be better. Here's what I don't like: 1) TOO SLOW - ridiculously slow 2) I don't like having the Italian first because as I learn more of the vocab I like to translate the English before the speaker. Helps me to know if "I've got it." 3) Arranged randomly. I feel like the vocabulary that it's giving is in a very random order. Perhaps it isn't - may be based on sounds and such but nonetheless, I find it very odd. 4) It's silly of me but the English speaking narrator has a wierd accent. She says "Eeee-tell-yun" for Italian. I don't know what to say but that it annoys me - a lot. 5) Here's another silly thing but what can I say? I find it distracting: The speakers have "sticky mouth" syndrome - the recording equipment seems to pick up their mouth noises. Yes, I know. PICKY but it's annoying.
I have another Italian program and I prefer it - "Learn in Your Car - Italian." I am going to continue to listen to the last half of the CDs and hope they get better.
Learning Italian November 14, 2006
K. Johns (Louisville, KY USA)
8 out of 8 found this review helpful
This was the required text for a four week (8 hour) course to learn key Italian phrases. We went to Italy recently and found the results of this class very useful.
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