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Pros

The audio cds are good, although i found the constant repitition of'the 15 minute italian programme' iritating. The book comes with an added bonus in the form of an app (downloaded onto my phone), which enables me to practice in real time with the ita...  Read More

The app is really good which goes along with the book. My husband listens to it on his walks. Such a quirky little book. I would recommend it!



Cons

I have contacted dorling kindersely 3 times to ask why i am having this problem, no-one seems to want to reply. This book has far too many totally unnecessary phrase translations, my favourites being:what beautiful tiles!

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Quality


I got this with the idea that i could listen to the cd and learn some italian on my way to/from work every day.


The app is really good which goes along with the book and my huseband listens to it on his walks.

Competitiveness


This is a great little book to help you on your way has many practicle conversation techniques to help you.

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  • How are reviewers describing this item?
    italian, good, easy, great and useful.
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  • Our engine has discovered that over 80% high quality reviews are present.
  • This product had a total of 445 reviews as of our last analysis date on Mar 28 2023.

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    Posted by a reviewer on Amazon

    The illustrations were good but some points of grammar would have been enlightening eg


    Posted by a reviewer on Amazon

    Why possessive pronouns need an article beforehand as in il mio


    Posted by a reviewer on Amazon

    We struggled then when we were faced with an italian speaker


    Posted by a reviewer on Amazon

    The early sections i found were more relevant for the tourist itlaian vocabulary i was hoping to acquire


    Posted by a reviewer on Amazon

    I will question the title 15 minutea day italian as either its designed for people who have a natural understanding of languages but for me its not 15 minutes as its quite a different language mainly when it comes to male and female also the tone of voice like raising the voice to indicate its now a question sort of thing


    Posted by a reviewer on Amazon

    However i was surprised to find how different italian is from french and was therefore unsure how successful i would be


    Posted by a reviewer on Amazon

    I think the 15 minutes is a bit of an exaggeration but i suppose that depends on if you are a quick learner as over 60s we are not

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