Italian

In volume one you are taught how to navigate at the airport, the exchange office, the hotel, going by taxi, getting around, at the embassy, shopping for clothes, and eating out. Topics covered in volume 2 are: at the office, at the cafe, dining with an Italian family, an invitation, hiring help, talking about a trip, emergency calls, car problems, renting a car/at the gas station, and providing information. Lessons include: cultural notes, dialogues, exercises, vocabulary, language usage notes, additional vocabulary, and listening comprehension. The CD Version of the course comes with 15 CDs and two books; the Digital Edition comes with MP3 audio files (equivalent to 15 CDs), and a copy of the text in PDF format, all on one CD-ROM.

As children we all learned to speak not just by listening but by seeing and doing. By imitating sounds, copying our parents' actions and associating the sounds with the actions speaking came naturally. With Accelerated Learning you learn your new language - Spanish, French, German or Italian - in exactly the same way that you learned your first language. Based on research from diverse experts in the field of education and psychology - from Bulgarian Georgi Lozanov who pioneered the use of Baroque music, to Howard Gardner of Harvard with his Theory of Multiple Intelligences - Accelerated Learning home study courses provide a wide variety of physical, visual and auditory stimulation. Because your whole brain is involved learning becomes faster, more enjoyable and much more effective. Each foreign language course contains the revolutionary physical learning DVD and booklet, 12 CDs (each 60 minutes long), text book with memory maps, the "name game", and a series of word cards and games.

Many courses on the market today will list everything that you will learn line-by-line. Linguaphone courses teach you the language and how to use it. When you're finished with the course, you will not be able to simply repeat the phrases that you've learned, you will be able to create your own sentences and have your own conversations. Linguaphone will give you the necessary tools to actually use your new language and make it a part of yourself. Through the use of the Comprehensive Acquisition Course, you will quickly train and develop the 4 primary language skills: Comprehension (Listening & Understanding), Speaking, Reading, and Writing. Unlike traditional methods of learning a new language, with the Linguaphone method of language acquisition, you are in complete control of your learning. The courses were created with many different learning styles in mind. You can go as fast or as slow as you see fit. You won't be bogged down with endless, mind-numbing repetition and won't feel left behind.

Plus, with the allTalk Complete course you learn more and spend less. allTalk Complete is like three comprehensive all-audio courses together in one course. Sixteen hour-long all audio CDs let you learn in your car, while you exercise, or while relaxing at home. Learn 2000 words with the allTalk Complete course - much more vocabulary than any similarly priced course ... or as much as three levels of other comprehensive all-audio courses that cost many times more!

Now download the allTalk Complete All-Audio Course in a digital MP3 version, and get it today - and save $125 over the CD version! This is the same version, but without the phrasebook, and is great for the on-the-go lifestyle; learn on your iPod, netbook, or cellphone, wherever you are!

You will learn how to communicate in a variety of situations from common situations faced by travelers and businesspeople, to everyday conversations in which you discuss yourself, your family, and your life. No need to be glued to a computer or textbook, you can use the 4 audio CDs in your car, MP3 player, or any other CD player. They are a perfect on-the-go alternative to acquiring a new language. You can learn in your car and then reinforce your knowledge with the workbook/learning guide. Then, once you have a basic understanding of the language, you can dramatically increase your communication abilities through the acquisition of hundreds of phrases in our comprehensive 250-page phrasebook.
The key is learning to converse. With Linguaphone's PDQ course, you aren't just taught words and phrases, but you're coached on how to actually converse using your new language.

Standard Deviants School will capture your students' attention and make your lectures come alive! You'll be thrown into a big bowl of pasta and come out speaking Italian like a true native. So take a Roman holiday and get into the Italian spirit! Learn your ABC's, how to pronounce vowels, and take a stab at the Top Ten Useful Italian Phrases. You'll have a great time because the Standard Deviants will teach you all the practical pronouns, nouns, and verbs you need! The modules for School French include the following: 1 - ABC's & Handy Phrases; 2 - Pronunciation; 3 - Greetings; 4 - Pronouns; 5 - Gender & Nouns; 6 - Verb Basics; 7: Irregular Verbs.