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How can I learn Italian?
I want to teach my daughter and learn Italian. I tried Rosetta stone from the library, but it is very expensive and I needed to return it. Any other suggestions?
Public Comments
- school?
- i went to office depot and bought "BERLITZ ITALIAN PREMIER", it's very basic and helpful to learn the italian language. this is my third week learning and it's helped me a lot. it only cost about 35-40 bucks.
- go to italy. and if that is out of the question get a tutor.
- my mom taught me itallian. But I guess not evreyone has an itallian mother, so.. Heres what you do! Get a dictonary.. Go to italy.. Learn the language! What better way to learn something than by GOING THERE! - Ciao
- I tried Rosetta Stone for Spanish. It was effective to learn basic words and sentences. It does not have any grammar or conjugation instructions though so it will be very hard to go beyond the basics with it. My college uses a software called TeLL me More, by Auralog. It covers not only the basics, but also intermediate or advanced level. It is also a lot less repetitive. My goal was to become fluent so it was perfect for me. It has a lot of different activities: picture/word association, videos, dialogues,..., includes also grammar and conjugation. It has also more content than any other language software. Their speech recognition is great so you can have a dialogue with the computer. You can check out their website at http://www.auralog.com for a free demo and compare too. You can check out independent reviews on the web too http://www.toptenreviews.com or about.com websites. The best way to learn a language would be through immersion, visiting these countries. Learning a language will require some time. In addition to software, you can have books which are useful as well. Audio CDs like Pimsleur for instance might help you out but you cannot get any feedback on your pronunciation so I did not like it so much
