From: Amy Hespenheide
Subject: Re: Self-study Italian Programs
To: VOCALIST <vocalist>
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--- Rachel Parker wrote:
> Does anyone have a recommendation for a good self-study Italian
> language program? I'm not looking to master the language by *any*
> means, just to understand the grammar, sentence structure, etc.
> enough to where I can roughly translate an aria with the use of a
> good dictionary.


My (quite late) response:

I have heard very good things about the Pimsleur language system (books
and CDS, or books and tapes), which is available for Italian and German
that I know of, and likely more languages as well. amazon.com has them
-- the only problem is that they're quite expensive. I believe the
first "set" for Italian is close to $300. At that point you might want
to opt for the college course! But the self-study option would
certainly give you more time flexibility. . . .

Has anyone out there used Pimsleur at all?

Amy
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