Overview

Do you have a working knowledge of Italian, but want to improve? Allow this book to come to your rescue and eliminate basic errors and slips of the pen. Each one of 50 top tips for improving your spoken and written Italian is presented and analysed across a whole double page, with explanations as to where and why people sometimes go wrong. The tips are grouped into grammar, spelling, false friends, pronunciation and cultural faux pas sections. There s even free downloadable audio content available to help you with your pronunciation. Polish your Italian with this brand new series from Teach Yourself the No. 1 brand in language learning. 50 ways to improve your Italian touches all essential bases and is divided easily digestible sections.

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Author:   Valeria Malandra
Publisher:   John Murray Press
Imprint:   Teach Yourself
Dimensions:   Width: 12.60cm , Height: 1.80cm , Length: 19.60cm
Weight:   0.153kg
ISBN:  

9781444110661

ISBN 10:   1444110667
Pages:   160
Publication Date:   27 August 2010
Audience:   General/trade ,  General
Format:   Mixed media product
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   To order  
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Table of Contents

: Meet the author : Only got a minute? : Only got 5 minutes? : Only got 10 minutes? : How to use this book : Sounding right: pronunciation and spelling 1: Good stress and bad stress 2: Soft and hard sounds 3: Say it like you write it 4: Euro, spaghetti bolognese and piu, puo, poi 5: Accent deficit disorder 6: Monday, January, English: NO CAPITALS PLEASE! 7: Drop the dead vowel 8: Word liposuction 9: Learn to count : Getting the structure right : Adverbs 10: Strategic positioning of the adverb 11: Use and abuse of anche 12: Was the meal well, good or beautiful? : Comparatives and superlatives 13: Compare and contrast 14: Don't go over the top! : Prepositions 15: Learn to do without di 16: Is it `on' Monday? : Pronouns 17: Keep your subjects under control 18: Don't be direct with your indirect pronouns 19: Quel or quello? Demonstrate your point! 20: Che: the big forgotten one : Articles 21: The definite article: one in English, six in Italian : Number and gender 22: The rules of plurality 23: Some people are singular 24: The gender of the problem : Possessives 25: Mio marito, that's all you need : Adjectives 26: Orders must be followed! : Agreement 27: Italian is an agreeable language 28: Many, few and near: do they agree? 29: Verbal agreements : Verbs 30: Essere o avere? That is the question 31: Perfect vs imperfect 32: Live in the present, look to the future 33: Reflect on reflexives 34: Piacere: put it back to front : Choosing the right words 35: Careful with what you enjoy! 36: Prendere: don't take it for granted : False friends 37: Going shopping at night 38: Don't fail to say how to succeed! 39: `In-pressive' mistakes 40: Eventually, earlier and possibly - plus some information and advice 41: How do you `stay'? 42: Do you visit your friends or examine them? 43: Travel and drive, but don't get too excited! : Cultural awareness 44: Please - to be used sparingly please 45: Have you got a title? : Miscellaneous 46: Don't mix c'e with e 47: Do you `prefer' or do you `favour'? 48: Time is of the essence 49: Sei single? 50: Work, age, and finally ...! : Glossary of grammatical terms : Index

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If you're learning Italian you'll find a wealth of advice here to help hone your language skills -- Italia! 20101201

Author Information

Valeria Malandra is a native speaker with extensive experience of teaching, translating and interpreting Italian. She currently teaches at the University of Surrey.

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