Learn to Speak Italian the Easy Way

Rosetta Stone Italian Level 1

With over 3500 real-life images and phrases in 92 lessons, Italian Level 1, Personal Edition provides up to 250 hours of mastery instruction in Listening Comprehension, Reading, Speaking, and Writing. Systematic structure teaches vocabulary and grammar naturally, without lists and drills. Previews, exercises and tests accompany every lesson with automated tutorials throughout the program. Level 1, Personal Edition provides instruction in such categories as People and Talking; Directions; Food, Eating and Drinking; Family Relationships; Telling Time; Numbers to One Hundred; Clothing and Dress; Vehicles, Furniture and Instruments; Shapes, Colors and Location; And Much More. Italian Level 1, Personal Edition comes complete with an illustrated User's Guide and a Curriculum Text book.

While listening to my car radio tonight they reported that Italy became the number one favorite honeymoon location for Americans this year beating out Hawaii which had held the number one position for the past 10 years.

If an Italian honeymoon is in your future, impress your new spouse with you knowledge of Italian! Do a little study ahead of time.

If you are to be truely proficient in a language, you must be able to listen to and understand others who are speaking the language. You must be able to confortably speak the language. You must be able to read the language, and finally, you must be able to write in the language.

The Rosetta Stone Language Program excells in developing all these skills as you work through their system of Dynamic Immersion.

First, the Rosetta Stone Italian Language program uses native Italian speakers and everyday language to develop your listening comprehension skills an a natural and easy manner.

Second, you will improve our pronunciation by using dynamic speech recognition technology to compare your speech with a native speaker.

Third, by linking examples of the written language to real-life objects, ideas, and actions you will develop your reading skills.

And fourth, you will practice writing what you hear spoken in a series of exercises where the software checks your work and then lets you correct any mistakes you have made.

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Rosetta Stone Italian Level 2

Italian Level 2, Personal Edition builds on the Level 1 material with up to 300 hours of accelerated study for intermediate learners. With over 4500 real-life images, QuickTime movies and phrases in 118 lessons, Level 2, Personal Edition provides mastery instruction in all key language skills, leading to advanced proficiency. Previews, exercises and tests accompany every lesson with automated tutorials throughout the program. Italian Level 2, Personal Edition provides more advanced instruction in such categories as Greetings and Conversation; Travel, Transportation and Transactions; Shopping and Dining Out; Asking Questions; Forms of Address; The Weather and Clothing; Office Activities and Terminology; Common Social Conventions; Calendar Conventions; The Five Senses; Sickness and Health; A complete reference section of commonly used terms. Italian Level 2, Personal Edition comes complete with an illustrated User's Guide and a Curriculum Text book.

The Italian language is a Romance language spoken by about 63 million people, primarily in Italy. In Switzerland, Italian is one of four official languages. It is also the official language of San Marino. Standard Italian, adopted by the state after the unification of Italy, is based on Tuscan dialect and is somewhat intermediate between Italo-Dalmatian languages of the South and Northern Italian dialects of the North.

Unlike most other Romance languages, Italian has retained the contrast between short and long consonants which existed in Latin. As in most Romance languages, stress is distinctive. Of the Romance languages, Italian is considered to be one of the closest resembling Latin in terms of vocabulary.

Italian was first formalized in the first years of the 14th century through the works of Dante Alighieri, who mixed southern Italian languages, especially Sicilian, with his native Tuscan in his epic poems known collectively as the Commedia, to which Giovanni Boccaccio later affixed the title Divina. Dante's much-loved works were read throughout Italy and his written dialect became the "canonical standard" that others could all understand. Dante is still credited with standardizing the Italian language and, thus, the dialect of Tuscany became the basis for what would become the official language of Italy

Source: Italian Language at Wikipedia.org

Rosetta Stone Italian Level 3

Rosetta Stone Level 3 has been designed in conjunction with teachers, language lab coordinators, educational psychologists and ESL specialists to address the language learning needs for the advanced student. Level 3 is based on four life-skill areas: Transportation, housing, shopping, and employment. Each topic is covered in 10 immersion-based picture lessons, a live-action video and extensive narrative lessons that focus on reading, listening and grammar. The 24 minutes of video are accompanied by 96 minutes of audio, telling each story from four different points of view to enable greater comprehension. Level 3 Personal Edition builds on the success of Levels 1 & 2 to prepare the user to communicate at school, in the workplace and in other real-life situations. The program comes complete with an illustrated User's Guide and a Curriculum Text book.

Rosetta Stone Italian Level 3

Rosetta Stone's Dynamic Immersion method reconnects people to the language skills they used successfully to master their first language. With Rosetta Stone, you start from a position of strength-your own strength.

Learn a Foreign Language through Context
Rosetta Stone presents a carefully chosen selection of four images and asks you to select the image that matches the written text and the voices of native speakers. Building on the knowledge you've already gained and your intuitive grasp of the meaning of each picture, you make a choice. There's absolutely no translation or memorization to hold you back, so you start making progress immediately.

Immediate Reinforcement
The very second you complete a task, Rosetta Stone provides feedback. Speak a word and our unique voiceprint technology automatically rates your pronunciation. Connect an image with a phrase and you'll immediately learn if your choice was correct. Complete a set of exercises and you'll instantly know how well you did. With Rosetta Stone, you always know where you stand.

Systematic Sequence
Dynamic Immersion& is a continuous process. The Rosetta Stone curriculum is carefully sequenced, gradually incorporating new words, phrases, and more complex grammar as it reinforces existing learning. Your understanding of your new language grows naturally.

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Rosetta Stone Italian Level I & II Set

Our complete set offers Beginner through Advanced instruction with over 8000 real-life images and phrases in 210 lessons. Italian Levels I & II provide up to 550 hours of mastery instruction in Listening Comprehension, Reading, Speaking and Writing. Systematic structure teaches vocabulary and grammar naturally, without lists and drills. Previews, exercises and tests accompany every lesson with automated tutorials throughout the program. Some of the covered topics include Greetings and Conversation; People and Talking; Travel, Transportation and Transactions; Directions; Food, Eating and Drinking; Family Relationships; Telling Time; Numbers to One Hundred; Clothing and Dress; Vehicles, Furniture and Instruments; Shopping and Dining Out; Common Social Conventions; Calendar Conventions; A Complete Reference Section of Commonly Used Terms; Italian Level I & II, Personal Edition set comes complete with illustrated User's Guides and Curriculum Text books.
Rosetta Stone Italian Level I & II Set


Available as CD-ROM and Online Subscription

Rosetta Stone products come in three versions, the Personal Edition, the Classroom Edition, and the Homeschool Edition.

• The Personal Edition is licensed for individual use. It includes the product application CD, language CD, a comprehensive user guide, and curriculum text.


• The Classroom Edition is designed for institutional users including schools, government agencies, corporations, non-profits, and libraries with multiple users or a need to install Rosetta Stone on a shared network.


• The Homeschool Edition is designed for use in a homeschool curriculum. It includes all materials from the Personal Edition plus a teacher's handbook, the Student Management System, and any available ancillary materials (currently only available for English, Spanish, French and German) for that language. This edition allows homeschoolers to have the accountability that most school districts require.

Rosetta Stone Italian Level 1,2 & 3 Set

Our complete set offers Beginner through Advanced instruction. Italian Levels 1 & 2 provide up to 550 hours of mastery instruction in Listening Comprehension, Reading, Speaking and Writing. Systematic structure teaches vocabulary and grammar naturally, without lists and drills. Previews, exercises and tests accompany every lesson with automated tutorials throughout the program. Level 3 prepares the user to communicate at school, in the workplace and in other real-life situations through picture lessons, live-action video, audio and narrative lessons. Some of the covered topics include Greetings and Conversation; People and Talking; Travel, Transportation and Transactions; Directions; Food, Eating and Drinking; Family Relationships; Telling Time; Numbers to One Hundred; Clothing and Dress; Vehicles, Furniture and Instruments; Shopping and Dining Out; Common Social Conventions; Calendar Conventions; Life-skill areas: Transportation, Housing, Shopping, and Employment; A Complete Reference Section of Commonly Used Terms. Italian Level 1, 2, & 3 Set, Personal Edition set comes complete with illustrated User's Guides and Curriculum Text books.
Rosetta Stone Italian Level 1,2 & 3 Set

Available as CD-ROM and Online Subscription

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Florence, Italy

After more than 30 years of experience as an institute specialized in the field of Italian teaching, this important Italian language school [Scuola Leonardo da Vinci] has decided to open more and new ways of communication with students all around the world.

Read the full press release at Leonardo da Vinci Has a Blog Now!

Bike race an exciting part of trip to Italy
Centre Daily Times, PA - November 18, 2007

Watching the race combined my love of cycling with my Italian language skills. It was wonderful seeing the same passion for cycling while chatting with the ...

Italian school coming to country's most Italian town
The Hammonton News,  USA - January 19, 2008

By BEN MERITT HAMMONTON -- Interested in exploring the Italian language and culture? The Pinetina Center for Italian Arts and Culture may be the place for you. ...


What better place for a school that celebrates all things Italian than
in the town that, according to the 2000 census, had more Italians per
capita than any other town in the country? ...

"Our philosophy at Pinetina is you shouldn't learn
the language without the culture," Bellesorte said. "You should know
where your dialects came from. You should know why you say a word a
certain way." ...

Read the full article, Italian school coming to country's most Italian town

The romance languages of Europe, has familiar similarities to
each of them. This is because the languages such as French,
Italian, and Spanish all came from the mother language, Latin.
This means that there are functions and words that are in
relation with each other among the languages mentioned above.

If you already know portions of speaking French or Spanish
(either of these languages), you are actually helping yourself
in enriching your foreign language vocabulary. This is because
when you start learning either of the romance languages, you are
opening to chances of learning other European romance languages
as well.

This doesn't mean though that starting to learn the Italian
language doesn't require your complete understanding of the
lessons. You still have to start from the simplest Italian
language lesson to the difficult part. We all know how to obtain
Italian lessons as well. An online course is one thing or taking
a formal course from a university is also a good option.

If attending a complete full course of the subject does not
appeal much to your busy schedule; try taking lessons that you
can learn in a daily basis. Or better yet, take one Italian word
each day. No need to worry in moving on to the next though,
because the more you understand its meaning and purpose; the
better you are able to use it with other Italian words.

Enriching yourself with more than one language is a great way
of maintaining and putting your brain to constant work. If the
Italian language is a completely new experience for you, so it
is to your brain. For all you know, you are actually helping
your brain maintains its efficiency by inputting new information
to it everyday.

To help you remember the words more, try putting up posts of
the lesson you have for one day around the house. This will
clearly help you remember more the current lessons you're trying
to learn.

About The Author: Shareen Aguilar is a writer for Learn Italian
Program http://learn-italian-program.com which has Memory
Improvement Books and Memory Game Software for better Italian language memorization.

Good day = Buongiorno
Good evening = Buonasera
Good night = Buona notte
Hello = Ciao!
Hello (answering the phone) = Pronto
Goodbye = Arrivederci!
Goodbye = Ciao! (informal)
How are you? = Come sta? (formal)
How are you? = Come stai? (informal)
Please = Per favore
Thank you = Grazie
I want = io voglio
I wish = io desidero

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