Pimsleur Italian Basic Course - Level 1 Lessons 1-10 CD: Learn to Speak and Understand Italian with Pimsleur Language Programs: Volume 1

This is an excellent course that teaches you to learn Italian or any other language very easily. Great audio course.

FANTASTIC FOREIGN LANGUAGE LEARNING SYSTEM, would recommend to anyone wishing to converse with confidence in any country to which they travel.

I am a fan of Michel Thomas's language systems, but was persuaded to switch to this following the reviews on Amazon. It's not bad for a very basic introduction, although not that many verbs are included and no explanation of how they are used. There is also a very limited vocabulary used. The male American commentary is quite annoying (as a non-American), and some of the questions/answers are provided as if an American is using it. I wish I'd stuck to my usual Michel Thomas system as I'm used to the way he teaches - maybe not always phrases you'd necessarily use but provides a much wider understanding of how the language is put together. I would not recommend Pimsleur if you are looking for a lot of day to day phrases or an extensive vocabulary. In fact, I've had to make further purchases of Italian language systems to ensure that I feel confident enough to open my mouth!

The Italian Basic Course is the second language I purchased a course for from Pimsleur and it's just as good as the other language/course I bought. I'm very pleased with it. The Pimsleur method of teaching new languages is one that really works with the way I best comprehend & retain what I'm learning. In high school I failed multiple years of Spanish, so I always assumed I could never learn another language, because Spanish is supposed to be the easiest language to learn, right?! I also thought I couldn't learn another language because I've heard it's more difficult to learn another language as an adult compared to a child...I can confidently say that this is not the case! In addition to using Pimsleur, it's a good idea to immerse yourself in the culture of the language you're learning by listening to music/podcasts and watch movies/shows/news in the language you're learning. I also find that if I am not certain of the pronunciation of a word (an 'n' versus an "m", or "v" versus "b", etc), which isn't often because the speakers usually have clear pronunciation, I will google translate the word so I can see it.

Last year I bought the Pimsleur Brazilian Portuguese Course and it was a life saver when we travelled to Brazil! Locals even commented that I have a perfect accent! So the Pimsleur Italian was a no brainer! I'm loving it so far! It's the best way to learn!

ピンズラーは英語を学んだ時にとてもよかったので、イタリア語が出ないかなとずっと待っていました。英語によるイタリア語ならあると分かり、チャレンジすることに。英語が得意なわけでもないので不安がありましたが、流れが英語を学んだ時と同じなので、全く大丈夫でした。 ピンズラーは本当にわかりやすく、車の運転をしながら繰り返し聴いて話すうちに文型や発音を覚えて、自然と口をついて出るようになるのが嬉しいです。 ただ、CD5枚はあっという間です。この次の段階はないのでしょうか？

I just finished going through the first CD of this set and feel like I'm learning quickly and slowly getting a feel for the sound of the language. I also think it helps that I studied Spanish in college and there's a lot of similarities in the language. All the lessons on the CD start off with a conversation in Italian that you listen to. Then, you learn what each part of the conversation means and practice saying the phrases. At the end, the conversation replays and you practice supplying the answers. The CD always eventually gives you the answer, but the audio pauses to give you time to try and come up with it on your own. Overall, I think these CDs will serve the purpose I need them to. I'm not looking to become fluent in Italian any time soon, but just to gain enough knowledge to be able to get around on a short trip to Italy I'm planning. I think these lessons will help a lot!

I like Pimsleur's method of learning as I drive a lot on highways and can learn in the car. You learn like you did as child, buy listening and repeating. Lots of opportunity to repeat back. No reading or writing, just learning to speak and understand.