Easy Italian Step-by-Step

Great book

The book has all explanations in English, so, if you find this review difficult, don't buy it.It treats the subject grammatically rather than introducing simple phrases. Early chapters include:- Nouns, Articles and Descriptive Adjectives- Subject Pronouns, stare and essere- C'è and ci, Interrogative words, and the Calendar- Numbers, Time aqnd DatesI think you get the idea.Criticisms:It is rather cavalier about the introduction of articles and doesn't make their use clear;

Incredible (and not expensive at all) way to teach myself Italian. Perfect!

なかなかよかった。ごく初歩からかなりのレベルまで到達できる。

I am a Pimsleur fanatic. I've gone from Italian 1 through 4 in their program (120 CDs - many times each). I'm now so surprisingly good at conversation that I am rarely misunderstood when in Italy. But there are a number of grammar mistakes I make when speaking, I know it, and there are a lot of things I misunderstand when I read. "Easy Italian" neatly filled in the potholes in my brain. Something so simple - C'e' and ci sono, for instance - that I never was quite certain of. I must have sounded like a four year old to all those polite Italians! Goodness! I am SO grateful for this book - it plugged in exactly what I was missing in an easy, clear way. Love the exercises, too. They really anchor it, unlike some that just expect you to pick it up with one pass.