L'italien Édition Spéciale

The language and culture of Italy are renowned for their beauty and sophistication. Learning Italian with Assimil is relatively straightforward for French-speakers because the two languages share multiple similarities due to their common roots in Latin.

Our course, based on daily study of parallel dialogues in Italian and French, is structured around two carefully designed and progressive phases. In the first phase, learners immerse themselves in the language by listening to realistic dialogues and reading the explanatory notes, while checking and confirming their knowledge through a series of short exercises. The second phase, which begins midway through the course, activates those skills and puts them into practice, particularly through translating the dialogues. By practising regularly, learners will acquire a solid grounding in everyday vocabulary and usage, as well as the fundamental rules of grammar. The entire course, comprising around one hundred lessons, takes just a few months to complete. No gimmicks, no exaggerated promises: Assimil helps learners to reach their own goals as quickly and enjoyably as possible

Available in this box set, the recordings include all the texts in Italian for each lesson and the translation exercises from the book. These progressively more challenging texts have been recorded by professional native speakers. 

• Lively, useful dialogue
• Carefully-constructed progression
• Pronunciation using the recordings