B5: Is there any computer software or are there any books to help
me learn Italian?
Software
Title: Berlitz Basic Italian
- Price (List or estimated retail): $19.99
- Publisher:
- Electronic Book Publishing Ltd
- 52 Monmouth Street
- London WC2H 9EP United Kingdom
- +44 71 916 8375 (UK); +44 71 916 8376 (UK) fax
- Description: Includes full notes in English to explain grammar and
vocabulary, a bilingual dictionary of 28,000 words, and exercises in each
unit. Sound and graphics make learning meaning and pronunciation more fun.
Published by Berlitz.
- Platforms supported: Electronic Book (Sony DataDiscMan)
Title: First Steps in Italian
- Price (List or estimated retail): 150 Dfl
- Publisher:
- Philips Interactive Media of America PIMA)
- 11111 Santa Monica Blvd., Suite 710
- Los Angeles CA 90025
- 800/845-7301 310/444-6147; 310/445-5788 fax
- Description:From 16 native languages: English, French, German, Italian,
Spanish, Swedish, Norwegian, Danish, Finnish, Hungarian, Polish, Czech,
Dutch, Portuguese, Greek, Turkish you can learn to read, write, and pronounce
the desired language. Up to 8 hours of lessons.
- Platforms supported: MSDOS
Title: Hotel Europa Italia: Business Italian Multimedia CD-ROM
- Price (List or estimated retail): 79.95
- Publisher:
- M L S (Mast Learning Systems)
- 26 Warwick Road
- London SW5 9UD United Kingdom
- +44 71 373 9489; +44 71 835 2163 fax
- Description: A Italian language tutorial that contains 40 dialogues
on business subjects. Each dialogue can be heard, translations appear on
the screen, can record your practice sessions and compare them to the recorded
dialogue. Forty-Sixty hours of material is included.
- Platforms supported: MSDOS
Title: Italian Jr
- Price (List or estimated retail): $29.95
- Publisher:
- SoftBooks, Inc.
- 22651 Lambert St., Suite 101A
- Lake Forest CA 92630
- 714/586-1284; 714/586-1297 fax
- Description: Teaching tool to teach basic vocabulary with the use of
music and interactive activities to children ages 4-12.
- Platforms supported: MPC/Windows
Title: Italian Now!
- Price (List or estimated retail): $129.00
- Publisher:
- Transparent Language
- 22 Proctor Hill Rd.
- PO Box 575
- Hollis NH 03049
- 800/752-1767 603/465-2230; 603/465-2779 fax
- Description: Build reading, listening, and speaking skills through
interesting stories and articles presented in an easy-to-understand format.
Complete word, sentence and phrase meanings, along with grammar comments
for easy reference and pronounciations by a native speaker. Includes interactive
learning games.
- Platforms supported: MSDOS Macintosh MPC/Windows Sony MMCD (handheld)
Books
A large volume with the Title "1st 1000 Words in Italian"
[ISBN 08602d0-768 4]. It portrays various settings and situations and the
words and phrases that fit those situations. This is a book that someone
who has never been exposed to the Italian Language would get benefit from.
It is a colorful and well presented book. For those of you who are interested
in buying this book, you could call or write.
- USBORNE BOOKS
- 14713 Hackwood Street
- Woodbridge, Virginia 22191
- Phone (703)494-4838
The price of the Book is $12.95 plus shipping and handling. They will
accept phone credit card orders. To all of you that are beginners or new
to the Italian language, this would be a good start.