Modern Spoken Italian language, Audio CD Course, Part A.

Foreign Service Institute (FSI). Includes 23 audio CD tapes, plus a textbook. This volume is designed to introduce you to spoken Italian. It covers virtually the entire sound-system of the language and introduces the basic grammatical categories, and consists of thirty-four units that accompany the audio CDs. "Programmatic" means that the information is presented and practiced in small steps that are numbered, which in this case are called "frames." Renowned Italian linguists Stephen Zappala and Egle Camozzo wrote, designed, and edited all the materials, and members of the talented FSI staff contributed useful suggestions. Egle Camozzo, Emilia Francini, Giovanni Salvo, as well as Stephen Zappala himself voice the recorded program. Innovative features in the text include an emphasis on concept understanding, analyses of Italian intonation, and double consonants. If you want to speak the beautiful language that is Italian, then this FSI course is for you - it is the language course that works! With 23 audio CDs and a book.