"The original language learning system that makes use of a building block approach to teach practical conversational skills"--Publisher's website.

This indispensable language guide covers the topics and phrases that crop up everyday on vacation, from finding a hotel to going shopping. It includes fully updated travel information, travel tips, a 3,000 word dictionary, a comprehensive menu decoder, grammar and pronunciation sections, and "Face to face" sections.

The discs provide pronunciation coaching by native speakers, with simple words, sentences, and dialogues. The coursebook contains 40 lessons on practical, everyday topics; vocabulary, straightforward explanation, and plenty of examples; and supplemental sections on letters, e-mail, and the Internet. The Italian-English English-Italian dictionary contains more than 15,000 words, idioms, and expressions, with everyday examples of usage.

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