Easy Italian: Lower Intermediate Level - Vol. 1 - Paperback

by Carmine Albanese (Author)

The Lower Intermediate book of the Easy Italian courses aims at helping you get to a more advanced level of communication in speaking, listening, reading and writing. You will be presented with more advanced grammar topics explained simply and clearly with lots of examples and exercises. You will also acquire new vocabulary that will allow you to express yourself in a wider range of situations. All the dialogues and the vocabulary lists that you'll find in this book are also available online on www.italianglot.com for you to listen to (and download).You'll also be able to use a self-evaluation system so that you'll know at the end of each lesson, if you need to go back and review it or if you're ready to move on to the next step. At the end of this book, a test will allow you to check your level and make sure that you've achieved the results you were aiming for. If you've completed the beginner and the elementary course, you can take the next step with this lower intermediate level which, considering the large amount of learning material, is split into two volumes for easier handling.By the end of this course you will be able to understand the main points of conversations on familiar matters regularly encountered in work, school, leisure and so on. You will be able to deal with most situations likely to arise while traveling in Italy and talk about topics that are familiar or of personal interest. You'll also be able to describe experiences and events, dreams, hopes and ambitions and briefly give reasons and explanations for opinions and plans.The topics you'll find in this book will allow you to talk about: Past and present habitsPast eventsHealth issuesFinding workEnvironmental issuesDealing with bureaucracyBuying a new apartmentTravelingSo let's start ! Study a bit every day and have fun