Italian Grammar Drills (English and Italian Edition) Bilingual, Workbook Edition

In 2010 I was trying to decide what to do next, so I started reading a few books that I had wanted to get to but never had the chance. Being in transition between jobs, I went to Amazon.com and ordered: The Letters of Thomas Jefferson, Fredrick Douglass, Hutchinson, Rousseau, and a few others. I then came across Leviathan by Thomas Hobbs. Of course I was also thinking of what language to choose to learn. I had studied in the past: English of course, Spanish, Nihongo, the language of the Japanese, French (growing up in Southeast Texas / Louisiana area, Arabic after spending two years in The Middle East, Latin of course, and around 2001, I had made an attempt at Italian.Then while reading Leviathan, in it was the suggestion of Italian being one of the better languages to learn because of its’ great literary past; having stopped us from slipping into the dark ages; The Renaissance and The Enlightenment being the two noted for such an event in aiding human civilization in the right direction. I then started my research and was lucky enough to come across a book by Paola Nanni-Tate. I have read about half a dozen of hers (that alone would just about tell you that she is an expert in the field of the Italian language).At that point I said that I would give it a year to see if I enjoyed it and would I continue, making it a life-long project (I’m also a writer . . .). That of course was five and a half years ago.Being a writer and trying to make an honest attempt at writing a poem, a letter, having a written conversation or writing a book for others to read, I felt that I would have to get it as close to flawless as possible. After deciding that I would continue, by this time I could discern between the best methodologies to choose in learning the language. Paola Nanni-Tate’s books stood out at the top because of its’ ‘step by step’ approach. More than just conversational learning, but teaching and giving one the ability (for those in which they feel it is necessary) to be articulate at the language.I have read what I’m certain are some of the best books on the subject, and few have matched that level (less than a hand full). Deciding the proper usage of the incredibly diverse list of prepositions: the many uses of da, di and a, etc. How and when to use ci, and the proper usage of possessive adjectives.For those who plan on writing as well as speaking the language while traveling, you can tell that this is only part of what it takes to really indulge in / learn the language and that it is the best approach.

This book presents all the essential grammar needed in the most concise way I've seen. Simple explanations. Tons of exercises. One small nudge: It starts out a bit slow with too much vocabulary, but by page 20 it's on to the meat of Italiano. I also have her companion book Easy Italian Step by Step. Benessimo!

This is a good book for reviewing Italian. I like the exercises and I use it to enhance my learning. If you would like to learn Italian, it is worth buying. I have all of the books in this series because what I do not learn in class, I learn in these books.

My husband and I take Italian classes and this is an excellent supplemental aid for practice in writing and learning grammar pretty painlessly. Italian has lots of quirky rules (So does English!) that are difficult for English speakers but this book helps immensely. Learning by writing is the next best method, the best being conversation and this book does a great job. Our Italian teacher is impressed with our progress and we haven't divulged our secret: The Italian materials we've purchased from Amazon. We are ready for our next trip to Italy.

Book is clear, sequential and has enough practice to grasp the rules behind the Italian syntax. I love having the answers in the back so you know, right away, whether you are on the right track or not.

I've learned.my Italian from Rosettastone and DuoLingo, neither of which goes into grammar very well, so I figured this book might help me get that part settled. But it is boring and not useful. You go through nouns and then verbs. Learn endings and exceptions through long lists, and I quit again and again because there's vocabulary I don't know or remember, and it's just boring to work through.

This is very suitable for beginners and for intermediate students. The author takes one through the grammar at a reasonable pace.

It's very helpful as I try to revive my fluent Italian

Good book one should read

If you want to learn italian this is the book for you! I had bought many italian books over the years and kind of half-arsed learnt some here and there but with this book because you are actually practising the grammar skills, my italian improved really fast! The questions are in increasing difficulty (very easy at the beginning I thought) with clear answers so you can see your progress.

Again Paola Nanni-Tate has presented the learning of thisbeautiful language in the most interesting and easy tolearn and to remember what we have learned. Excellentstudy book

Insert images instead of typing? Terrible. Should come with a warning. Impossible to search, highlight etc with images. Looks, feels awful.

Been learning Italian for a few years now and found this book very helpful. Good to have an Italian grammar book written in English. The other ones I've seen are written in Italian which makes it hard for beginners.