Learn to speak Italian at an intermediate level in just thirty easy lessons with this highly effective course. Pimsleur audio courses teach you, in the shortest possible time, to understand & speak the essential elements of a new language.

Don't worry about memorizing vocabulary lists, grammar rules, or even written homework. In each lesson, you will be hearing two native Italian speakers--plus have an expert teacher guiding you along in English.

You'll be amazed! You'll soon learn to speak, understand, read, & think in your new language. Just relax, sit back, and follow your own private tutor.

Comprehensive Set III
This part of the program will thrust you forward to the "High Intermediate" (the level before "Advanced") on the ACTFL scale. The emphasis turns to more complex self-expression and focuses on expanding conversation skills and more complex language structures.

Learn how to:

• Successfully handle most communicative tasks and social situations.




• Initiate, sustain, and close a general conversation with a number of strategies appropriate to a range of circumstances and topics with minimal errors.




• Carry on connected discourse, particularly for simple narration and/or description.




• Satisfy most bilingual work requirements.




• Discuss abstract topics.




• Handle unfamiliar situations.




• Support your opinions and hypothesize.




• Satisfy most bilingual (spoken language) work requirements.