Street Italian 1: The Best of Italian SlangUpplaga 1

Here are ten easy lessons to Italian slang and idioms--the actual language spoken in Italy Italian is among the top five languages studied by high school and college students and is also a popular language with consumers interested in culture and travel. But the language taught in the classroom is often not the language spoken in the streets of Italy. Street Italian 1 is designed to teach the fundamentals of colloquial Italian in ten easy and fun lessons. More than just a dictionary or phrase book, Street Italian 1 teaches readers how to use slang and idioms in conversation, including lessons on sentence structure, contractions, and verbal short-cuts. Each chapter is filled with puzzles, word searches, fill-ins, cartoons, and exercises to make learning Italian simple and entertaining. Street Language Series books have sold over 200,000 copies David Burke (Studio City, CA) has served as an interpreter for the Algerian government, a guide for foreign dignitaries visiting Universal Studios, and interpreter for the United States Olympic Committee. He is the author of Wiley's popular Street Language Series.