Complete Italian Step-By-Step

Go from beginner's Italian to mastery with this single, comprehensive guide. Experts agree: the quickest route to learning a language-from beginner to advanced-is through a solid grounding in grammar and well-crafted exercises that reinforce lessons in vocabulary, essential structures. This premium resource combines two bestsellers, Easy Italian Step-by-Step and Advanced Italian Step-by-Step into one easy-to-use guide. Following a series of logically interconnected "steps," you'll progress from the basics and essential structures to more advanced concepts that govern how Italian is spoken and written-including the use of preterit and imperfect tenses, commands, the present and past subjunctive, idiom, and much, much more. Complete Italian Step-by-Step features: Two bestselling books in one convenient, easy-to-use guide; Unique "building block" approach to mastering essential grammar, verbs, and vocabulary; Tools to help you begin speaking Spanish almost immediately; Exercises to help test and measure your progress, and more.