Is there a textbook that foreigners use to learn Italian quickly in Italy?

I'm looking into learning italian. I speak a some Spanish and a little Portuguese. I'm in German 201 in college and we have these great books that foreigners who are actually living in Germany use to learn German. They aren't like the usual large textbook, but rather booklets all in German and very thin. Is there anything like that for Italian? Let me know!Is there a textbook that foreigners use to learn Italian quickly in Italy?
Well, it depends. If you are only looking to learn enough Italian to get by while you're in Italy then I would recommend Teach Yourself Italian because it teaches you the italian you would need to know to order food, go shopping at a market, make reservations, asking how much things cost and things like that. Evey unit has a theme like, one might be about the post office and it has phrases and vocabulary that you might need there and then another might be about phrases and vocabulary you would need to know at a bakery.



If you want to learn Italian to get to high conversational level and not just for a visit to Italy then there are many thing to choose from. I don't think there is one book that can teach you Italian, rather you would need a few books. Since you speak Spanish like me and some Portuguese you'll find it relatively easy, I got to a pretty high level just from self study and I had a book that focused on verbs and how to conjugate them and it had many helpful exercises, It was a book by Barron's and it was green, I'm not sure what the name of it was but it must have been something simple like Italian Verbs. It was a very helpful book that taught me a lot. There are many books to choose from, just do a little research and go on Amazon and read some reviews for learning Italian books and see what looks like something you'd like to use to learn italian.



Buona fortuna!Is there a textbook that foreigners use to learn Italian quickly in Italy?
I didn't keep my text book, but honestly it wasn't that different from the text that I had when I took Italian in the U.S.



I'd suggest that you load up your ipod with some free podcasts and start immersing yourself in the language.



Here is info I pulled off the web about the books used in an Italian class for foreigners offered in Italy. The first book is for beginners. The second one is for intermediate students.



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Balboni Paolo E. / Mezzadri Marco, Rete! 1, Corso multimediale d鈥檌taliano per stranieri, libro di classe, Guerra Edizioni



Mezzadri Marco, Grammatica essenziale della lingua italiana con esercizi, Testo di grammatica per studenti

stranieri dal livello elementare all鈥檌ntermedio, Guerra Edizioni



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Balboni Paolo E. / Mezzadri Marco, Rete! 2, Corso multimediale d鈥檌taliano per stranieri, libro di classe, Guerra Edizioni



Mezzadri Marco, Grammatica essenziale della lingua italiana con esercizi, Testo di grammatica per studenti

stranieri dal livello elementare all鈥檌ntermedio, Guerra Edizioni