Italian Survival Guide is a down-to-earth, bare-bones introduction to the Italian, is a trip abroad as smooth and pleasant as possible.
This information packed mini-course focuses on preparing readers to travel to Italy in a limited time by focusing on what is useful or interesting to travelers and avoid unnecessary vocabulary and grammar.
The Survival Guide helps the reader to the Italian language and culture to communicate. It prepares travelers for what to expect and how they handle it, what to say and when to say it. It is like three books in one
– a phrase book (so you know what to say)
– a grammar (so you know, like I say it)
– a culture book (so that you understand daily social expectations)
– all concentrated on a traveler needs.
Learn how to greet people and introduce yourself in Italian, such as line-up shelter, food order and pay correctly, such as shop and ask for directions in Italian, like driving a car or by train in Italy, as you help themselves in emergency or talk about your family, or discuss the weather, and much, much more!
Get important insights into Italian societal conventions: how to talk to you with people, how to avoid taboo subjects such as how it does not look like a tourist, like lace, how good table manners, how to be a gracious guest, as you discourage unwanted admirers have, such as poor customer service, such as overcoming petty crime to be avoided.
Discover the intricacies of city buses, grocery stores, train stations and cafes. Find out how to achieve la bella figura – the style and elegance of Italian price. Learn gestures and geography and how to pronounce Giorgio.
Italian Survival Guide is with cultural notes, study tips, travel tips and reality checks galore packed. It includes an option for practicing the material from class, Italian-English and English-Italian dictionaries and inside-the-cover Survival Summaries travelers can take advantage of on-site. In addition, written Italian pronunciation throughout the book, so that the user always a guide to pronounce new words and phrases. Includes an extensive index to help readers find the topics they want, fast. All this packed in a small band enough to put in a bag and take it.
Italian Survival Guide: The Language and Culture You Need to Travel with Confidence in Italy
