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Title: The Most Horrible Book In the Foregin Service Institute
Review: I don't like to pan something this badly--- But the Barron's Mastering Italian has to be one of the most useless language programs I've ever used. This is particularly disappointing given that their German Series is perfect.The first 1/4 of the book is devoted to the minutia of vowel sounds. It has no examples to speak of, and the tape that accompanies this book actually uses wrong answers intentionally!!! Thus, if you play the tape in your car without benefit of having the book with you, you will actually have incorrect examples played over and over. This obviously leads to confusion.Again, I've used the German, French, and Spanish versions of this series. The Spanish is also disappointing, but the Italian is so horrible that even it looks great.If you buy this, you are libel to frustrate yourself and actually run the risk of losing interest in Italian.Sorry, I wish the news were better.
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