BBC BUONGIORNO ITALIAN REVIEW

An independent language course review by Sarah Maddocks

Buongiorno Italia is a beginner’s Italian language course from the BBC (and already I am slightly prejudiced as I love the courses that the BBC produce). The course comes complete with 3 x 60 minute audio CDs and over a 300-page course book.

The CDs and book are divided into 20 short units and the book contains dialogues, language notes, information about Italy and vocabulary and practice activities. The CDs are designed to help develop listening and speaking skills with pronunciation practice, conversations and interviews.
The course book has a grammar section, pronunciation sections and an answer section which gives the answers to the activities. At random intervals (well they seem randomly placed), there are sections called lettre A, B, and so on – this is a transcript of the audio on the CD. You can then answer questions in the book, which mirrors the type of thing you would have to do in a GCSE exam. The book is designed to be used alongside the CDs as they contain dialogues and interactive exercises to do whilst listening.

The woman who introduces the course sounds a little odd at first. I’m not sure if she is an authentic Italian or from England. Some of her words sound like she has an Italian accent, whereas with others, she sounds like she has never left England. I prefer it when you have a native speaker (I suppose she could be a native speaker and have lived in England for a long while!).

The CD starts by giving you a list of Italian words, but you are not told what they are in English. You have to pronounce the words after you hear them, but I didn’t really like this bit of the course, as I like to know what it is I am saying first (but then I’m no language course designer and I’m sure the BBC do know what they’re doing!). The exercises during the course are really helpful to test what you have picked up. The number exercise was good as they use a conversation in a bar scenario and you have to listen and then pick out the numbers you have heard. The conversation was at a good pace and so the exercise wasn’t too difficult (this was a real confidence boost as I had never learnt Italian before and to be able to recognise numbers already was fantastic).

The course instructions are given to you in Italian and then repeated in English, this is a good way of learning instructions as they are repeated throughout the course so you are picking up new language without even realising it.

I didn’t just want a language course which gave me the holiday basics without the cultural background or the grammar of the language. The BBC offers you the whole linguistic package and it is definitely worth a go!

I found Italian quite easy to understand as it is similar to Spanish which I’d already been learning. It was easy for me to deduce what was being said, rather than to have to look up every word in a dictionary. The course doesn’t give you every single word that is said, they just give you the key vocabulary and expressions. I found this better; as firstly it is not repetitive and secondly it makes you feel you are picking up the language a lot faster.

After each new section there is a summary of what you have just learnt, with a very basic grammar note. There are also interactive activities, but I found that I couldn’t do these without listening to the section on the CD a couple more times so I could get the hang of it.

The dialogues on the CD are useful to hear Italian in everyday contexts and to get used to the Italian accent. I found some of the pronunciation difficult. When reading the course book, a lot of the words were similar to French and Spanish and I had a tendency to say the words with a French accent, which was, of course, completely wrong. I decided to bang the pronunciation into my head and listened to the CDs more and more to get used to saying it differently – this seemed to work, although I suppose I will see when I speak to an authentic Italian!

Throughout the course book, after each section you can learn more about the country and culture of Italy. I found this a good way of taking a break from the course and I was still learning about the country rather than just stopping the CD for 10 minutes. A sort of educational break if you like.

Overall this course is great. The Italian that I learnt is more than enough to be able to go to Italy and have a proper conversation with the locals. This is what I look for in a language course – I didn’t just want a course which gave me the holiday basics without the cultural background or the grammar of the language. The BBC offers you the whole linguistic package and it is definitely worth a go! Dieci out of dieci for me!

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01 Give a language calendar

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If your friend or relative is really passionate about languages, then there are some superb books and dictionaries for them. Some are amazing reference books such as the encyclopedia of languages or whet the appetite of your friends and family for New Year travel with a travel novel. They are all books that someone who is language-mad would be proud to own! And they’ll be so absorbed by their new book, that they’ll leave plenty of food and drink for you!
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A culture book is an ideal gift for anyone in your family that is an avid traveller, whether for pleasure or for business. From a light-hearted look at the different customs and foibles of different nationalities, to a serious look at the academic theory behind cultural management – they’ll be something here to engage the traveller in your midst.
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If you’ve mastered the basics in a language and still want to improve your language skills while having fun, then World Talk is the CD-ROM for you. World Talk takes you from intermediate level onwards if you have already built up some confidence listening to and speaking the language. The interactive games and quizzes will help to further develop fluency and understanding of the language.

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Your kids can learn the basics of a new language in a fun way on the computer. They learn through cartoons and there is even a voice recognition function that records the children saying the words in their new language and plays it back in a show! Adults love Vocabulary Builder too.

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If you want to succeed in business abroad, then Talk Business is for you. Aimed at people who already know the basics, it gives the specialised language you need for doing business abroad. Must-know language ranges from basics like ‘what is your website address?’ to more advanced discussion of exchange rates, product guarantees and marketing budgets.

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BBC LANGUAGE COURSES

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The Get Into series is a language course for those of you who like to have the freedom to choose how to learn. You can select from a CD-ROM, audio CD, book or on-line material and quickly start to learn French or Spanish.

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Quickstart is a new audio-only course (with accompanying booklet) aimed at the growing number of people going away on weekend or short European breaks who want to grasp the basics of the language beforehand, without having to master any complicated grammar or phrases.

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The BBC Talk short courses are for absolute beginners and encourage you to make real progress as they introduce your new language to you in 10 easy-to-follow units. It only takes a few minutes a day and you’ll be understanding and beginning to speak the language in no time!

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05 BBC Intermediate Comprehensive Language Packs

level: intermediate
languages: French, German, Italian, Spanish
products: French Experience 2, Deutsch Plus 2, Italianissimo 2, Suenos World Spanish 2
method: traditional course
media: books, cd

BBC Language Packs for intermediate level learners are traditional language courses with course book and CDs. They will give you solid progress through intermediate level.

read our BBC suenos world Spanish 2 review!

Browse the BBCShop.com for BBC Intermediate Comprehensive language courses (for UK & Europe only)>>
(you will need to search on the language series in the search box e.g. French Experience or Italianissimo etc)

for more information and to buy BBC Intermediate Comprehensive, browse our BBC Language shop on amazon.co.uk>>
for more information and to buy BBC Intermediate Comprehensive, browse our BBC Language store on amazon.com>>

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Other BBC language courses:

You might also like to try some of the other BBC Language courses:

BBC Get by Travel Pack
BBC Phrase Books
BBC Beginner Courses: Greek, Italian, Hindi, Japanese, Portuguese, Russian, Urdu
BBC Language for Kids: BBC Muzzy; BBC Salut Serge

Browse the BBCShop.com for more language courses (for UK & Europe only)>>
(you will need to search on your language in the search box e.g. French)

read our BBC steps on-line review!

to buy more BBC Language courses visit our BBC Language shop on amazon.co.uk>>
to buy more BBC Language courses visit our BBC Languages store on amazon.com>>

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FRENCH LANGUAGE COURSES FOR KIDS

language advantage brings you the best and most innovative language courses for children to learn French. Get the French language advantage for kids!

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01 learn French with BBC Muzzy

The BBC Muzzy courses are world renowned as a complete introduction to language learning for kids. They include DVDs, CDs, workbooks and much more. This course is ideal for children aged between 3 and 12 learning French. Check the DVD region for your country!
Find out more about BBC Muzzy French language courses from the BBC Shop>>

02 learn French using BBC Salut Serge dvd

The BBC has a kids’ French course called Salut Serge, who is a very likeable monkey! This course is ideal for children aged between 5 and 10 learning French through a DVD and also includes a CD, an activity book and song sheet. Check the format for your country!
for more information and to buy, browse our Language Advantage Kids shop on amazon.co.uk>>
for more information and to buy, browse our Language Advantage Kids store on amazon.com>>
Buy your favourite BBC Salut Serge language programmes on DVD from the BBC Shop>>

03 Nintendo DS and Nintendo Wii My French coach

Can’t get your kids off their DS? Well let them learn while they play! This French language game, available on both the Nintendo DS and the Nintendo Wii, teaches you French in small chunks and then introduces tonnes of games to help you practice.
for more information and to buy, browse our Language Advantage Kids shop on amazon.co.uk>>
for more information and to buy, browse our Language Advantage Kids store on amazon.com>>

04 carry an electronic French dictionary translator

Fun and colourful, this handheld dictionary will give your kids the French word they are looking for immediately. It will help build their vocabulary, especially when used on location in a French-speaking country!
for more information and to buy a dictionary translator from Ectaco>>

05 get a French-speaking Language Littles toy doll

These lovely little toy dolls will enchant your child, and will also help them learn a language while playing – these dolls speak French as well as English!  Each Language Little will recite between 25 and 30 phrases with the help of a sound chip in the dollâ??s tummy – including greetings, numbers, colours and days of the week. Language Littles toy dolls are not currently available on amazon.co.uk.
for more information and to buy, browse our Language Advantage Kids store on amazon.com>>

06 Vocabulary Builder Learn French

A CD-ROM for children who are beginning in French, with speech recognition, so that your kids can record their voices and then play them back in a cinema show! Great fun and packed full of games. Over 100 words including colours, numbers, actions and simple sentences.   For ages from 4 to 12 – but popular with adults too!
for more information and to buy, browse our Language Advantage Kids shop on amazon.co.uk>>
for more information and to buy, browse our Language Advantage Kids store on amazon.com>>

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Other ways to learn French for kids:
more French language courses and dictionaries for children on amazon.co.uk>>
more French language courses and dictionaires for children on amazon.com>>
more French language cd-rom software for children on amazon.co.uk>>
more French language cd-rom software for children on amazon.com>>
free on-line French for children

 

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