Improve your comprehension, grow your vocabulary and ignite your imagination with eight more unconventional Italian short stories from bestselling author, Olly Richards!
This second volume of the bestselling Teach Yourself Graded Readers series features 8 compelling new stories in a variety of genres, from science fiction and crime to history and thriller, so you'll have fun reading, while learning a wide range of new vocabulary and rapidly improving your Italian comprehension!
Short Stories in Italian for Beginners, Volume 2 is written for students from high-beginner to intermediate level. The eight captivating stories are designed to give you a sense of achievement and a feeling of progress when reading. You'll enjoy reading in Italian, grow your vocabulary in a natural way, and improve your comprehension at the same time. Based on extensive research into how people most enjoy and benefit from reading in a new language, this book eliminates the frustrations you experience when trying to read in Italian.
Stories are broken down into manageable chapters, so you make progress with the story and feel a sense of achievement. Realistic amounts of new vocabulary are introduced so that you're not deterred by complex words. Instead of pausing to look up every word, you'll absorb new vocabulary from the context of the story, and have the satisfaction of that moment when you say: "I totally understood that sentence!"
This book includes:
- Accessible grammar for high-beginner and low-intermediate level learners (CEFR A2-B2)
- Natural dialogues in each story, so that you can learn conversational Italian and improve your speaking ability!
- Controlled language at your level, including the most frequent words, to help you progress confidently
- Pleasure! It's much easier to learn a new language when you're having fun.
Carefully curated to make learning a new language easy, these stories include key features that will support and consolidate your progress, including:
A glossary for bolded words in each text
A bilingual word list
Full plot summary
Comprehension questions after each chapter.
Language and Linguistics
Paperback
Olly Richards
224 pages
H: 196mm W: 128mm Spine: 16mm
Weight: 180 grams