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LANGUAGE HACKING ITALIAN (Learn How to Speak Italian - Right Away)

A Conversation Course for Beginners
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Language Hacking Italian by Benny Lewis is designed to help readers quickly start conversing in Italian using practical techniques. The book focuses on building confidence and provides strategies to grasp essential language skills, making it accessible for beginners. Rather than traditional methods, it emphasises conversation and practical usage.
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This book may appeal to you if you're eager to start speaking Italian from day one without getting bogged down by complex grammar rules. Benny Lewis provides practical strategies to effectively build confidence and communication skills quickly, making it ideal for those who want to learn Italian in a more relaxed and engaging way.

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Language Hacking Italian is an unconventional conversation course for beginners that teaches you everything you need to start speaking Italian right away - not after years of study. Crack the code and get fluent faster!

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It's true that some people spend years studying Italian before they finally get around to speaking the language. But here's a better idea. Skip the years of study and jump right to the speaking part. Sound crazy? No, it's language hacking.

Unlike most traditional language courses that try to teach you the rules of Italian, #LanguageHacking shows you how to learn and speak Italian through proven memory techniques, unconventional shortcuts, and conversation strategies perfected by one of the world's greatest language learners, Benny Lewis, aka the Irish Polyglot.

Using the language hacksβ€”shortcuts that make learning simpleβ€”that Benny mastered while learning his 11 languages and his 'speak from the start' method, you will crack the language code and exponentially increase your language abilities so that you can get fluent faster.

It's not magic. It's not a language gene. It's not something only 'other people' can do. It's about being smart with how you learn, learning what's indispensable, skipping what's not, and using what you've learned to have real conversations in Italian from day one.

The Method

#LanguageHacking takes a modern approach to language learning, blending the power of online social collaboration with traditional methods. It focuses on the conversations that learners need to master right away, rather than presenting language in order of difficulty like most courses. This means that you can have conversations immediately, not after years of study.

Each of the 10 units culminates with a speaking 'mission' that prepares you to use the language you've learned to talk about yourself. Through the language hacker online learner community, you can share your personalised speaking 'missions' with other learnersβ€”getting and giving feedback and extending your learning beyond the pages of the book. You don't need to go abroad to learn a language any more.

Series: Language Hacking

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  • LANGUAGE HACKING ITALIAN (Learn How to Speak Italian - Right Away)
    It's true that some people spend years studying Italian before they finally get around to speaking the language. But here's a better idea. Skip the years of study and jump right to the speaking part. Sound crazy? No, it's language hacking. Unlike most traditional language courses that try to teach you the rules of Italian, #LanguageHacking shows you how to...
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A viral sensation, Benny Lewis is praised for his conversational approach to language learning, likened to Eckhart Tolle's influence in personal growth. His emphasis on the business advantages of multilingualism resonates with many. Audience feedback highlights that his presentations are engaging and inspiring, leaving attendees motivated to explore new languages and cultures. His journey from monolingualism to polyglot status serves as a testament to his method's efficacy.

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Book Details

INFORMATION

ISBN: 9781473633124

Publisher: John Murray Press

Format: Multiple-component retail product

Date Published: 08 September 2016

Country: United Kingdom

Imprint: Teach Yourself

Audience: General / adult

DIMENSIONS

Spine width: 20.0mm

Width: 171.0mm

Height: 235.0mm

Weight: 431g

Pages: 256

About the Author

Irish native Benny Lewis speaks over ten languages - all self-taught. In 2003, he spoke only one language: English. After university, he moved to Spain and was soon frustrated that he could not speak Spanish after six months of studying. So he decided to abandon traditional learning approaches and just start speaking - and everything changed. Today Benny is known as The Irish Polyglot and speaks Mandarin Chinese, Arabic, French, German, Spanish, Italian, Portuguese, and Hungarian. He is the author of the bestselling book on language learning, Fluent in 3 months. He also runs the largest language learning blog in the world, www.fluentin3months.com, where he breaks down the language learning process for busy people. Lewis is a full-time 'language hacker', and devotes his time to finding better, faster, and more efficient ways to learn languages. For the first time, he has applied his methods to helping people learn specific languages in his new Language Hacking series.

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