Italian Level 2 with Audio Companion™
What do I get?
Navigate your surroundings in Italian as you build on the vocabulary and essential language structure in Level 1. Learn to talk about your environment such as giving and getting directions, telling time, dining out, basic social interactions and much more.
Inside the box, you'll find:
- Version 3 Personal Edition CD-ROM software for Level 2 (Windows/Mac)
- USB Headset with microphone
- User's guide
- Audio Companion, a multiple-CD set to play or download to your MP3 player
Italian Learning Tips
- Italian pronunciation and spelling are regular and predictable.
- You’ll notice that some Italian words use accent marks, which help you properly pronounce words. Sometimes an accent distinguishes one word from another that is identical except for the mark. For example, e and è.
- There are two categories of Italian nouns: masculine and feminine.
- Don’t be surprised if you see sentences without subjects. Rosetta Stone will teach you to identify who is speaking or who is being spoken about through the form of the verb.
- Italian has both formal and informal ways to address others, depending on the age of the speaker and her relationship to the person being addressed.
- Lei is the formal way to express the second person. You may notice that the word Lei and some pronouns associated with it are always capitalized, even in the middle of sentences and sometimes at the end of words.
What will I learn?
This level will help you:
- Learn intermediate-level conversational skills
- Spell and write accurately
- Speak without a script
- Retain what you've learned
- Read and understand in your new language
Sample topics include:
- Destinations, directions, locations, telling time
- Past and future tenses
- Letter writing and polite requests
- Celebrations, meal courses
- Emotions
System Requirements
Requirements for Rosetta Stone User Workstations
- Windows 2000 or later
- Mac OS 10.4 or later
- 512 MB RAM
- 1 GHz or faster processor speed
- 600 MB free hard-drive space (per level)
- 16-bit sound card
- 800 x 600 display resolution (1024 x 768 recommended)
- Internet or phone connection required for product activation
- Speech recognition feature requires a USB headset microphone (included with purchase)
- 16X CD-ROM Drive (for installation)
Note for Microsoft® Windows Vista™ users:
Current Rosetta Stone® products have been engineered to install and run on the Windows Vista operating system. Some 3rd party components used in Rosetta Stone products have not been certified by Microsoft as 'Vista Compliant'. Accordingly, you may encounter some Vista-related operating issues. Rosetta Stone technical support may or may not be able to resolve these Vista-related issues. Rosetta Stone hereby disclaims any representations, warranties, guaranties and conditions with respect to the compatibility of the Rosetta Stone products with the Windows Vista operating systems.
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