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The Easiest and Fastest Way to Learn Italian With Pimsleur, you'll become conversational in Italian — to understand and be understood — quickly and effectively. You'll learn vocabulary, grammar, and pronunciation together through conversation. Plus, our scientifically proven program helps you remember what you've learned, so you can use it in everyday life.
Why Pimsleur?
Quick + Easy – Only 30 minutes a day.
Portable + Flexible – Core lessons can be done anytime, anywhere, and easily fit into your busy life.
Proven Method – Works when other methods fail.
Self-paced – Go fast or go slow – it's up to you.
Based in Science – Developed using proven research on memory and learning.
Cost-effective – Less expensive than classes or immersion, and features all native speakers.
Genius – Triggers your brain's natural aptitude to learn.
Works for everyone – Recommended for ages 13 and above.
What's Included?
30, 30-minute audio lessons, all featuring native speakers
reading instruction to practice reading Italian
a digital Reading Booklet
What You'll Learn Italian Level 3 builds upon skills taught in Pimsleur's Italian Levels 1 and 2.
In Italian Level 3, you'll expand your vocabulary and increase your fluency to an even higher level. You'll gain experience participating in practical, social, and semiprofessional discussions. You'll skillfully form longer, more complex sentences, and learn to speak in the future tense.
Your skills will reflect a steadily growing mastery of Italian. As you immerse yourself further into cultural contexts and real-life situations, you'll easily respond and select from an extensive repertoire of vocabulary and grammatical structures. And you'll no longer experience Italian as a foreigner but as someone with a deepening insight into the Italian-speaking world.
Reading lessons are included to give you practice reading Italian and to provide new vocabulary. Through these reading lessons, you'll refine your pronunciation of Italian words and enhance your understanding of sentence structure and rhythm. Before you know it, you'll be reading Italian with the ease and flexibility of a native speaker.
Learning the sound of each letter alone and in culturally distinct combinations allows your brain to process what you're hearing in the audio lessons from a new perspective. This powerful combination of audio and reading lessons makes Pimsleur different from other methods on the market.
Whether you want to travel, communicate with friends or colleagues, reconnect with family, or better understand the world around you, Pimsleur will help you learn Italian, broaden your horizons, and enhance your life.