Short Stories In Italian For Beginners Olly Richards by Olly Richards 9781473683334, 1473683335 instant download after payment.

Reading in a foreign language is one of the most effective ways for you to improve language skills and expand vocabulary. However, it can sometimes be difficult to find engaging reading materials at an appropriate level that provide a feeling of achievement and a sense of progress. Most books and articles written for native speakers can be too long and difficult to understand or may have very high-level vocabulary so you feel overwhelmed and give up. If these problems sound familiar, then this book is for you!

Short Stories in Italian for Beginners is a collection of eight unconventional and entertaining short stories that are designed to help high-beginner to low-intermediate level Italian learners* improve their language skills. These short stories create a supportive reading environment by including:

•  Rich linguistic content in different genres to keep you entertained and expose you to a variety of word forms as well as the 1000 most common words in Italian!•  Interesting illustrations to introduce the story content and help you understand what happens.•  Shorter stories in chapters to give you the satisfaction of finishing stories and progressing quickly.•  Texts written at your level so they are more easily comprehended and not overwhelming.•  Special learning aids to help support your understanding including:    •  Summaries to give you regular overviews of plot progression.    •  Vocabulary lists to help you understand unfamiliar words more easily. These words are bolded in the story and translated after each chapter. In addition, the vocabulary builds from Story 1 to Story 8 to help you expand your vocabulary the more you read.    •  Comprehension questions to test your understanding of key events and to encourage you to read in more detail.