To: "VOCALIST" <vocalist>
Subject: Re: Self-study Italian Programs
Date sent: Sun, 2 Jan 2000 18:05:39 -0500
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Hello Rachel:

For great cheap all-around Italian work, how about swapping with a native =
speaker who wants to learn to read music or would trade for a few lessons?=
You could run a little classified ad in your neighborhood paper or, if yo=
u're in a bigger city, an Italian-language paper. The you'd get the
overview you're looking for plus a chance to hear the music of the languag=
e. As my high school Italian teacher used to say, "La lingua Italiana =E9 =
come la musica degl'angeli". (the Italian language is like the music of th=
e angels).

Good luck!

Laura


-----Original Message-----
From: Rachel Parker
To: VOCALIST <vocalist>
Date: Sunday, January 02, 2000 4:48 PM
Subject: Self-study Italian Programs


Does anyone have a recommendation for a good self-study Italian langua=
ge program? I'm not looking to master the language by *any* means, just to=
understand the grammar, sentence structure, etc. enough to where I can ro=
ughly translate an aria with the use of a good dictionary. I've browsed at=

bookstores, but all the self-study programs I found seemed geared toward t=
ravellers. I've considered taking a college course but would like to see w=
hat I can do on my own first.

Thanks in advance, and joyous New Year to all!
Rachel