Customer Reviews

Not as helpful as others in this series. - By: Morena, 03 May 2008
I bought this on the strength of having used & loved "Mot a Mot", the French version of this series, throughout my studies. However, whereas "Mot a Mot" simply gives independent expressions, "Parola per Parola" seems to mainly reprint chunks of Italian texts, split up into sentences & translated. This means it's hard to pick your way through the chapters, because it's pretty much undigested & lacking structure. Also, the vocabulary is out of context so it's hard to be sure of the register & usage of the expressions. I think an advanced student of Italian would be better off reading an Italian newspaper or magazine instead & scanning it for new & handy expressions.

That said, it's better than a pokein the eye with a burnt stick, especially as it's not easy to find advanced vocabulary books. Like the other booksin this series, it's themed around different topics, e.g. business, health, politics...

You should be aware that it's an advanced vocabulary book so it will be no help to beginners & probably not much use to intermediate students.