Whether you are traveling or just wanting to brush up on your language, the Dialogue Course is a great choice. Courses are available for English speakers to learn Arabic, Chinese Mandarin, Dutch, German, Greek, Italian, Russian, and Swedish. Linguaphone Video Dialogue Course for Italian The Video Dialogue Course is perfect if you want to get to a reasonably high level of ability using a mixture of formats, whether you are working abroad, studying for an exam or wanting to refresh your skills from previous study. Designed to get you to a level of high proficiency in your chosen language, the Video Dialogue Course is two courses in one - the Dialogue and the Second Stage Course. Comprehensive and large in extent, there is plenty to work on and learn from in this excellent course.
Courses are available for English speakers to learn Italian and Spanish.
The popular Pimsleur course does not use a book but uses a completely aural approach to language learning, perfect for learning quickly. The course features a proficiency-based system that helps the student learn through listening and speaking practice. A great package for advanced beginners and intermediate Italian students. The course includes 4 videos a book and 5 cassettes. The BBC did a great job on the production of this course.