Prego! An Invitation to Italian, 8th Edition 8th Edition

The book came without online access, and is not nearly as good as other more comprehensive programs. The partner McGraw Hill chose to create online content has a site that is not user friendly. There is no easy means to figure out how to buy the correct key code to get online access with your book. I don't mind paying for a program that works, ie one that makes it easy for self study, but I do mind paying for this product. Like with Cengage products, everything is designed to recruit a teacher to adopt an entire course with the online content. If teacher does not do this, the student can and will often remain confused, as it is difficult and expensive to acquire the a/v program that comes with this book. This is a horrible paradigm. Traditional college language study involves classroom, text and lab. The language lab has evolved to include multimedia instruction, and after this quality material was produced, some publishers found a way to parcel it out to students in successively more expensive products. Pearson produces texts and makes it easy for students to find the online material. They design their courses to work with both classroom and self-study. The latter is a smarter approach as many of these courses are going online. If you are a working with an individual teacher or teaching yourself, I would avoid this text.

Love the rental program through Amazon. Ordered my book on Monday and it arrived on Wednesday just in time for my 2nd class. Haven't read through the entire book but I will review again after at the end of the term. Right now, my class is on the second chapter and it seems to be a pretty good book for beginners. Although, I previously learned Spanish and am fluent, so my learning experience has been more independent. I like the examples that are used and the workbook to accompany is laid out very nicely. I bought the workbook and the lab manual along with the textbook. My reviews among the three are consistent.I have no complaints so far. The only thing it lacks is history and geography. I always value having those in language books as it puts why you are learning the language into a bigger context.

I purchased the e-version of the textbook, Prego. I would have liked it for my Kindle but I have an old one and the textbook is only compatible with the Kindle Fire. So I put it on my iPad. It is not perfect, some times the pages are slow to load if you try to page forward or backward too quickly, but I am getting the hang of it. It is much easier to carry around than a bulky text book.It is easy to annotate the pages I want to reference frequently. Whenever I pick up the iPad to do something I spend some time reviewing and learning more Italian. Since there are 2 of us in the family taking the class I also purchased a used version of the text so we can study independently and do practice exercises together-it is working out well.

Even better than expected. No signs of wear or use. The cover has slight discoloration along the "red" edge. Excellent saving. Delivered 3 days after order which was a fraction of the estimated time.

I ordered this textbook since it is the required book for my Beginning Italian course. It arrived promptly and is just what the professor expected. The chapters are set up with vocab and grammar exercises and cultural tidbits to help learn about Italy. So far, a month into the course, it seems to be a very effective text.

Arrived quickly and in great shape.

Excellent in every respect.

The item was in great condition, arrived quickly, and was cheaper than buying the bundled version of the textbook, lab manual, and workbook that Amazon sells  Prego Book+WB/LM . The only problem is that bought separately, none of these come with the online QUIA access code, which is the only reason I spent a ridiculous amount of money on new copies of the books. Amazon sells the access code for $80  Quia Laboratory Manual Access Card for Prego![Access card only ], but should really put that its not included in the product description page.

Product delivered as advertised. Thank you.