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Fluenz Italian was inspired by the legacy of a great teacher leading an immersive, one-on-one experience

The only interactive language program offering an immersive environment that recreates the best elements of great one-on-one tutoring. This is our answer to the challenge of reaching enough fluency to communicate in the world's most beautiful language.

Be Fluent in Italian
The Harvard, Cornell, and University of Chicago graduates who developed Fluenz Italian were determined to create a program that would convey the beauty of Italian while providing a step-by-step path through the language. By bringing the magic of a great teacher to the computer screen, Fluenz Italian makes reaching fluency in this beautiful language possible for every single learner.

Love Italian, Actually Learn It

We wanted to move beyond the cookie-cutter approach typical of computer language education: simplistic methods that boast a natural, passive way to learn Italian as if it were any other language, and those that treat adults like kids by emphasizing the association of words and pictures.

Fluenz brings the magic of an amazing teacher to lead, challenge, and inspire adults and teens with a real love for Italian. The application is ideal for those who need everyday conversation skills while living or traveling in Italy, as well as for those who seek to pursue advanced studies later on.

An Inspirational Tutor Leads and Delights Learners
As with every other language, there is magical moment in the learning of Italian. It takes place that day on the streets of Florence when you can form a full sentence and actually understand the response. The Fluenz team has created a path through Italian specifically designed to lead English speakers to this special moment—and to the even greater fluency that lies beyond it.

An effective approach for English-Speakers
There is no more effective way to fully understand Italian, its verb conjugations, and masculine/feminine endings than from a tutor explaining these important subtleties in English. This emphasis on a true understanding of the language is the clear alternative to those approaches that claim easy, natural learning, learning while you sleep, and other simplistic methods.

Tailor-Made Approach Emphasizing Culture and Context
Just as importantly, the Fluenz tutor spends considerable time going over cultural issues, providing context and anecdotes that make the process meaningful. By making sense of this historic and elegant language, learners actually learn it.

Great One-On-One Teaching
Fluenz Italian is divided into sessions that are introduced and led by the the on-screen tutor. After a realistic conversation between native Italian speakers, she returns to give a full tutorial on all the new words and structures to be learned in that session.

Engaging Workouts
Next comes a series of challenging workouts that provide an ideal training ground for developing the learner's reading, writing, listening, and speaking abilities. Each session features a set of clear, common sense tools that make a true difference.

Relevant Learning, Real Communication
The Fluenz approach is based on getting learners to understand how to structure relevant sentences ("The check, please"), rather than relying on the association of words and images to learn how to say things like "apple" or "orange," the more typical fare offered by programs that try to get you to learn like a child. Starting with clear explanations in English and following with extensive workouts, Fluenz builds steadily from useful structures like questions and commands ("How much is it?", "Stop here, please") and useful vocabulary (related to restaurants, transportation, directions, etc.) to more and more complex communication.

The Magic of Learning: Audio CDs for Your Car or iPod
The Fluenz Italian Audio CDs are the ideal compliment to the interactive program. The CDs were produced at the Fluenz Lab to provide engaging audio workouts that mirror the progress of the actual tutor-led software.

The Fluenz Phrase Book Navigator Fluenz Italian also comes with the Phrase Book Navigator, a useful quick-reference guide for travelers.

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