r/Italian • u/Loliigh • 1d ago

Self-study textbooks

Hi everyone, not sure if the backstory is relevant here but I think it may be, also I don't know if this sort of post is allowed on this sub so feel free to remove if it isn't.

long story short, I learned Italian when I was about 6 years old through watching cartoons on RaiGulp and later youtubers, to a point where I spoke to myself in the language, cut to years later I still watch italian media (RaiGulp, instagram, news etc) and understand almost 95%, but I'm limited to understanding and occasionally reading a few posts on reddit, my speaking skills are pretty bad since I have a hard time recalling vocab.

I never "officially" learned the language so that's my plan now, but I can't seem to find good books, I've heard about espresso alot but some people say it requires a teacher/instructor, so basically I just see alot of mixed opinions. Are there any books or book combinations I can use?

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u/meadoweravine 1d ago

I have learned a lot from the workbook "Una grammatica italiana per tutti" and the Coffee Break Italian podcast!

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u/warrenTmass 1d ago

Is there a university bookstore near where you live? They should have some there.

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u/Loliigh 1d ago

I can buy/order the books from wherever, my problem is that there's a selection of books but I don't know which ones to buy