Foreign Service Institute Italian FAST Course
(Familiarization & Short-Term Training)
Table of Contents: Volume 1
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► Before We Begin & Preliminary Lesson
- Cultural Notes: People, History, Geography, Government
- Cultural Notes: Language
► Lesson 02: At the Airport II
- Cultural Notes: Touching
► Lesson 03: At the Exchange Office
- Cultural Notes: Exchanging Currency
► Lesson 04: Getting the Local Time
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- Cultural Notes: Hotels and Boarding Houses
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- Cultural Notes: Taxis
- Cultural Notes: Intra/lnter-City Buses, Subways
Lesson 11: At the Embassy
- Cultural Notes: Names, Titles
Lesson 12: At the Embassy II
- Cultural Notes: Organization of the Public School System
Lesson 13: Shopping for Clothes
- Cultural Notes: Stores
Lesson 14: At the Shoestore
- No cultural notes
Lesson 15 : Eating Out
- Cultural Notes: Meals, Eating Places
Lesson 16: Eating Out II
- Cultural Notes: Telephones
Lesson 17: Phonecall
- Cultural Notes: Housing, Apartments, Addresses
