Forty programmes designed to give listeners with no previous knowledge of the language a thorough grounding in basic Italian, through the medium of simple conversations and readings. Lesson 20
The lessons presented by Luisa Rapaccini based on her book Parlo Italiano a textbook for beginners Assisted by Ariella Reggio and Andrea Tacchi Devised and produced by Elsie Ferguson
A Listen and Learn series
An essential adjunct to the lessons, a special eighty-two-page pamphlet containing the readings, points of grammar and syntax, and vocabulary, can be obtained, price 4a., through newsagents or booksellers, or direct by sending a crossed postal order for 4s. (not stamps, please) to BBC Publications [address removed]
An Italian pronunciation record has also been prepared, to provide listeners to this course with a permanent aid to the correct pronunciation of the language. It can also be obtained from BBC Publications at the above address, price 3s. 6d. plus 9d. for inland postage and packing.

Bom 1961
6: Mother and Baby Doing Well Sometimes after the birth of a baby a mother experiences great depression. Why is this? What effect does this condition have on her relationship with her child?
Speaker: A PSYCHIATRIST specially interested in emotional disorders of mothers
The Child and the Law
2 : Children in School
Speaker: PAMELA DEEDES , who is a solicitor and also a legal adviser to the Marriage Guidance Council Programme introduced by Colin Doran
The first item is recorded

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