As you progress in your study of Italian, you may feel overwhelmed by unfamiliar areas, such as knowing when to use essere versus avere; determining the gender of a noun; avoiding "false friends"; or understanding the use of the subjunctive in subordinate clauses. Author and teacher Alessandra Visconti is familiar with this situation and, more important, knows how her students--and now you--can overcome it. In Practice Makes Perfect: Italian Problem Solver, Visconti shares her arsenal of strategies on how to overcome these obstacles to your Italian mastery.