A communicative approach to teaching Italian language and culture to foreign students, combining the study of pragmatics and grammar. This is the second edition of a successful course, updated and expanded thanks to your suggestions. This course is now also multimedia-based.
The course promotes passive language learning through activities that focus on language content rather than formal aspects. This allows students—especially those whose native language is similar to Italian—to acquire the language independently and quickly. The content is organized in a multidimensional syllabus structure, which has been visually enhanced. The modules offer a balanced interaction between different syllabuses and focus equally on the grammatical syllabus, the notional-functional approach, the lexical syllabus, phonetics, as well as communicative competence and cultural syllabuses.
This second edition introduces several innovations:
• Availability in digital format with keys for all activities.
• Updated photos and documents.
• New “Facciamo il punto” sections to review previously learned communicative functions.
• New cultural dossiers at the end of each module.
• Focus on vocabulary.
• Formative assessments on vocabulary, language functions and grammar for students, and level tests for the teacher.
• Final vocabulary in the volume.
• An extensive grammar section at the end of the volume.
• Authentic videos and extra activities.