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Textbook
Adesso!: An Introduction to Italian, Student Text with Audio CD, 3rd EditionJuly 2005, ©2006
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Adesso! is a complete introductory Italian program that takes a communicative and functional approach to learning the language. The book emphasizes practical skills without compromising the formal skills of the language. The objective of the text is to provide beginning students of Italian with a functional tool for learning how to use the Italian language in real-life situations. Its layout and activities are crafted to make the learning process both practice-oriented and task-based. The overall learning focus can be characterized in terms of a flow that moves back and forth between doing and practice phases. Combined with the Workbook/Laboratory Manual, CD audio program, and chapter-by-chapter Testing Program CD, Adesso! Third Edition continues to be a functional resource that will make learning Italian an enjoyable and meaningful experience.
Table of Contents
Prima di cominciare
1. Un caffè, per favore
2. Buongiorno!
3. Si mi piace molto!
4. La lezione sta per cominciare!
5. La mia famiglia
6. Che ore sono?
7. Che tempo fa?
8. Buon compleanno!
9. Quanto costa?
10. L'alimentazione
11. La televisione
12. L'oroscopo
13. Dal medico!
14. All'aeroporto!
15. Cara Silvia...
16. L'automobile
17. Lo sport
18. Lezione finale!
1. Un caffè, per favore
2. Buongiorno!
3. Si mi piace molto!
4. La lezione sta per cominciare!
5. La mia famiglia
6. Che ore sono?
7. Che tempo fa?
8. Buon compleanno!
9. Quanto costa?
10. L'alimentazione
11. La televisione
12. L'oroscopo
13. Dal medico!
14. All'aeroporto!
15. Cara Silvia...
16. L'automobile
17. Lo sport
18. Lezione finale!
Hallmark Features
- The design of each chapter is organized around themes which recycle information, affording the student ample opportunities to review and expand their knowledge of the language.
- Quanto sai già allows students to use previous knowledge in a spontaneous fashion.
- Dialogo illustrates, by simulation, the main themes and notions to be learned. Short and to the point, these dialogues provide the student with an excellent sense of how to put conversations together.
- Modi di dire allows the learner to practice and expand on new vocabulary and communicative notions.
- Grammatica explains new grammatical structures in simple ways with comparisons to the English form.
Available Versions
Adesso!: An Introduction to Italian, Student Text with Audio CD, 3rd Edition
ISBN 978-0-470-42499-5
July 2005, ©2006
Hardcover, 516 pages
