Piazza, Student Edition: Introductory Italian (MindTap Course List) - Softcover

Melucci, Donatella; Tognozzi, Elissa

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1337565814 ISBN 13: 9781337565813

Publisher: Cengage Learning, 2019

Synopsis

Created through a “student-tested, faculty-approved” review process involving hundreds of students and faculty, PIAZZA is an engaging and accessible solution for your introductory Italian course that accommodates the diverse learning styles of today’s learners at a value-based price. It is a student- and instructor-friendly program that supports today’s contemporary students while building proficiency in all the language skills through communicative and contextualized activities. PIAZZA is based on materials and activities that capture the interests of a broad student audience, engaging them in situations and topics that go beyond the traditional classroom experience. PIAZZA includes a full suite of learning aids: tear-out chapter review study cards, self-quizzes, downloadable flash cards, and more.

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About the Authors

Donatella Melucci was born and raised in Italy. She earned her Laurea in Lingue e Letterature Straniere from the University of Bari, Italy, and received a doctorate in English Rhetoric/Composition & Linguistics from Arizona State University where she taught for many years. She is now a Teaching Professor at Georgetown University in Washington DC. Her field of specialization is methodologies for teaching Italian as a second/foreign language. Her studies have also focused on the use of technology in foreign language classes.

Elissa Tognozzi, Ph.D., is Professor Emerita of Italian at the University of California, Los Angeles, where she taught for more than 24 years and served as Senior Lecturer SOE of Italian and Director of the Language Program. Her principal field of research and teaching is second-language acquisition. Her interests also include teaching culture, Renaissance literature and teaching with technology. She is co-author of two Italian textbooks published by Cengage Learning, Piazza and Ponti, and has published articles on teaching with technology. Her most recent research study assessed learning outcomes in three different teaching environments: the traditional classroom, the hybrid classroom and the fully online classroom. Her article “Teaching and Evaluating Language and Culture Through Film” was selected to be republished in the 100th Anniversary Supplement of Italica in 2023. She earned the AATI Distinguished Service Award in 2015 and the honor of Cavaliere conferred by the Italian Government in 2005.

Edition details

• Publisher: Cengage Learning
• Publication date: 2019
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1337565814
• ISBN 13: 9781337565813
• Binding: Paperback
• Edition number: 2
• Number of pages: 512