Workbook / Laboratory Manual for Avanti : Beginning Italian, 3rd Edition - Softcover

Janice Aski; Diane Musumeci

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0077595661 ISBN 13: 9780077595661

Publisher: McGraw Hill, 2013

Synopsis

The Workbook / Laboratory Manual provides more conventional, drill-like practice of the Strategie, Lessico, and Strutture material presented in the textbook using a variety of written activities and audio activities. In addition, each chapter includes a Cultura section which expands upon the cultural themes of the chapter through additional listening activities (Ascoltiamo!), a new culture reading (Leggiamo!), and a new process-writing activity (Scriviamo!). A revised culture feature in this section reviews the new cultural material presented in the chapter: In Italia, Culture a confronto, Un po' di cultura and Regioni d'Italia. Covers Chapters 1-16 and includes activities for Per saperne di pił for instructors who wish to cover more material in their curriculum. Answers in the back of the workbook.

About this title

About the Author:

Diane Musumeci is Associate Professor of Italian and SLATE (Second Language Acquisition and Teacher Education) at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, where she is Head of the Department of Spanish, Italian, and Portuguese. She received her Ph.D. in Italian linguistics with a Certificate of Advanced Study in SLATE from the University of Illinois at Urban-Champaign in 1989. For sixteen years she was the Director of the Italian language program. She conducts research in content-based instruction and classroom language acquisition. She teaches a wide range of courses from Italian language and linguistics to doctoral seminars on the history of second language teaching. She has published numerous articles and chapters in books and is the author of Il carciofo: Strategie di lettura e proposte d'attivitą (McGraw-Hill, 1990) and Breaking Tradition: An Exploration of the Historical Relationship Between Theory and Practice in Second Language Teaching (McGraw-Hill, 1997).

Janice M. Aski is assistant professor and director of the Italian language program at The Ohio State University. She specializes in foreign language pedagogy and historical Italian/Romance linguistics. Her research in foreign language pedagogy explores a variety of topics, such as testing, teaching reading at the elementary level, and how first-year Italian textbooks and grammar practice activities reflect the most current research in second language acquisition. Her publications in historical Italian/Romance linguistics focus on the social, pragmatic and cognitive aspects of phonological and morphological change.

About this edition

• Publisher: McGraw Hill
• Publication date: 2013
• ISBN 10: 0077595661
• ISBN 13: 9780077595661
• Binding: Paperback
• Edition number: 3
• Number of pages: 384