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Avanti! Beginning Italian

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Avanti! Beginning Italian takes a modern approach to introductory Italian and provides a dynamic learning environment for students that fosters communication and motivates students to succeed. Avanti! is known for its focus on the most critical language for communication, its active presentation of vocabulary and grammar, systematic review and recycling, and inclusion of real-world culture. With Avanti!, students not only learn Italian, they develop a deep appreciation

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Avanti! Beginning Italian takes a modern approach to introductory Italian and provides a dynamic learning environment for students that fosters communication and motivates students to succeed. Avanti! is known for its focus on the most critical language for communication, its active presentation of vocabulary and grammar, systematic review and recycling, and inclusion of real-world culture. With Avanti!, students not only learn Italian, they develop a deep appreciation for Italian culture.

This edition also includes:

  • A student workbook that provides extensive practice of Strategie, Lessico, and Strutture material presented in the textbook.
  • Connect® with auto-gradable and interactive assessment material tied to learning outcomes.
  • An eBook available through Connect
  • Grammar Tutorial Videos for each chapter accessible through Connect.
  • LearnSmart adaptive learning system that identifies what students don’t know and provides them with the optimal learning path to help them master those concepts.
  • CHAPTER 1 Per cominciare
  • CHAPTER 2 Com’è
  • CHAPTER 3 Cosa ti piace fare?
  • CHAPTER 4 Che bella famiglia!
  • CHAPTER 5 A tavola!
  • CHAPTER 6 I vestiti e la moda
  • CHAPTER 7 Cosa hai fatto questo weekend?
  • CHAPTER 8 Che bella festa!
  • CHAPTER 9 La scuola e i givoani
  • CHAPTER 10 La vita e il benessere
  • CHAPTER 11 Casa dolce casa
  • CHAPTER 12 In cittàe
  • CHAPTER 13 Andiamo in ferie!
  • CHAPTER 14 Chi sono gli italiani?
  • CHAPTER 15 Quali lingue parli?
  • CHAPTER 16 Sono famosi

Janice M. Aski is 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 has explored a variety of topics, such as testing, teaching reading at the elementary level, how first-year Italian textbooks and grammar practice activities reflect current research in second-language acquisition, and a comparison between traditional and hybrid Italian language courses. Her publications in historical Italian/Romance linguistics focus on the social, pragmatic, and cognitive aspects of phonological and morphosyntactic change.

Diane Musumeci is Associate Professor Emerita of Italian and SLATE (Second- Language Acquisition and Teacher Education) at the University of Illinois at Urbana- Champaign. During her academic career, her teaching, research, and publications focused on the acquisition of Italian as a second language, content-based instruction, and the history of second-language teaching. In retirement, between frequent trips to Italy to visit family, she enjoys teaching Pilates and training her two lagotto romagnolo in agility.