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PROGETTO ITALIANO Corso de lingua e civilità italiana. In Italian only.
This lively illustrated method is designed for the adolescent and adult learner of Italian. Through the use of authentic dialogs and situations, the students are exposed to the language and introduced to Italian culture and civilization. Each chapter contains communicative activities and exercises, as well as easy-to-follow grammar tables. The workbook offers additional exercises and cassettes help practice listening comprehension and speaking skills. A modern method that provides students with fundamental reading, writing and oral skills in level 1 and helps them refine those basic skills in level 2. Preparation for the Universities of Siena and Perugia examinations (CILS 1+2, CELI 2-3).

LEVEL 1 Beginning - Intermediate Updated 2006 Edition
  • EDL2245 - Textbook & CD ROM ISBN:9789606632242 $46.95
  • EDL2253 - Workbook ISBN:9789606632259 $28.50
  • EDL2261 - Audio CD ISBN:9789606632266 $28.95
  • EDL2296 - Teachers guide ISBN:9789606632297 $30.95
  • EDL2628 - Glossary ISBN:9789606632624 $16.95
LEVEL 2 Intermediate - Advanced Updated 2007 Edition
  • EDL2768 - Textbook. ISBN:9789606632761 $46.95
  • EDL2725 - Workbook ISBN:9789606632723 $28.50
  • EDL2741 - CD ISBN:9789606632747$32.95
  • EDL2733 - Teacher's Guide ISBN:9789606632730 $29.95

LEVEL 3 - Intermediate - Advanced

ALLEGRO
Allegro is an intensive multimedia program developed for high school and adult students. The text contains 12 units to teach students grammar, vocabulary, listening and conversation skills, and Italian culture. With a focus on oral proficiency, this method will have your students conversing in Italian from the first unit. Full color, modern illustrations promote an interest in the text and ease comprehension of vocabulary in context. The teacher's guide contains practical ideas for usage of the method, reproducible supplementary materials, and transcripts of the dialogs and answers to the review tests. The student CD has the dialogs for each unit, as well as pronunciation exercises.

THAT'S ALLEGRO
That' s Allegro 1 is the English edition of Allegro 1, the first one of three levels of this Italian course. The text contains 12 units to teach students grammar, vocabulary, listening and conversation skills, and Italian culture. With a focus on oral proficiency, this method will have your students conversing in Italian from the first unit. Full color, modern illustrations promote an interest in the text and ease comprehension of vocabulary in context. The student CD has the dialogs for each unit, as well as pronunciation exercises.

  • EDL2648-Text/workbook $52.95 ISBN:9789606632648
  • EDL6633-Teacher's Guide. $24.95 ISBN:9789607706638
  • EDL6617 - Audio CD. $26.50 ISBN:9789607706614
  • VIDEO ITALIANO. Video corso italiano per stranieri. In Italian only
    Based on authentic Italian television programs, this video course is designed for elementary to advanced level adolescent and adult students and exposes them to life and culture in Italy. An accompanying workbook contains activities related to facts heard and seen on the video to develop listening and comprehension skills. An answer key, the video transcripts and suggestions for teaching are found in the teacher's book. This video course can be used alone or combined with Progetto Italiano.

    LEVEL 1 Beginning
    • EDL617X - Student's Book ISBN:9789607706171 $20.50
    • EDL6196 - Video Cassette ISBN:9789607706195 $84.50
    • EDL6188 - Teacher's Book ISBN:9789607706188 $25.50
    LEVEL 2 Intermediate
    • EDL6234 - Student's Book ISBN:9789607706232 $20.50
    • EDL6242 - Video Cassette ISBN:9789607706249 $84.50
    • EDL620X - Teacher's Book ISBN:9789607706201 $25.50
    LEVEL3 Advanced
    • EDL6323 - Student's Book ISBN:9789607706324 $20.50
    • EDL634X - Video Cassette ISBN:9789607706348 $84.50
    • EDL6331 - Teacher's Book ISBN:9789607706331 $25.50

    Oral Proficiency

    ASCOLTO In Italian only
    Through the use of authentic material from radio and television broadcasts featuring over 40 different voices, this course is perfect to help your students develop listening and speaking skills in Italian. Every audio text is accompanied by exercises to test and improve the students' comprehension. The teacher's guide contains an answer key to the exercises and transcripts of the cassettes.
    Primo/Beginning Level
    • EDL6420 - Textbook & CD Set ISBN:9789607706423 $34.50
    • EDL6358 - Textbook only ISBN:9789607706355 $27.50
    • EDL6382 - Teacher's Guide & CD ISBN:9789607706386 $34.50
    Medio/Intermediate Level
    • EDL6439 - Textbook & CD Set ISBN:9789607706430 $34.50
    • EDL6218 - Textbook only ISBN:9789607706218 $27.50
    Avanzato/Advanced Level
    • EDL6447 - Textbook & CD Set ISBN:9789606632372 $34.50
    • EDL6005 - Textbook only ISBN:9789607706003 $27.50
    Intermediate /Advanced Level
    • EDL6307 - Teacher's Guide ISBN:9789607706300 $27.50

    LA PROVA ORALE In Italian only
    The manual's focus is on the development of your students' speaking skills and can supplement any method. Color photographs and a variety of teaching techniques, which draw on useful words, phrases and many questions assure that the learner is constantly motivated to converse in Italian. It contains authentic material for conversation and preparation of the oral exam. Also included are glossaries with vocabulary and two brief tests. An effective two-level method that will prepare the students for the oral exams of the Universities of Siena or Perugia (CILS1-4, CELI 1-5).
    EDL6285 - LEVEL 1 : Elementary - Intermediate.ISBN:9789607706287 $27.95
    EDL6250 - LEVEL 2 : Intermediate - Advanced. ISBN:9789607706256 $30.95

    EDL6269 - SCRIVIAMO! $25.50
    by A. Moni
    Created for both elementary and intermediate levels, Scriviamo will introduce your students to the vocabulary connected with family, friends, social life, hobbies, correspondence, workplace, daily life and more. Twenty units will gradually direct your students from guided writing to freestyle writing while developing their own ideas with originality, clarity and style. They will develop the vocabulary and grammar necessary to write their papers.

    Amsco Review Texts & Workbooks


    ITALIAN IS FUN
    A program that provides beginning students with a basal text to learn communication skills. Through lively drawings and picture clues, short narratives and dialogs the students will acquire vocabulary and language structure. The workbook contains additional writing exercises and the 6 cassettes, with script, include each lesson's questions, optional oral exercises, narratives for listening comprehension and dialogs with pauses for student practice. A complete beginning Italian program!


    AVANTI CON L'ITALIANO
    A communicative approach for the beginning learner of Italian is offered in this manual. In nine thematic chapters, representing real life situations through narratives and dialogs, the students will obtain necessary listening, speaking, reading and writing skills and learn about Italian culture. Vocabulary and grammar are presented through pictures and communicative situations. The workbook provides additional exercises and cassettes help the students practice pronunciation, vocabulary and structure.

    Level 1

    PASSO AVANTI ITALIANO Level 2


    REVIEW TEXTS FOR ITALIAN
    These comprehensive review texts for the Italian language are designed for students who have accomplished a first-year or a two to three year course. They cover grammar, cultural and civilizational topics and provide a multitude of material for practice and evaluation of the speaking, listening, reading and writing skills. Numerous exercises support the students' mastery of Italian. It also includes an appendix with verb conjugation charts, common preposition as well as a bilingual vocabulary list for review, as well as for reference.

      ITALIAN 1ST YEAR :
    • AM164W - Textbook & Exercises ISBN:877205930 $22.50
    • AM164T - Answer Key $4.95

      ITALIAN TWO AND THREE YEARS (in one text):
    • AM538W - Textbook & Exercises ISBN:877205949 $24.95
    • AM538T - Answer Key $8.95


    ITALIAN COMPREHENSIVE PRACTICE AND TESTING, PROFICIENCY LEVEL 3
    Designed to help your students build up and evaluate their proficiency in Italian after three levels, this book offers a multitude of exercises with multi-choice responses to review and refine listening, speaking and reading comprehension, as well as writing skills.

    • AM602P - Text 3rd year. ISBN:9780877200864 $10.95
    • AM602T - Teacher's Manual &Answers. ISBN:9780877200871 $9.95
    • AM602C - Set of 4 Cassettes & Script. ISBN:9780877200888 $152.95


    Other Publications

    EVVIVA by ELI Publications

    A three level Italian course designed for elementary students, Evviva will delight you and your students with its ease of use. Each of the twelve units contains a short story which is accompanied by songs, rhymes, exercises and a review section. The teacher's guide helps the instructor optimize the students' listening, speaking, writing & reading skills. The audio cassette contains the dialogues, songs and rhymes found in the text.

    LEVEL 1

    • ELI028X - Text I ISBN:9788881480289 $19.95
    • ELI0654 - Teacher's Guide ISBN:9788881480654 $19.95
    • ELI4226 - Cassette ISBN:9788881484225 $21.95

    LEVEL 2

    • ELI0417 - Text II ISBN:9788881480418 $19.95
    • ELI0662 - Teacher's Guide ISBN:9788881480661 $19.95
    • ELI4234 - Cassette ISBN:9788881484232 $21.95

    LEVEL 3

    • ELI0425 - Text III ISBN:8881480428 $19.95
    • ELI0670 - Teacher's Guide ISBN:9788881480678 $19.95
    • ELI4242 - Cassette ISBN:9788881484249 $21.95

    AL CIRCO!
    Created for elementary school students, Al Circo teaches Italian in a natural way via stories, poetry, skits, songs, and simple reading and writing exercises. Through their experiences at the circus they will learn vocabulary relating to animals, numbers, family, colors, food, clothing, body parts, and nature. The teacher's guide contains additional reproducible materials and more ideas for a successful class. The acccompanying CD contains 38 songs and rhymes.

    • EDL6773 - Text. ISBN:9789607706775 $24.50
    • EDL6803 - Teacher's Guide. ISBN:9789607706805 $21.95
    • EDL6781 - Audio CD. ISBN:9789607706782 $21.95

    LEM3560 - QUI ITALIA TEXT $57.50
    ISBN:9788800853569
    Nineteen topic-based units help students become effective communicators in everyday life situations, by providing them with a solid language competence.. The lessons focus on everyday life situations, and promote listening, speaking, reading and writing skills through varied exercises and activities. Information on Italian culture and civilization is systematically added to each unit The workbook contains an assortment of activities aimed at developing solid communicative competence, and the audio CD includes most of the dialogues and other recorded material for listening Grammar Notes for English Speaking Students translates into English all the grammar rules introduced in the chapters. The example sentences in Italian are also translated into English with particular attention to idiomatic phrases and conversational usage to promote comprehension.

    • LEM3579 - Workbook $33.50 ISBN:9788800853576
    • LEM3469 - CD's $22.50 ISBN:9788800203463
    • LEM3595 - Grammar notes for English Speaking Students $12.95 ISBN:9788800853590
    • LEM3587 - Key $12.95 ISBN:9788800853583

    QUI ITALIA PIÙ
    Each unit starts with an authentic text from contemporary sources, so the students will face ‘real Italian’ in its various aspects. A variety of exercises will help your intermediate classes improve their grammar, vocabulary, written, and pronunciation skills. Grammar will be learned through transformation, substitution, or completion exercises, as well as open ended activities to reinforce self expression. The workbook contains additional drills which follow the text syllabus.

    • LEM2637 - Text $48.95 ISBN:9788800852630
    • LEM3528 - Text Key $7.95 ISBN:9788800853521
    • LEM3671 - Workbook $25.50 ISBN:9788800853613
    • LEM7663 - Workbook Key $8.50 ISBN:9788800857666

    BA1490 - BARRON'S REGENT EXAMS AND ANSWERS: ITALIAN Level 3 $6.99
    D. Coscarelli. Softcover, 250 pp. ISBN:9780812031492
    With 12 actual exams, complete with answer key, 40 classroom tests, including picture interpretation, and more than 430 questions and answers, this manual helps prepare your students for the Regents Exam. Also offered are vocabulary and idioms review, study tips and test-taking techniques.

    STUDIO ITALIANO: An Italian Course for Beginners M. R. Francia Biasin
    Created for High School and College students, this series will provide them with a solid Italian language base. Students will develop their reading, writing, speaking and listening skills, as well as receive an introduction to Italian civilization and culture. The textbook contains 18 chapters which cover: communication, readings, civilization and grammar all with corresponding exercises and activities. The appendix contains verb conjugations, a bidirectional English/Italian glossary and an alphabetical index. The workbook contains additional written exercises based on the grammar and vocabulary presented in the text, and oral exercises which correspond to the 2 CDs. Upon completion, the students should be able to speak, read and express themselves in correct contemporary Italian.

    • GUR6066 - Text $48.95 IISBN:9788877156068
    • GUR6880 - Workbook $27.95 ISBN:9788877156884
    • GUR6813 - CDs 155 min 46.50 ISBN:9788877156815

    UNO / DUE - ITALIAN RESOURCES
    Monolingual Textbooks
    Uno is the first level of new program for high school and college students and adults. Uno will guide the student from elementary to intermediate level. Color illustrations, language targeted activities, full grammar explanations and examples will help your students acquire language strategies and learn about social, political and cultural life in Italy. Due is the second level and takes the student to the advanced level of Uno.

    UNO
    • CAM8140 - Textbook $29.95. ISBN:9780521468145
    • CAM8132 - Workbook $26.95. ISBN:9780521468138
    • CAM8124 - Teacher's Guide $52.95 ISBN:9780521468121
    • CAM8159 - Textbook Cassette $36.95 ISBN:9780521468152
    • CAM8167 - Workbook Cassete $24.95 ISBN:9780521468169
    DUE
    • CAM8094 - Textbook $40.00. ISBN:9780521578097
    • CAM8086 - Workbook $38.00 ISBN:9780521578080
    • CAM8078 - Teacher's Guide $59.95 ISBN:9780521578073
    • CAM8064 - Textbook Cassettes $68.00 ISBN:9780521578066

    TI7865 - IL REALE E IL POSSIBLE TEXT. $52.95
    M.M. Belezza ISBN:9780030217869
    Designed for the intermediate and advanced students, this manual will serve as an excellent 2nd year text. The focus is on the development of reading, writing and listening comprehension skills. Each chapter includes a journalistic article, a literary section and a dialog from a contemporary Italian film. Pre- and post reading activities familiarize the students with the lesson and test their comprehension. Both the students' mastery of Italian grammar and knowledge of the culture of Italy will be expanded through this text.

    BT8216 - SEE IT AND SAY IT IN ITALIAN $6.99
    M. Madrigal, G. Salvadori, Paperback, 256 pp, ISBN:9780451168214
    Here is a book that helps you master Italian quickly and easily. Written by two internationally famous teachers, it has built-in learning aids that have been tested and proved successfully for thousands of students. The Word and Picture Method, is technique where each new word phrase, or sentence is accompanied by a line drawing that immediately explains its meaning. This book leads you into speaking conversational Italian. It utilizes every day Italian words and phrases that look and sound like their English equivalents.

    BER2538 - BERLITZ BASIC ITALIAN LANGUAGE COURSE BOOK AND CD SET $39.95
    Course book 128pp., 3 Audio CDs with script and learner's guide, 32pp. ISBN:9789812462534
    This revised and updated best-selling language set presents real-life conversations, colloquial expressions, pronunciation tips, short, effective lessons, and insider tips to help students become fluent in Italian. It is very straightforward with well paced lessons spoken by a variety of voices. When finished, you will be able to greet people and introduce yourself, describe friends and family, give directions, make plans, and more!

    MGH7731 - ITALIAN FOR CHILDREN $29.95
    Catherine Bruzzone, Softcover, Bk & Audio CD, Ages 3 to 9 years old ISBN:9780071407731
    Cute, catchy songs and humorous adventures will captivate the students’ imagination and foster their language acquisition. Children will be introduced to basic language skills, introductions, counting from 1 to 20, and describing objects. The set includes an 80 page full color activity book with two 60 minute CD’s, as well as a Parent/Instructor CD packed with helpful tips.




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