Matteo La Grassa
Italian course for universities and language schools. (A1-A2)
L’italiano all’università 1 für deutschsprachige Lerner is the version for German speakers of the first level of a course aimed at students who study Italian in universities in Italy or abroad.
The volume consists of the Lehrbuch with 12 teaching units and the Übungsbuch, with 12 units and keys to the exercises. At the end of each unit there is either an assessment test on the linguistic and communicative skills or a self-evaluation table with the corresponding solutions.
Each didactic unit of the Student’s book is divided in the following sections:
- Entriamo in tema, introductory activities to motivate the students and enhance the texts comprehension;
- Comunichiamo, includes both the main text, followed by comprehension activities, and activities on the communicative functions;
- Impariamo le parole, activities for the introduction, expansion and reuse of vocabulary;
- Facciamo grammatica, activities for the introduction and reuse of the grammar phenomena;
- Conosciamo gli italiani, presents a written text on aspects related to Italian culture and society, and ideas for discussion in order to foster intercultural exchange between the students and the Italian reality;
- Si dice così!, summary table with the expression and the communicative functions encountered in the unit;
- Sintesi grammaticale, summarizes and systematizes the grammar phenomena encountered in the unit.
The units of the Übungsbuch are organized in sections as well: Funzioni, Vocabolario, Grammatica, Per concludere, Pronuncia, Parola chiave.
In the German version of the book all the following are in German: the instructions of all the exercises, the information boxes, the communication functions of Si dice così!, the Sintesi grammaticale. Finally, in the appendix of the book you can find the Italian - English glossary with the translation of all the words and expressions of the Lehrbuch and the Übungsbuch.
L’italiano all’università 1 für deutschsprachige Lerner is completed by:
i-d-e-e, a platform that incorporates all the exercises from the workbook in interactive form, and a collection of tools and resources for students and teachers
An audio CD, attached to the book, with the original oral texts and phonetic exercises.
The Teacher’s guide presents an introduction on the structure and on the philosophy of the course and explains the goals of each activity, suggesting also ideas on how to apply them. It also includes the solution to the exercises of the Student’s book. The guide (among the downloadable items on the right) is also entirely available online.