F. Oddo
Primiracconti per ragazzi. Letture semplificate per stranieri. Intermediate level (B1)
Features
Un’avventura indimenticabile (B1): A group of students from Florence travel to Palermo for one week to visit the city. There starts the adventure of Alessia, Luisa, Dino e Daniele. Fascinated by the city and its history, the group of friends will discover unknown aspects and frightening places of Palermo…
Primiracconti per ragazzi is Edilingua’s series of easy readers for adolescent students.
Un’avventura indimenticabile, which follows the grammar and vocabulary progression of the third volume of Progetto italiano Junior, is appropriate for all intermediate level students.
The content of the volume is completed by an Audio-CD and keys to all activities.
Each story is followed by:
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Brief notes, well-balanced to the text, explaining the most difficult words, expressions and colloquialisms that are commonly used in Italy;
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Original and beautiful designs to both facilitate comprehension and make reading more enjoyable;
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Pre-reading questions to help students/readers become more involved and reflect on the text;
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Activities aiming to develop various skills, mostly those related to reading comprehension and consolidation of vocabulary;
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Keys offering students the possibility to self-evaluate their written and oral comprehension;
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An Audio-CD including professional multi-voice reading of the text to help students grasp the accent, the pronunciation and the intonation while practicing on listening exercises.
Furto a scuola (A1, A1+ level): the theft of a precious object will motivate a group of high-school students to demonstrate honesty and solidarity
Gli strani ospiti (A2, A2+): a group of friends discover something in a mountain village that will put them all in grave danger...
Un'avventura indimenticabile (B1): during a school trip to Palermo, some students from Firenze will explore unknown and frightening places of the city.
Traffico in centro (A1-A2 level)*: two completely different people meet at a car crash downtown Milan and so a new friendship begins.
Mistero in Via dei Tulipani (A1-A2 level)*: follow the development of a homicide investigation and the birth of a teenage love.
Dieci Racconti (A1-A2 level): ten short stories reveal interesting aspects of everyday life.
Lo straniero (A2-B1 level)*: an extra-terrestrial arrives in Italy and faces a range of amusing cultural and social misunderstandings.
Alberto Moravia (A2-B1 level)*: adapted passages from selected works of the writer.
Un giorno diverso (A2-B1 level)*: a man suddenly decides to completely change his life.
Il manoscritto di Giotto (A2-B1 level)*: the theft of a priceless work of art puts the two young protagonists’ friendship to the test.
Undici Racconti (B1-B2 level): eleven short stories that mix fantasy and reality.
Italo Calvino (B1-B2 level)*: adapted passages from selected works of the writer.
L'eredità (B1-B2 level): Laurence abandons everything and everyone to follow her dream: create a B&B all on her own.
Ritorno alle origini (B1-B2 )level)*: a man’s trip to reveal a mystery will turn up to be a dive into his past.
Dino Buzzati (B2-C1 level)*: adapted passages from selected works of the writer.
Il sosia (C1-C2 level)*: a rich businessman, Onofrio Maneggioni, is kidnapped in front of his villa.
* two versions available: with Audio-CD and without Audio-CD.