Description
L’italiano nell’aria is a course of Italian in two volumes for foreign students of any country, even complete beginners, who are studying in conservatories and music schools, in universities and IIC, in music schools in Italy offering specific courses of Italian for the Opera. The course is also addressed to opera fans and to all those who wish to learn Italian in order to better understand the opera libretti.
The course covers the A1-B2 levels of the Common European Framework of Reference for Languages. It is suitable to be used in class, but it can also be used separately for self-studying thanks to its several online resources.
L’italiano nell’aria 2 includes the following:
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Student’s Book
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Workbook
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Audio-CD
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here to browse and/or print the first unit of the
Student's book and the
Workbook.
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Following the contents of the first volume, the Student’s Book is organized into 8 learning units and completes the course. As in the first volume, the ‘E ancora…’ section groups together all the grammar phenomena that, although essential to the Italian grammar, are not of high priority when it comes to the opera texts.
Another special feature of this volume is the consecutive presence of arias, recitatives and extracts, all carefully selected based on their relevance to the grammar phenomena presented in the book. This is a way for students to see in practice what they have just learned. For each opera text there is a translation exercise to be completed with the teacher’s help.
All dialogues are related to authentic situations and, along with the reading texts, provide the necessary communication, vocabulary and cultural awareness. The volume actually provides a wide range of information on theaters, composers and opera singers. It also offers many quizzes on music and opera culture, as well as useful trivia to enrich students’ knowledge about the opera.
The Workbook includes several engaging and stimulating activities for every unit of the Student’s Book, so that students can practice the linguistic elements they have learned. There are also opera extracts and readings dealing with the relevant specialized thematic. Keys to all exercises can be browsed and/or downloaded online. Clear and easy to read grammar tables can be found at the end of the volume.
The Audio-CD, recorded by professional actors, is attached in the book. It includes readouts of all dialogues and arias found in the Student’s Book.
L’italiano nell’aria 2 is completed by a series of resources available online:
Teacher’s Guide, it offers valuable suggestions and tips to facilitate the teachers’ work, especially of those who have no prior knowledge of the opera. Each chapter of the Guide contains an index of the sections: the communication skills and vocabulary elements; the grammar phenomenon; the readings and opera extracts, which are included in both the Student’s Book and the Workbook. Most of the arias are prefaced by a short overview that helps better understand the extract in question. To browse, download or print the PDF of the Teacher’s Guide, when requested a password, insert the last word of p. 61 in the Student’s book.
Keys of all exercises and activities found in the Workbook
Grammar Synopsis for a quick unit revision
Unit by unit glossary (for both the Student’s Book and the Workbook) in different languages (English, German, Russian).
Brief glossary of opera and music terms, it includes common opera and music vocabulary