"Sharpen your Italian language skills through readings about its speakers' daily lives and culture
Better Reading Italian offers you entertaining, ""real world"" texts to help you understand and learn more Italian vocabulary and phrases. Each chapter features articles that cover a specific topic, such as cuisine, music, sports, film and theater, art, the family, today's lifestyle, or politics and history. Along the way, you will find instruction and exercises to help develop improved reading speed, comprehension, and vocabulary. The articles become gradually more difficult as you proceed through the book to keep you challenged and engaged.
Better Reading Italian is an easy, engaging way to boost your language skills and learn more about the language and its speakers as you go."
By:
Daniela Gobetti
Imprint: McGraw Hill
Country of Publication: United States
Edition: 2nd Revised edition
Dimensions:
Height: 229mm,
Width: 152mm,
Spine: 14mm
Weight: 381g
ISBN: 9780071770330
ISBN 10: 007177033X
Pages: 288
Publication Date: 05 December 2011
Audience:
College/higher education
,
Primary
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Active
Preface How to use this book Il bel paese Torino Il Touring Club Italiano Trieste (I) Trieste (II) L’agriturismo Slow food L’Arcigola Il mangiarbene Il buon vino fa buon sangue I vini di origine controllata La scienza in cocina e l’arte di mangiar bene La moda e il design Kartell Tensione e compressione Io speriamo che me la cavo Ville, villette, villone La moda italiana Costume e società Il male di vivere La moda maschile Il problema demografico Il calcio La beatificazione La scuola Cuore La maturità La matematica in rima La gatta Lessico famigliare Una città famigliare Lessico famigliare Famiglia cristiana Va’ dove ti porta il cuore Sebben che siamo donne La Lega Mamma Donna in guerra Le donne e la politica Il femminismo La comunicazione, la musica e i giovani Social media, empatia ed entropia: Prima parte Social media, empatia ed entropia: Seconda parte Ottantaedintorni Navigating the Web in Italian Instructions for downloading bonus reading material Answer key Footnotes Chapter 4
Daniela Gobetti is the assistant director of the Office of International Programs at the University of Michigan, Ann Arbor. She is the author of Better Reading Italian and Practice Makes Perfect: Italian Vocabulary.
