PARLIAMO ITALIANO! - PROGRAM SAMPLER

iv INSTRUCTOR’S GUIDE As the verbs of the unit titles suggest, Parliamo italiano! is organized around doing things . Activities encourage student participation and interaction. Communicative activities as well as directed, controlled exercises are complemented by the self-graded activities on the Parliamo italiano! Supersite . More paired and group activities encourage original production. Creativity is fostered through open- ended situations that allow students to invent their own answers. In Parliamo italiano! , vocabulary is presented on a theme and in context through the use of drawings. Photographs and realia are used to support presentations or as the basis of activities. The highly popular In altre parole section, dedicated to high-frequency idiomatic expressions, has been accurately updated to keep the language authentic and current. Students respond well to expressions that lend flavor and naturalness to language. In the Fifth Edition, glossaries can be found on the Parliamo italiano! Supersite . The building blocks of communication, the grammar points and their sequence, were selected for their logical relationship to language acquisition and the topic being explored. Explanations are concise and to the point; when possible, schematic visual material and charts help students deduce grammatical concepts and understand their use. Material is consistently recycled to reinforce students’ ability to use language naturally. In the Fifth Edition of Parliamo italiano! you will find enhanced technology for classroom teaching as well as student self-paced learning and homework. The Parliamo italiano! Supersite provides the content and tools to actively engage students and enrich the learning experience in face-to-face, hybrid, and online classes. New and beautiful photographs convey an alluring image of Italy. Video activities for the Parliamo italiano! video component are found throughout the units, asking students to return to this important and precious resource several times during the study of a unit. Multiple viewings of the five-minute episodes will not only delight, as the story of two Italian cousins who must solve a family mystery develops, but students will benefit from the repeated viewings and different tasks they are asked to perform. The key feature which represents the culmination for each unit section is the Incontro : here students find a variety of formats from a lively, authentic conversation to an email exchange, from a deejay’s monologue to a politician’s speech. The aim of the Incontro is to see the vocabulary, grammar point and idiomatic expressions presented in that section ‘in action,’ used in a real-life situation; thus the Incontro presents the essence of language learning: communication. In the Fifth Edition, the Incontri have been shortened and are now followed by three activities that give students a new and expanded opportunity to test their listening skills. The Ascoltiamo! activity has been revised to be a truly oral activity where students listen to the questions about the Incontro they have read or listened to. Cosa hai capito? is a more traditional, written comprehension activity and the new feature, E poi cosa succede? is a build-out activity where students listen to a strictly oral sequel to the Incontro and then do an activity based on what they have heard. Throughout the units, students’ view of Italy is enriched by the Lo sapevi che…? section which offers important cultural material and stimulates students to reflect on cultural comparisons. In the Fifth Edition, we have included a new feature called Una finestra sull’Italia which is a prompt to view a wealth of websites