PARLIAMO ITALIANO! - PROGRAM SAMPLER

INSTRUCTOR’S GUIDE v that allow students to be the protagonists of their own learning experience, taking advantage of easy access to Internet sites, and making contact with Italian culture more immediate and tailor-made. The unit-ending magazine-format Immagini e parole section continues to be the culmination of the unit’s work, offering strategies for reading and a more sustained reading on the unit theme as well as strategies for writing and topics for sustained writing exercise inherent to the unit topic. Additional authentic material such as advertisements, articles and readings may be found on the Parliamo italiano! Supersite . Other authentic material features include Musica, maestro! , designed to acquaint students with great Italian singer-songwriters and composers, and Come disse… which presents excerpts of Italian literary texts from across the centuries. Finally, Ciak! Italia is a reminder to go to the Parliamo italiano! video found on the Parliamo italiano! Supersite . Because language is culture and culture is language, learning a new language opens the door to a new way of thinking and perceiving the world. When we discover more about others, we truly discover more about ourselves. NEW TO THE FIFTH EDITION Parliamo italiano! Fifth Edition offers important new and engaging features. • Incontro sections have been enhanced with an emphasis on listening. Many Incontro conversations have been shortened for easy use. Each Incontro is now followed by three activities: Ascoltiamo! is now an activity where the questions are only oral; Cosa hai capito? is a more traditional, written comprehension activity; E poi cosa succede? is a build-out continuation of the Incontro which is strictly oral, asking students to hone their listening skills for comprehension. • Una finestra sull’Italia prompts students to further investigate Italian culture on their own, suggesting keywords for Internet research that will bring them to see, hear and experience Italian culture through the window of their computer screens. The flexibility of this feature allows students to be the protagonists of their own learning experience. • The Immagini e parole section, a magazine-style format and the culmination of the unit, has been streamlined. • Annotations for instructors have been enhanced and updated, including answer keys for all activities that are not open-ended. • Reading passages have been updated or renewed, new photos present a fresh image of Italy, idiomatic expressions have been revised to reflect current usage. • Video-based activities are now found throughout the unit, encouraging students to view the unit episode more than once and thus maximize the benefits of this important component. New pre-, while- and post-viewing activities are found on the Parliamo italiano! Supersite . • The organization of Parliamo Italiano! , Teaching with Parliamo Italiano! , Syllabi, Lesson Plans, Glossary, and Verbs are available on the Parliamo italiano! Supersite .