Better Reading Italian
2nd Edition
Published on 16. December 2011
Book
Paperback/Softback
288 pages
978-0-07-177033-0 (ISBN)
Description
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.
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.
More details
Edition
2nd edition
Language
English
Place of publication
London
United States
Publishing group
McGraw-Hill Education - Europe
Target group
College/higher education
Illustrations
0 Illustrations
Dimensions
Height: 229 mm
Width: 152 mm
Thickness: 16 mm
Weight
424 gr
ISBN-13
978-0-07-177033-0 (9780071770330)
Schweitzer Classification
Person
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Content
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 societa
Il male di vivere
La moda maschile
Il problema demografico
Il calcio
La beatificazione
La scuola
Cuore
La maturita
La matematica in rima
La gatta
Lessico famigliare
Una citta 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
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 societa
Il male di vivere
La moda maschile
Il problema demografico
Il calcio
La beatificazione
La scuola
Cuore
La maturita
La matematica in rima
La gatta
Lessico famigliare
Una citta 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