In viaggio: Moving Toward Fluency in Italian (Paperback)

~ Antonella Olson (Author), Eric Edwards (Author), Sharon Foerster (Author), Antonella Olson (Author), Eric Edwards (Author)

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Product Description

The idea for In viaggio, meaning Traveling, was born from drawing upon extensive work with oral proficiency and training. As the name suggests, with In viaggio students continue moving forward in their study of Italian, traveling throughout the regions of Italy and exploring Italian culture throughout the world via the abundant cultural material in the text. In viaggio focuses on and recycles seven major communicative functions, the punti chiave, throughout this Intermediate-level Italian textbook: describing, comparing, reacting and recommending, narrating in the past, expressing likes and dislikes, hypothesizing, and talking about the future. What is unique about this approach and these materials is the idea of narrowing the focus of instruction to seven communicative functions, all of which appear in every chapter from the very first day of the course. The functions are moved to the forefront of the course so students are consciously forced to look at grammar in a different way. In viaggio helps students focus primarily on communicative functions because these functions are continuously repeated throughout the text, even when the content and themes change with each new chapter.

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Text: Italian, English

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Product Details

• Paperback: 344 pages
• Publisher: McGraw-Hill Humanities/Social Sciences/Languages; 1 edition (December 20, 2002)
• Language: Italian
• ISBN-10: 0072402644
• ISBN-13: 978-0072402643
• Product Dimensions: 9.8 x 7.9 x 0.5 inches
• Shipping Weight: 1.4 pounds (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 2.5 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (2 customer reviews)
• Amazon.com Sales Rank: #660,379 in Books (See Bestsellers in Books)

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1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

2.0 out of 5 stars This book should only be used for ADVANCED learners of Italian, July 2, 2007

By	A. Guy "student" (Texas) - See all my reviews (REAL NAME)

As a student of Italian and user of this textbook, I feel the vocabulary used in stories, newspaper articles, and editorials featured in In Viaggio are too high-level for third and fourth semester Italian students. The glossary in the back of the book is very unhelpful because it is only in Italian and only for the vocabulary already defined for each chapter, not for the random and unfamiliar words used in the extra articles and stories which students are also responsible for. The textbook used for Italian 1 and 2 was better suited to LEARNING, not reading in Italian for pleasure, or whatever this book is intended for.

1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars Un libro abbastanza buono!, May 6, 2007

By	Steven Laperuta - See all my reviews (REAL NAME)

I used this book for two semesters of advanced Italian grammar and I must say that the book is only as good as the instructor. That said it is not a book for a self learner-beginner to Italian. I am also an Italian tutor and from a teachers prosepective it is a very hands on book, at times the exercises are little tedious (such as the questions after each section of the readings which are the exact same questions for each section and each reading). However, this book was not made to learn the Italian language but to perfect it!