“italian bar”
This book offers articles on Italian society, life, culture and customs, allowing students to approach the reality of Italian culture and, at the same time, further develop your language skills.
each text presents a specific plot (for example, an Italian Sunday, the dreams and nightmares of Italians, Italians and coffee…) the articles are taken from the daily press and they are organized in units of progressive difficulty, suitable for students with levels a1 to c1.
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Communicative and interactive activities are included, but also vocabulary, morphology and syntax exercises, which can also be done without a teacher thanks to the proposed solutions.
“a parola throws l’altra”
‘one word leads to another’ is a text aimed at absolute beginners and students with limited knowledge of the language.
The book provides the necessary vocabulary for everyday events and the basic phraseology one needs to communicate.
It is made up of 22 teaching units with various thematic areas:
encounters; at school; time goes by; in the restaurant, the character; emotions and sensations; the physical description; Health; family; home; our daily activities; idioms like “fee”; what time fa? (what’s the weather like?); express one’s taste; leisure; communication; food and shopping; meals and cooking; clothing; sport; a bit of geography; the city; vacation.
The book is full of ironic and funny images that represent the vocabulary in a clear and easy to remember way.
all of the following is contextualized in authentic situations of Italian life and culture. this combined with the solutions at the end makes the textbook suitable or self-taught.
“a parola pulls l’altra 2”
This is a book that allows foreign students to increase and deepen their vocabulary.
The text is divided into 18 teaching units:
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what’s the weather like?; the environment; character and personality; emotions and feelings; our daily activities; home; domestic uses; work and professions; the office and the computer; the doctors; telephone conversations; at the post office and at the bank; food and cooking; animals; sport; the city: holidays; clothes and fashion.
The textbook also offers press articles, literature passages and, as in the previous edition, the vocabulary is linked to images to help memorization.
each unit includes exercises and activities that involve different communication skills: oral and written work, dramatizations, enigmatic games and crossword puzzles.
in this edition the answers are also given at the end of the book, allowing self-taught students to learn.
“new practical grammar of the Italian language”
Susanna Nocchi’s grammar is one of the most appreciated tools to practice Italian grammar for foreign students with levels a1 to b2.
The grammar rules are presented clearly and concisely, but they are also complete and effective. the letters are understood immediately.
There are also useful panels where you can find the most frequent and used forms of practical and authentic language.
For each grammar unit there are exercises and tests that allow students to assess their knowledge and progress. solutions are at the end of the book.
“advanced grammar of the Italian language”
This book is intended for students who already have a good knowledge of the Italian language and wish to further develop their competence. It is, therefore, suitable for students with a medium-advanced level, from b1 to c1.
The text presents grammatical knowledge that, despite being widespread, rarely appears in Italian textbooks for foreigners.
The grammatical points are clear and the exercises and activities are very informative about Italian society and its culture. also, in the previous volume, there are small text boxes with helpful tips. solutions are included, making this textbook equally relevant for students who want to deepen their language skills as self-taught.
“i verbi italiani”
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This book is entirely devoted to Italian verb tenses and moods; which many foreign students find difficult. this text provides students with useful strategies to address these difficulties.
The text is aimed at students from level A1 to level C1. the units are organized in progressive difficulty, with tests for the student to practice, and the attached solutions. the grammatical sheets present various verb tenses, highlighting both their morphological aspect and analyzing the way they are used.
from the regular and irregular forms of the present indicative, to the use of past tenses; from advice on the correct use of the axillaries to the complicated questions on the correct use of the subjunctive; from the agreement of moods and tenses to the particularities of phrasal verbs.
“the italian for the kitchen”
This is a must for all Italian language and food enthusiasts! why? because with “l’italiano per la cucina” you learn new vocabulary, increase your comprehension while reading and learn how to prepare delicious Italian dishes. what’s better than that?
read 12 stories. each of them describes a recipe and gives an idea of the Italian way of cooking. This book is ideal for students from A2 to B1 level.
“l’italiano con i fumetti”
here we have a new way to enjoy reading in Italian and it’s also great for comic enthusiasts: “l’italiano con i fumetti” is a new type of Italian book that includes 5 volumes. Each volume is a different comic strip: “Rome 2050 AD”, “An Italian Story”, “Il Mistero di Casanova”, “Rigoletto” and “Habemus Papam”. They include many activities and exercises related to the stories.
The first 3 books are great for A1 to A2 level students and the other two are perfect for intermediate students.
“the Italian word”
This book presents a selection of exercises and games that help memorization and vocabulary development. it is divided into two sections: a lexical one and a grammatical one.
The first studies words from a lexical point of view, proposing typically Italian idioms and expressions, while the second focuses on the grammatical part. deals with the study of less common topics, such as word formation, word order, derivation, alteration, irregular words, synonyms, antonyms, prefixes, suffixes, adverbs, and compound words. this text can be used either with or without a teacher; It is aimed at students from level A1 to C1.
“new espresso”
- student’s book and exercise book a1
- student’s book + interactive ebook a2
- student’s book and exercises b1
- student’s book student and exercises b2
- student’s book and exercises c1
the “nuovo espresso” is a collection of volumes of the Italian language for foreigners. It is divided into 6 levels provided by the common European framework for languages from a1 to c2.
The texts include readings on texts related to Italian culture, listening comprehension, grammar, exercises, keys for self-assessment, games and revision tests.
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For the first 3 volumes, there is also a video coursee (also available with subtitles and streaming on alma.it) , which, as a series of episodes, tells the story of four friends, filmed during their daily lives, and a video on grammar that develops the linguistic themes.
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