Ciao! - Hardcover

Riga, Carla Larese; Dal Martello, Chiara Maria

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 1428205926 ISBN 13: 9781428205925

Verlag: Heinle, 2007

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CIAO! VIDEO UPDATE, Sixth Edition emphasizes practical, communicative use of Italian, while teaching the four language skills and providing an enhanced introduction to Italian life and culture. The Video Update Edition includes a DVD of the new video program, "Sulla Strada: 1378 km," which takes you on a vibrant tour of Italy and offers authentic language exchanges. A Video Activity Manual is bound into the front of the student text to help engage you in the language and culture. Additionally, the Sixth Edition is distinguished by greater coherence in the grammatical presentation, a more pervasive emphasis upon cultural realities, lexical streamlining, and thorough updating. With thematically based chapters that focus on the vibrant life of modern Italy and the country's rich cultural heritage, CIAO! VIDEO UPDATE provides the proven approach-known for its outstanding, easy-to-follow grammar presentation-and superior resources that you need to communicate in Italian with confidence and understanding. The book features a strong focus on spoken proficiency and cultural awareness, all woven into a dynamic presentation that makes it easy and fun to learn Italian.

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Über die Autorinnen und Autoren

Carla Larese Riga received her Master of Arts from Stanford University and has worked toward a PhD at the University of California, Berkley. She has over 30 years of experience as a dedicated professor of Italian at various institutions, including Santa Clara University, Stanford University, Foothill College, and De Anza College. She is a scholar of romance languages and is fluent in Italian, French, and Spanish.

Chiara Maria Dal Martello, a native of Vicenza, received her Laurea from the University of Urbino in English / Spanish and Italian Languages and Literatures, and she is currently a Ph.D. candidate in English Linguistics at Arizona State University. She has taught Italian Language and Culture at Big Bend Community College in Vicenza, Italy, and has been teaching at Arizona State University (ASU) since 1996 where she is now a Lecturer in Italian in the Department of Languages and Literature. While at ASU she has developed a new curriculum for the first- and second-year program, including online Italian courses, as well as two new upper-level courses, Italian for the Professions and History of the Italian Language. With her colleagues she is currently developing a new multimedia curriculum for the second-year Italian courses. She specializes in second-language acquisition, bilingualism and gender studies.

Details zur Ausgabe

• Verlag: Heinle
• Erscheinungsdatum: 2007
• Sprache: Englisch
• ISBN 10: 1428205926
• ISBN 13: 9781428205925
• Einband: Gebundene Ausgabe
• Auflage: 6
• Anzahl der Seiten: 477
• Kontakt zum Hersteller: Cengage Learning; https://www.cengageasia.com/; ; 5191 Natorp Blvd; Mason; OH; 45040; USA
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