Graziana Lazzarino,
University of Colorado, Boulder
ISBN: 0073386251 Copyright year: 2012
Feature Summary
The market leader through seven editions, this text offers a wealth of teaching material for instructors of elementary Italian. The eighth edition retains the solid vocabulary development and grammar presentations for which Prego! is well known, now supported by significantly revised and expanded cultural material and innovative digital components.
All new and existing print and digital content in the eighth edition has gone through a rigorous editing process so we can guarantee the quality and accuracy on which you and your students depend.
A wide range of thematic diversity coupled with a focus on modern vocabulary, grammatical structures, and language functions helps students communicate and develop true proficiency in Italian.
Culture is integrated into each chapter with L’Italia regionale, a page that presents each of the twenty regions of Italy; Curiosità, the popular cultural feature that provides students with unusual bits of information about Italy’s culture, language, and history; and Angolo musicale, a new song feature.
The four-skills cultural section, Invito alla cultura italiana, has been completely revised and provides even more opportunities for students to hear, read, speak, and write in Italian. At the core of this section, the popular Nota culturale feature from previous editions, which offers students a glimpse of everyday life in Italy, has been expanded into full-fledged end-of-chapter readings, accompanied by pre-reading warm-up activities and post-reading comprehension activities. The Videoteca section incorporates images and dialogues from the video program, followed by comprehension and discussion questions and activities.
Cultural spreads, Flash culturali, appear after Chapters 4, 8, 12, and 16 and extend the chapter themes with four brief, interesting readings that offer students a glimpse of the culture of present-day Italy.
The state-of-the-art ancillary program includes: a text-specific website with additional activities, new online interactive games, as well as a text-specific video. In addition to these elements, the workbook and laboratory program have been revised to reflect changes to the textbook and are available in both print and online versions.
2012