The Avanti! Video Program contains four different types of video designed to immerse students in the authentic language and culture of Italy.

• Strategie di comunicazione Filmed on location throughout Italy, this text-specific video introduces the communicative themes of each chapter using authentic language. In these videos, students see and hear Italians of all ages and backgrounds as they are introduced to communicative language they can use immediately.

  Check out Capitolo 2: Strategie di comunicazione: Sei italiano/a? È italiano/a? (related activities, textbook pages 30-31).

• Il blog di…  These beautiful cultural segments highlight the four cities: Rome, Bologna, Naples, Florence, and the surrounding regions where the Strategie interviews were filmed. The narration, written in accessible Italian, uses the vocabulary and grammar of the four preceding chapters.

  Check out Capitolo 4: Il blog di Emiliano--Roma (related reading, textbook page 111).

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  Ascoltiamo! Using gestures, word prompts, and images, a dynamic native speaker presents 16 mini-lectures on interesting cultural topics related to the chapter themes.

  Check out the video for Capitolo 2: Ascoltiamo! I cognomi degli italiani (related activities, textbook page 50).

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  Grammatica dal vivo: In these authentic language interviews with native speakers from all over Italy, students have the opportunity to hear one of the structure points from each chapter in context. Activities to accompany these videos are provided in Connect Italian.

  Check out the video for Capitolo 2: Grammatica dal vivo: Aggettivi.

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