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This supplementary text for elementary to intermediate courses in Italian is structured around stimulating discussions of ten contemporary Italian films, among them Cinema Paradiso, La vita e bella, Mediterraneo, and Il postino. With a chapter devoted to each movie, the book effectively fosters a deeper understanding of both Italian language and culture, and it is adaptable for any level of language instruction.

Italian Through Film features:
  • Films that are easily available from school video libraries or from video stores;
  • Pre-viewing, viewing, and post-viewing activities appropriate to the various films in each chapter;
  • Grammar review, vocabulary in context, listening comprehension, cultural and historical background, and discussion questions for language practice;
  • Exercises ranging in difficulty from elementary to highly sophisticated that are designed to enhance students’ vocabulary and cultural awareness as well as oral and written skills;
  • Boxed sections that provide information about the movie, director, plot, and certain cultural aspects specific to each movie;
  • Lists of Internet-based activities that expand aspects of each movie by exploring Italian websites.

Italian Through Film: A Text for Italian Courses

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    Publisher: Yale University Press
    Publication Date: 10/09/2003
    ISBN13: 9780300100204, 978-0300100204
    ISBN10: 0300100205

    Number of Pages: 142

    Non Fiction , Dictionaries, Reference & Language

    Description

    This supplementary text for elementary to intermediate courses in Italian is structured around stimulating discussions of ten contemporary Italian films, among them Cinema Paradiso, La vita e bella, Mediterraneo, and Il postino. With a chapter devoted to each movie, the book effectively fosters a deeper understanding of both Italian language and culture, and it is adaptable for any level of language instruction.

    Italian Through Film features:
    • Films that are easily available from school video libraries or from video stores;
    • Pre-viewing, viewing, and post-viewing activities appropriate to the various films in each chapter;
    • Grammar review, vocabulary in context, listening comprehension, cultural and historical background, and discussion questions for language practice;
    • Exercises ranging in difficulty from elementary to highly sophisticated that are designed to enhance students’ vocabulary and cultural awareness as well as oral and written skills;
    • Boxed sections that provide information about the movie, director, plot, and certain cultural aspects specific to each movie;
    • Lists of Internet-based activities that expand aspects of each movie by exploring Italian websites.

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