Better reading Italian : a reader and guide to improving your understanding written Italian / Daniela Gobetti.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Gobetti, Daniela.

Series:

Better reading language series

Language:

English

Italian

Subjects (All):

Italian language--Readers.

Italian language.

Genre:

Readers (Publications)

Physical Description:

xii, 275 pages 23 cm.

Place of Publication:

New York : McGraw-Hill, 2003.

Language Note:

English and Itlian.

Summary:

New reading series brings foreign language acquisition into the 21st century

While the world produces more and more reading material each year, from magazines to newspapers to websites, why are most language learners still relying on contrived texts and classic literature for language acquisition? Providing entertaining contemporary texts in the original language, the Better Reading Language series is for those who want to brush up on a foreign language.

With the authentic materials provided in this series, readers will be able to peruse a Latin Grammys write-up in Spanish, a feature on Alain Ducasse's favorite recipes in French, or a review of a Milan fashion show in Italian. Readings on everything from music and sports to cinema and contemporary family life are arranged in increasing difficulty within chapters. Along the way, learners will find instruction and exercises to help develop improved reading speed, comprehension, and vocabulary.

Contents:

Il bel paese

Torino: A children's poem devoted to Turin 3

Il Touring Club Italiano: Advertising a tour of Sicily 7

Trieste (I): An early-twentieth-century poem about Trieste 16

Trieste (II): An excerpt from a recent best-seller 19

L'agriturismo: Vacationing at an agrotourism inn in Tuscany 25

Slow food

L'Arcigola: Manifesto of the Slow Food Movement 31

Il mangiarbene: A culinary report on a restaurant in Piedmont 38

Il buon vino fa buon sangue: Italian wine profiles 43

I vini di origine controllata: D.O.C. wine nomenclature 48

La scienza in cocina e l'arte di mangiar bene: Recipes from the 1891 classic by Pellegrino Artusi 52

La moda e il design

Kartell: Web site of a furniture manufacturer 63

Tensione e compressione: The famous designer Bruno Munari 70

Io speriamo che me la cavo: A Neapolitan student's essay on home life 77

Ville, villette, villone: An excerpt from a novel by Carlo Emilio Gadda 83

La moda italiana: A news report on Italian fashion at the Paris shows 90

Costume e societa

Il male di vivere: A feature article on anorexia in laRepubblica 99

La moda maschile: A tongue-in-cheek article on male fashion 105

Il problema demografico: Demographic trends in Italy 111

Il calcio: The soccer scene in Italy 117

La beatificazione: The recent canonization of a Capuchin monk 127

La scuola

Cuore: The classic children's book from 1886 137

La maturita: The nationwide test for Italy's nineteen-year-olds 143

La matematica in rima: Poems to help children learn math and the seasons 148

La gatta: A story written by elementary school children 157

Lessico famigliare

Una citta famigliare: A poem treating Turin as extended family 167

Lessico famigliare: Growing up in a Jewish family between the wars 172

Famiglia cristiana: Personal advice from a Christian magazine 180

Va' dove ti porta il cuore: An old love affair revealed to a granddaughter 187

Sebben che siamo donne...

La Lega: A solidarity song of women workers in the Po Valley 199

Mamma: A popular 1940 song on the mother-son relationship 204

Donna in guerra: The feminist awakening of a young married woman 208

Le donne e la politica: An article on women's representation in Parliament 217

Il femminismo: Italian feminist declarations from the 1970s 225

Lamerica

Americano sono: The return of a novel's protagonist to Sicily 233

Gagliano: An excerpt from Christ stopped at Eboli 239

La luna e i falo: Comparing Piedmont with California 246

Il Dio d'America: A view of the political role of religion in the United States 253

Cincinnati, Ohio: An excerpt from Hymn to a wandering Italy 259.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references.

ISBN:

007139138X

OCLC:

50803351

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