Pronti...Via!: Beginning Italian (Yale Language Series)

Pronti... Via! is a complete beginning Italian language course that focuses on communication skills without excluding grammar. This timely programme is based on solid language acquisition theory and reflects an eclectic approach that includes using language for true communication, developing linguistic ability in a natural way, and promoting the growth of self-discipline towards the learning of grammar. Five years in the making and class-tested at the University of Georgia by the author and her colleagues, this first edition of Pronti... Via! received extensive peer review, detailed editorial development, and a user-friendly design that combine to make Pronti... Via! a programme that merits serious consideration.This book's features include: chapters are arranged around a thematic focus that starts from the personal to arrive at the general; classroom activities conform to the theme of each chapter and stimulate vocabulary practice in meaningful contexts;