Spazio Civiltà - Civiltà Italiana per Stranieri

Authors: Filippo Medaglia  Cinzia Medaglia 

This A2/B1 level course in Italian culture offers a wide variety of activities, rich in interesting facts and articles about everything from Italian society to its cities, customs and cuisine.

The coursebook is organised into 5 thematic areas: In giro per l'Italia, Storia d'Italia, Letteratura e arte, Pianeta Italia, and Grandi Personaggi.

'Spazio civiltà' teams extensive content with simple language, easily comprehensibile even for students relatively knew to learning Italian. Each lesson is presented over a double-page spread, similar to a news magazine, providing both teacher and student with a complete, easily-followed session which promotes effective progression in cultural awareness as well as lexical and grammatical comprehension.

A series of authentic videos compliments the course, which are available to download from the publisher's website. Here you can also find downloadable teacher's resources, including a gallery of images with discussion prompts for use during the lessons. The answer keys and audio transcriptions are provided at the back of the coursebook.