Review
"I find everything in the chapter very interesting: the format, the presentation of the material, the topic, the presentation of grammar, and the conversational aspects. I certainly would use it for my classes."
"I welcome enthusiastically the new Vivere in Italia and A voi la parola sections. It's wonderful to have culture presented conveniently, in passages whose length won't won't scare off the students."
"The materials are interesting, pertinent, and relevant. The cultural topics address many of the issues that are arising in the 21st century. The issue of immigration is an important, and one that will affect future demographics of Italy in many and different ways."
"The order in which the various components of the chapters are presented is effective. The approach is cultural, and not grammatical, and that works!"
About the Author
Antonio Morena is a graduate of Middlebury College (BA / MA) and has received a Laurea from the University of Florence. In September 2008 he received his PhD from Harvard University (Department of Romance Languages & Literatures). He is currently an adjunct lecturer at Bentley College and has been teaching at the Harvard Extension School since 2003. During the summer he is a visiting professor at the Middlebury College Italian School.
Donatella Melucci was born and raised in Italy. She earned her Laurea in Lingue e Letterature Straniere from the University of Bari, Italy, and received a doctorate in English Rhetoric/Composition & Linguistics from Arizona State University where she taught for many years. She is now a Teaching Professor at Georgetown University in Washington DC. Her field of specialization is methodologies for teaching Italian as a second/foreign language. Her studies have also focused on the use of technology in foreign language classes.
Annamaria Moneti was born and raised in Italy. She received a Laurea di Dottore in Lettere from the Universita di Roma. She has had extensive teaching experiences at Liceo Classico, Italy; Universite II, Geneva, Switzerland; Syracuse University, Syracuse, New York. Moneti has authored two volumes of Conversazioni in Italiano and is a co-author of the AMICI series. She serves as a consultant for the New York State Education Department, and is a member of the Phi Beta Delta, Honor Society for International Scholars, and PHI SIGMA IOTA, International Foreign Languages Honor Society.
Graziana Lazzarino is Professor of Italian at the University of Colorado, Boulder. She is a native of Genoa, received her Laurea from the University of Genoa, and has taught at various European schools and American colleges and universities. She is also the author of In giro per l'Italia: A Brief Introduction to Italian, Da capo: A Review of Grammar, and Per tutti i gusti.
