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Percorsi: L'italia Attraverso La Lingua E La Cultura, 2nd Edition Solution Manual

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    Percorsi, 2e ’s Resource Manual 1 Introduction Introduction Percorsi is an introductory program that promotes the acquisition of Italian language and culture through the integration of the “5 Cs” principles of the National Standards for Foreign Language Education. Percorsi is designed to provide beginning learners with a variety of tools to develop their communicative competence in the four major language skills—listening, speaking, reading, and writing—as they acquire familiarity with Italian culture. All of the features in Percorsi have been carefully thought out to support the two key aspects of the language acquisition process: language comprehension and language production. From the start, carefully structured communicative activities based on authentic materials and texts encourage students to use Italian in everyday situations. Generous use of authentic content also offers students a chance to develop reading skills while gaining cultural awareness and understanding of Italian communities and traditions throughout the world. In addition, each chapter explicitly promotes cultural exploration through illustrated presentations that are followed by activities facilitating comprehension and highlighting cultural comparisons . Students are encouraged to analyze and compare extremely varied aspects of Italian culture while making connections to their own experiences. Communicative activities that have real-world relevance are at the heart of the Percorsi program. Within culturally authentic contexts, role-plays, pair and group work provide students with numerous opportunities to interact in Italian with other learners. Authentic materials, such as advertisements, brochures, and newspaper and magazine articles, provide extensive exposure to contemporary Italian language and culture. The

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    Percorsi, 2e ’s Resource Manual 2 Introduction 2 exercises and activities, together with the cultural presentations, are organized using the three modes of communication: Interpersonal, Interpretive, and Presentational. The communicative activities offer ample opportunity for students to practice interpersonal skills. The listening exercises, together with the numerous realia- and reading-based activities, facilitate practice in the interpretive mode. Writing tasks and strategies, along with activities in which students are asked to report to the class, provide a variety of tools for practice in the presentational mode. What’s New in This Edition? 1. Increased focus on learner strategies and a process orientation to skills development. A new Parliamo section devoted to speaking complements existing skill-based sections devoted to reading, writing, and listening. Parliamo introduces students to a specific speaking strategy, then leads them through carefully sequenced activities that prepare them to carry out an assigned task, converse, and follow up appropriately. Together, the Parliamo, Leggiamo, Scriviamo, and Guardiamo sections comprise the chapter wrap-up section now entitled In pratica. Through the process approach to development of the four skills, students become confident as they learn to carry out a wide variety of communicative tasks. 2. New and revised skill-building activities. Existing skill-based sections have been replaced or updated with substantial new content and practical, realistic new tasks and activities:

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    Percorsi, 2e ’s Resource Manual 3 Introduction 3  Six of the Leggiamo readings are new or have been significantly revised; these include chapter-related advertisements of a practical nature and journalistic prose texts.  Four of the Scriviamo writing assignments have been revised or replaced to emphasize real-life tasks and contemporary contexts. 3. New, updated, and revised cultural notes. The Lo sai che? cultural notes throughout Percorsi have been revised or replaced to reflect contemporary cultural realities. 4. Updated In contesto dialogues. The majority of the In contesto dialogues have been revised to achieve a lighter tone, a more streamlined approach, and an often humorous focus. 5. More pervasive regional emphasis throughout the chapters. More consistent integration of the regional focus—at the heart of each chapter’s Attraverso… section—is now achieved through relevant texts, illustrations, and cultural notes. 6. Enhanced use of Italian. Beginning in Capitolo 5, all Attraverso cultural presentations are written entirely in Italian. 7. New design and art. A completely new design enhances the contemporary focus and visual appeal of Percorsi while increasing user friendliness. 8. Richer MyItalianLab, including a fully integrated etext . Outstanding features of the Percorsi program include the following:  Thoughtful integration of the chapter topics, vocabulary, and functionally sequenced grammar within a rich cultural framework. This integration is enhanced by Percorsi ’s cyclical Scope and Sequence, which emphasizes the recycling

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    Percorsi, 2e ’s Resource Manual 4 Introduction 4 of vocabulary and structures taught in previous chapters; students are given ample opportunity to learn the material gradually and thoroughly. The focus is on helping them to understand and speak Italian in a variety of settings with increasing accuracy and at expanding levels of sophistication. The clear and manageable grammar presentation complements this focus.  Adaptability to different course structures and teaching needs. As the title indicates, Percorsi is a rich, highly flexible program that provides instructors and learners with many pathways, or options. Instructors can emphasize the features most suited to their courses and students, and they can choose as well from a wide array of supplementary materials. They also have flexibility in deciding how to work with the various chapter elements. The teaching of grammar, for example, can be done inductively, through integration of grammar into the overall Percorso thematic content, or through more traditional work with the Grammatica sections. Instructors can also decide how much emphasis to give to the presentation of grammar, since much of the presentation and related practice can be assigned as homework.  A concise, functionally organized grammar presentation. Percorsi offers a concise, functionally organized grammar enhanced by a cyclical syllabus. New structures are introduced visually through captioned illustrations, photos, or realia at the beginning of each Percorso , then embodied in the In contesto language samples. In turn, the Occhio alla lingua! questions encourage students to analyze inductively or to review the Percorso ’s linguistic input. The streamlined grammar explanations that follow present structures in the context of communicative needs.

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    Percorsi, 2e ’s Resource Manual 5 Introduction 5  A well-developed process approach to skill development. Students are provided with a well-thought-out framework for carrying out authentic speaking, reading, writing, and viewing tasks. Pre-speaking, reading, writing, and viewing activities provide advance preparation for these sections. Students are then guided as they carry out the assignment, and encouraged through appropriate follow-up. This process approach helps students gain confidence in carrying out highly varied tasks in Italian.  An outstanding video filmed in Italy to accompany the textbook. Through a series of unscripted interviews, the video introduces an engaging cast of Italian speakers who talk about high-interest topics related to each chapter, including their families, work, and leisure activities. Richly authentic cultural footage accompanies each interview segment.  Rich annotations for the instructor. Extensive annotations provide suggestions for presentation of new vocabulary and grammar, background information, and ideas for expansion and enrichment activities. The annotations also include the scripts for listening activities and answers for the exercises. Chapter organization Percorsi includes 16 chapters preceded by a short Capitolo preliminare, which introduces the Italian language, gives an overview of the Italian regions, and introduces basic classroom vocabulary. The individual chapters include three main components: the three Percorso sections, In Practica , and Attraverso.  There is also an end-of-chapter Vocabolario section. PERCORSO I, II, III

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    Percorsi, 2e ’s Resource Manual 6 Introduction 6 Each Percorso develops within a cultural framework an aspect of the chapter theme, presenting and practicing vocabulary essential for communicating about the topic along with related grammar structures. The three Percorsi include the following components: VOCABOLARIO Key vocabulary is presented primarily through photos, artwork, realia, and assorted language samples. The related exercises and activities reinforce new vocabulary as well as reviewing and recycling thematic vocabulary from other chapters. The vocabulary presentation is complemented by the following elements:  Così si dice boxes are used to present very briefly a grammar or linguistic structure necessary for communicating about a given topic. Key grammar points appearing in Così si dice are subsequently treated in depth in later chapters.  In contesto includes a brief conversation, recorded on the text audio program, or a short authentic text, such as an e-mail, that draws together in an interesting, contextualized way the Percorso ’s theme, vocabulary, and grammar structures.  Occhio alla lingua! encourages students to examine the Percorso ’s linguistic input featured in the Vocabolario and In contesto sections in order to discover inductively or to review new grammar points.  Lo sai che? boxes provide illustrated cultural information relevant to the Percorso and encourage students to think analytically about both Italian culture and their own. GRAMMATICA Grammatical structures are presented concisely in English. They are enhanced by

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    Percorsi, 2e ’s Resource Manual 7 Introduction 7 numerous examples and well-designed charts. Carefully sequenced related exercises provide practice within meaningful contexts, reinforcing the chapter theme and vocabulary. Each Percorso includes one listening activity recorded on the audio program that accompanies the text. Percorsi includes the essential points of Italian grammar for an introductory course. For those who wish to provide a complete presentation of Italian grammar, a supplementary chapter is included in the Student Activities Manual that includes topics and tenses not presented in the textbook itself. Scambi is the wrap-up section that appears after each Percorso’s Grammatica section. The thematically oriented Scambi activities have an interactive focus and encourage creative yet relevant use of new Percorso vocabulary and grammar structures. IN PRATICA This section, which follows the three Percorsi , provides in-depth exploration of the chapter theme from varied perspectives while promoting development of the four skills via the process-approach.  Parliamo sections begin with Strategie per parlare that target specific speaking strategies. In turn, a three-step process guides students through an assigned speaking task that draws and expands upon chapter themes and content within a real-life context. Pre- speaking activities prepare students to carry out the assigned task; a framework for the actual speaking assignment provides ongoing practical guidance; a wrap-up section encourages thoughtful follow-up.  Leggiamo is based on an authentic, thematically appropriate reading text. This section

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    Percorsi, 2e ’s Resource Manual 8 Introduction 8 begins with a reading strategy and then guides students through pre-reading preparation, the actual reading task, including application of the strategy, and post- reading work. The post-reading activities check comprehension at different levels and encourage students to use critical-thinking skills and make inferences. In the second half of the book, many of the readings are literary selections.  Scriviamo begins with a specific strategy and related pre-writing preparation. A framework for carrying out the actual writing task is then provided, along with suggestions for appropriate follow-up. The Scriviamo activities give students opportunities to practice writing for diverse practical and academic purposes. The writing topics draw upon the chapter themes, vocabulary, and grammatical structures.  Guardiamo guides students as they view chapter-related clips from the Percorsi video and starts with introduction of an initial comprehension strategy and pre-viewing preparation. In turn, relevant activities assist students during viewing, and follow-up work checks comprehension and encourages reflection. This approach helps students improve their listening skills, become sensitive to visual clues, including facial expressions and body language common to Italians when speaking, and develop increased cultural awareness. ATTRAVERSO  This visually rich section provides a concise regionally based overview of Italian art and architecture along with related historical, geographic, and economic information. Beautiful photos expose students to Italy’s rich cultural heritage and stunning landscapes, towns, and cities. The brief introductions are in English through Capitolo 4, and starting

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    Percorsi, 2e ’s Resource Manual 9 Introduction 9 with the first chapter, the informative photo captions are in simple Italian so that students can begin immediately to learn about Italy’s regions in the target language. Related exercises and activities check comprehension and encourage students to make inferences and cross-cultural comparisons. VOCABOLARIO Each chapter concludes with a list of the chapter’s active vocabulary that has been presented in the three Percorsi . This section is recorded on MyItalianLab to help students master pronunciation of each word and expression.

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    Percorsi: L’Italia attraverso la lingua e la cultura ’s Resource Manual Contents Introduction v Sample Syllabi 2-Semester Programs Syllabus A—8 chapters per term, 3 meetings per week 1 Syllabus B—8 chapters per term, 4 meetings per week 23 3-Semester Program Syllabus C—6 chapters per term, 3 meetings per week 49 Lesson Plans Chapter P corresponding to Syllabus A—8 chapters/term, 3 meetings/week 79 Chapter 1 corresponding to Syllabus A—8 chapters/term, 3 meetings/week 83 Chapter 9 corresponding to Syllabus A—8 chapters/term, 3 meetings/week 88 Chapter P corresponding to Syllabus B—8 chapters/term, 4 meetings/week 93 Chapter 1 corresponding to Syllabus B—8 chapters/term, 4 meetings/week 96 Chapter 9 corresponding to Syllabus B—8 chapters/term, 4 meetings/week 102 Chapter P corresponding to Syllabus C—6 chapters/term, 3 meetings/week 109 Chapter 1 corresponding to Syllabus C—6 chapters/term, 3 meetings/week 110 Chapter 7 corresponding to Syllabus C—6 chapters/term, 3 meetings/week 116 Student Activities Manual Audio Script 125 Video Transcript 199 i

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    Introduction Percorsi is an introductory program that promotes the acquisition of Italian language and culture through the integration of the “5 Cs” principles of the National Standards for Foreign Language Education. Percorsi is designed to provide beginning learners with a variety of tools to develop their communicative competence in the four major language skills—listening, speaking, reading, and writing—as they acquire familiarity with Italian culture. All of the features in Percorsi have been carefully thought out to support the two key aspects of the language acquisition process: language comprehension and language production. From the start, carefully structured communicative activities based on authentic materials and texts encourage students to use Italian in everyday situations. Generous use of authentic content also offers students a chance to develop reading skills while gaining cultural awareness and understanding of Italian communities and traditions throughout the world. In addition, each chapter explicitly promotes cultural exploration through illustrated presentations that are followed by activities facilitating comprehension and highlighting cultural comparisons . Students are encouraged to analyze and compare extremely varied aspects of Italian culture while making connections to their own experiences. Communicative activities that have real-world relevance are at the heart of the Percorsi program. Within culturally authentic contexts, role-plays, pair and group work provide students with numerous opportunities to interact in Italian with other learners. Authentic materials, such as advertisements, brochures, and newspaper and magazine ii

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    articles, provide extensive exposure to contemporary Italian language and culture. The exercises and activities, together with the cultural presentations, are organized using the three modes of communication: Interpersonal, Interpretive, and Presentational. The communicative activities offer ample opportunity for students to practice interpersonal skills. The listening exercises, together with the numerous realia- and reading-based activities, facilitate practice in the interpretive mode. Writing tasks and strategies, along with activities in which students are asked to report to the class, provide a variety of tools for practice in the presentational mode. What’s New in This Edition? 1. Increased focus on learner strategies and a process orientation to skills development. A new Parliamo section devoted to speaking complements existing skill-based sections devoted to reading, writing, and listening. Parliamo introduces students to a specific speaking strategy, then leads them through carefully sequenced activities that prepare them to carry out an assigned task, converse, and follow up appropriately. Together, the Parliamo, Leggiamo, Scriviamo, and Guardiamo sections comprise the chapter wrap-up section now entitled In pratica. Through the process approach to development of the four skills, students become confident as they learn to carry out a wide variety of communicative tasks. 2. New and revised skill-building activities. Existing skill-based sections have been replaced or updated with substantial new content and practical, realistic new tasks and activities: iii

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     Six of the Leggiamo readings are new or have been significantly revised; these include chapter-related advertisements of a practical nature and journalistic prose texts.  Four of the Scriviamo writing assignments have been revised or replaced to emphasize real-life tasks and contemporary contexts. 3. New, updated, and revised cultural notes. The Lo sai che? cultural notes throughout Percorsi have been revised or replaced to reflect contemporary cultural realities. 4. Updated In contesto dialogues. The majority of the In contesto dialogues have been revised to achieve a lighter tone, a more streamlined approach, and an often humorous focus. 5. More pervasive regional emphasis throughout the chapters. More consistent integration of the regional focus—at the heart of each chapter’s Attraverso… section—is now achieved through relevant texts, illustrations, and cultural notes. 6. Enhanced use of Italian. Beginning in Capitolo 5, all Attraverso cultural presentations are written entirely in Italian. 7. New design and art. A completely new design enhances the contemporary focus and visual appeal of Percorsi while increasing user friendliness. 8. Richer MyItalianLab, including a fully integrated etext . Outstanding features of the Percorsi program include the following:  Thoughtful integration of the chapter topics, vocabulary, and functionally sequenced grammar within a rich cultural framework. This integration is enhanced by Percorsi ’s cyclical Scope and Sequence, which emphasizes the iv

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    recycling of vocabulary and structures taught in previous chapters; students are given ample opportunity to learn the material gradually and thoroughly. The focus is on helping them to understand and speak Italian in a variety of settings with increasing accuracy and at expanding levels of sophistication. The clear and manageable grammar presentation complements this focus.  Adaptability to different course structures and teaching needs. As the title indicates, Percorsi is a rich, highly flexible program that provides instructors and learners with many pathways, or options. Instructors can emphasize the features most suited to their courses and students, and they can choose as well from a wide array of supplementary materials. They also have flexibility in deciding how to work with the various chapter elements. The teaching of grammar, for example, can be done inductively, through integration of grammar into the overall Percorso thematic content, or through more traditional work with the Grammatica sections. Instructors can also decide how much emphasis to give to the presentation of grammar, since much of the presentation and related practice can be assigned as homework.  A concise, functionally organized grammar presentation. Percorsi offers a concise, functionally organized grammar enhanced by a cyclical syllabus. New structures are introduced visually through captioned illustrations, photos, or realia at the beginning of each Percorso , then embodied in the In contesto language samples. In turn, the Occhio alla lingua! questions encourage students to analyze inductively or to review the Percorso ’s linguistic input. The streamlined grammar explanations that follow present structures in the context of communicative needs.  A well-developed process approach to skill development. Students are provided v

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    with a well-thought-out framework for carrying out authentic speaking, reading, writing, and viewing tasks. Pre-speaking, reading, writing, and viewing activities provide advance preparation for these sections. Students are then guided as they carry out the assignment, and encouraged through appropriate follow-up. This process approach helps students gain confidence in carrying out highly varied tasks in Italian.  An outstanding video filmed in Italy to accompany the textbook. Through a series of unscripted interviews, the video introduces an engaging cast of Italian speakers who talk about high-interest topics related to each chapter, including their families, work, and leisure activities. Richly authentic cultural footage accompanies each interview segment.  Rich annotations for the instructor. Extensive annotations provide suggestions for presentation of new vocabulary and grammar, background information, and ideas for expansion and enrichment activities. The annotations also include the scripts for listening activities and answers for the exercises. Chapter organization Percorsi includes 16 chapters preceded by a short Capitolo preliminare, which introduces the Italian language, gives an overview of the Italian regions, and introduces basic classroom vocabulary. The individual chapters include three main components: the three Percorso sections, In Practica , and Attraverso.  There is also an end-of-chapter Vocabolario section. PERCORSO I, II, III Each Percorso develops within a cultural framework an aspect of the chapter theme, vi

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