"Adesso! Video Update, Third Edition" is a complete introductory Italian program that takes a communicative and functional approach to learning language. The Video Update contains a DVD of Sulla Strada: 1378 km which takes you on a vibrant tour of Italy and offers authentic language exchanges. Also included is a Video Activity Manual bound into the front of the student text to help engage you in the language and culture. "Adesso!" emphasizes practical skills without compromising the formal skills of the language. The objective of the text is to provide beginning students of Italian with a functional tool for learning how to use the Italian language in real-life situations.
1. UN CAFFE', PER FAVORE! Comunicazione: Ordering beverages at a cafe.
Greeting and introducing friends. Cultura: Coffee preparations and ways to
have coffee in Italy. Strutture e vocabolario: Tu and Lei forms of address.
The indefinite article. Subject Pronouns. Numbers from 0 to
20. Lettura: Il
barista pignolo.
2. BUONGIORNO! Comunicazione: Greeting and introducing
people formally. Ordering food. Cultura: Italian meals and eating places.
Strutture e vocabolario: Allora and Ancora. The present indicative of the
first-conjunction (-are) verbs. Numbers from 21 to
100. Lettura: Il risotto
alla Milanese.
3. SI', MI PIACE MOLTO! Comunicazione: Expressing likes and
dislikes. Requesting information. Talking about nationalities and languages.
Cultura: The Italian language and its dialects. Italian cities. Strutture e
vocabolario: Expressing possession with di. Interrogatives. Pluralizing
nouns. Time expressions. The numbers from 101-999. Lettura: Chi io?
4. LA
LEZIONE STA PER COMINCIARE! Comunicazione: Getting around (on foot, by car,
etc.). Talking about school or university. Cultura: Transportation in Italy.
The Italian educational system. Strutture e vocabolario: The verb piacere.
The possessives. The days of the week. The present indicative of
second-conjugative (-ere) verbs The numbers from 1,000 to 100,000. Lettura:
Chi sono?
5. IO CHIEDO AIUTO A MIA MADRE! Comunicazione: Talking about one's
family. Describing people. Cultura: The Italian family. Phoning in Italy.
Strutture e vocabolario: Descriptive adjectives. Molto and tanto. The present
indicative of third-conjugative (-ire) verbs. The numbers from 100,000 to 1
million. Lettura: Pronto, pronto! SINTESI 1:
Chapters 1 -
5. ELEMENTO DI
CIVILITA 1: Un po' di geografia. 6.CHE ORE SONO? Comunicazione: Telling time.
Talking about past events. Cultura: Italian cinema. Italian opera. Strutture
e vocabolario: Tempo, ora, and volta. Che...! The adjective buono. The
present perfect. Negatives. Numbers from one million and up. Lettura: Rossini
annoiato! 7.CHE TEMPO FA? Comunicazione: Talking about the weather.
Expressing appreciation. Cultura: Christmas in Italy. The famous Fontana di
Trevi. Strutture e vocabolario: Freddo, caldo, and scorso. Words ending in
-ata. Arithmetical operations. Lettura: E pensare che tra una settimana e
Natale. 8.BUON COMPLEANNO! Comunicazione: Giving best wishes. Age and
birthdays. Work and working. Cultura: A resume in Italian. Italian holidays.
Strutture e vocabolario: Troppo, poco, caro, and povero. Jobs and
professions. The present progressive. The months and the seasons. Reflexive
verbs. Ordinal numbers. Lettura: Feste! 9.QUANTO COSTA? Comunicazione:
Carrying out a transaction at a clothing store. Cultura: Italian fashion.
Italian writers. Strutture e vocabolario: Color adjectives. Stare bene a and
servire a. The imperfect indicative. Words ending in -issimo. Lettura: Nel
blu dipinto di blu!
10. IL CIBO! Comunicazione: Talking about food. Cultura:
Food shopping in Italy. Italian proverbs. Strutture e vocabolario: The
partitive. Possessive adjectives and pronouns. The pluperfect. Fractions.
Lettura: Marcovaldo va al supermercato! SINTESI 2:
Chapters 6 -
10. ELEMENTO
DI CIVILITA 2: Roma.
11. LA TELEVISIONE! Comunicazione: Television programs.
Referring to future events. Cultura: Italian television and radio. Italian
painters and sculptors. Strutture e vocabolario: Lavorare and funzionare.
Scorso and prossimo. The future tense. The negative partitive. Lettura:
Telenovele e soap.
12. L'OROSCOPO! Comunicazione: Talking about the future.
Zodiac signs and horoscopes. Cultura: Astrology in Italy. Italian scientists.
Strutture e vocabolario: The uses of da. The future perfect. Indirect object
pronouns. Nouns ending in -si and -ista. Lettura: Il vostro oroscopo!
13. DAL
MEDICO! Comunicazione: Expressing commands. Expressing how you feel
physically. Cultura: The public health system in Italy. Galileo Galilei.
Strutture e vocabolario: Sopportare and mantenere. The imperative. Noun
suffixes (-accio, -ino, -etto, -one). The place form ci. Lettura: Scusate,
c'e un medico qui?
14. ALL'AEROPORTO! Comunicazione: Airport communication.
Checking in at an airport. Cultura: Vacation trends among Italians. Strutture
e vocabolario: Double object pronouns. Reflexive pronouns followed by direct
object pronouns. The imperative of reflexive verbs. The imperative with
object pronouns. Prepositional noun phrases. Lettura: All'aeroporto!
15. CARA
SILVIA... Comunicazione: Writing letters in Italian. Describing events in the
distant past. Cultura: Italian newspapers. Strutture e vocabolario: The past
absolute. Adverbs of manner. Il proprio. Lettura: Charlie Brown riceve una
lettera! SINTESI 3:
Chapters 11 -
15. ELEMENTO DI CIVILITA 3: Le origini
della lingua italiana.
16. L'AUTOMOBILE! Comunicazione: Driving and cars.
Cultura: Italian automobiles. Italian roads. Strutture e vocabolario: The
conditional. The conditional perfect. The present subjunctive. Impersonal si.
Lettura: Nella mia strada ci sono un mucchio di automobili!
17. LO SPORT!
Comunicazione: Talking about sports. Cultura: Soccer. Sports. Strutture e
vocabolario: Irregular verbs in the present subjunctive. Comparisons. The
superlative the past subjunctive. Lettura: Gli sci sulle spalle! 18.LEZIONE
FINALE! Strutture: Irregular verbs in the past absolute. Progressive form of
the subjunctive. The imperfect subjunctive. Relative pronouns. The passive
voice. Formal pronouns. The pluperfect subjunctive. Conjunctions. The
causative. Hypothetical if-clauses. SINTESI 4:
Chapters 16 -
20. ELEMENTO DI
CIVILITA 4:Il sistema politico italiano. APPENDICES. Irregular Verbs. Verbs
with -isc. Non-reflexive Verbs Conjugated with "essere" in Compound Tenses.
Verbs with Spelling Peculiarities. Italian-English Glossary. English-Italian
Glossary. Index.
