Italia Contemporanea will enhance any Italian class or laboratory program. The exciting video consists of interviews with ordanry people speaking Italian among them a famer, a mechanic, a neurogists, a journalist, a nurse, and a secretary. Each interview focuses on aspects of everyday life: work, housing, soccer, poetry, the role of women in Italian society, politics the use of language, and may other lively topics. Natural and unscripted, the interviews showcase a variety of accents, including Roman, Florentine, and Milanese.
The book designed for use with student at almost any level. Italia Contemporanea is ideal for improving listening and comprehension skills. The workbook includes complete transcripts of each interviews as well as questions about the content of the interviews, as well as questions about the student’s own experience