Italian Books
language laboratory catalog
A Tu Per Tu
contemporary Italy as seen through actual interviews by Gene Dekovic (Lincolnwood, IL: National Textbook Co., ©1988)
All'Avventura! (St. Paul, MN: EMC Corporation, ©1993)
four, short (27-28 page) Italian-language readers each containing a complete adventure story with illustrations, questions, and vocabulary list; for beginning-intermediate students; general theme of series = a group of friends (exchange students) encounter unexpected experiences and adventures during a stay in Italy.
Series Titles:
Destinazione Italia
Sulla strada del contrabbando
Avventura in Toscana
Pericolo sulla Costa Amalfitana
Baedecker's Florence (©2000 The Automobile Association)
209-page travel guide (with separate 37" × 25" laminated map) originally published by Baedecker Osfilden.
Beginner's Italian Reader by Daniel Rolfs (Lincolnwood, IL: National Textbook Co., ©1990)
everyday life experiences of young Italian people.
Beginner's Italian Reader: Teacher's Guide by Daniel Rolfs (Lincolnwood, IL: National Textbook Co., ©1990)
Cassell's Italian Dictionary: Italian–English/English–Italian (New York: Funk and Wagnalls, ©1967)
Ciao Italia — Anno III, nos. 1-3, 5-8; Anno IV, nos. 1-8 (Italy: European Language Institute, ©1990, 1991)
first-year-level Italian language magazine; colorful comic book format.
Cuthbertson Verb Wheel (Lexington, MA: D.C. Heath and Co., ©1933)
gives conjugations of irregular verbs
Il dizionario dei gesti italiani by Bruno Munari (Rome: AdnKronos Libri, ©1994)
Il dizionario della lingua italiana di Devoto e Oli (Firenze: Le Monnier, ©1990)
Dizionario per immagini by Marco Mezzadri (Perugia: Guerra Edizioni, ©1998)
clip art/cartoon-style illustrations of about 2000 Italian words grouped thematically into 72 units, from basic vocabulary to expressions associated with specific scenarios of daily life; vocabulary listed in numbered charts outside of the illustrations themselves, so that art work may be used in isolation for ease of use in other contexts; 140 pages.
Easy Italian Crossword Puzzles by Nancy Parato Goldhagen and Richard Goldhagen (Lincolnwood, IL: Passport Books, ©1990)
English Grammar for Students of Italian, 2nd ed. by Sergio Adorni and Karen Primorac (Ann Arbor, MI: The Olivia and Hill Press, © 1995)
Eyewitness Travel Guide: Italy (©1996, 1997 DK Publishing, Inc.)
Faccia a faccia by Laura Ulisse (Roma: Bonacci editore, ©1997)
collection of diverse, communicative activities intended for use at the elementary-intermediate levels; features small-group and pair work exercises that promote practice in spontaneous speech; 66 pages.
501 Italian Verbs by Colaneri and Luciani (Hauppauge, NY: Barron's Educational Series, Inc., ©1992)
The Foreign Language Teacher's Handbook: Aiming for Proficiency in Italian by Carmela Taliercio, Rosemary L. Haigh, Patricia A. Lennon, and Douglas E. Moore (Elmont, NY: Proficiency Press Co., ©1992, 1991)
Idee pratiche per lezioni d'italiano (St. Paul, MN: EMC Publishing, ©1994)
Italian Crossword Puzzles for Reinforcing Vocabulary by Nancy Parato Goldhagen and Richard Goldhagen (Lincolnwood, IL: National Textbook Co., ©1990)
Italian Film in the Classroom — Book 2 by Margot Ludbrook and Maddalena Eden (Adelaide, Australia, ©1998)
Italian Through Film: A Text for Italian Courses by Antonello Borra and Cristina Pausini (New Haven: Yale University Press, ©2004)
L'italiano all'opera by Serena Carresi, Sara Chiarenza, and Edy Frollano
(Roma: Bonacci editore, ©1998)
L'italiano con l'opera: Lingua, cultura e conversazione by Daniela Noè & Frances A. Boyd (New Haven: Yale University Press, ©2003)
L'italiano si impara in due by Marco Barsacchi and Vincenzo Gatto (Toronto: University of Toronto Press, ©1993)
L'italiano vivo by John A. Rallo (Lincolnwood, IL: National Textbook Co., ©1992)
authentic reading and conversation materials for intermediate through advanced classes.
Language Games in Italian by Marcel Danesi (Toronto: University of Toronto Press, ©1985)
Il natale: Christmas in Italy by Anna Maria Bee and Josephine D'Alleva (Lincolnwood, IL: National Textbook Co., ©1985)
Il nuovo dizionario Hazon-Garzanti: inglese-italiano / italiano-inglese (Milano: Garzanti Editore, ©1990)
Oggitalia — Anno III, no. 4 (Gennaio 1995), Anno IV, no. 1 (Sett./Ott. 1995), Anno V, nos. 1-8, Anno VI, nos. 1-7, Anno VII, nos. 3-6, Anno VIII, nos. 1-6, Anno IX, nos. 1-6, Anno X, nos. 1-6, Anno XI (Italy: European Language Institute, ©1995, 1996, 1997, 1998, 1999, 2000, 2001, 2002, 2003)
advanced-level, Italian language magazine
A Picture is Worth... 1000 Words... Books 1 and 2 by Anthony Mollica (Welland, Ontario: éditions Soleil publishing, inc., ©1992)
subtitled Creative activities for the language classroom, the two volumes of 60 photographs each are intended to provide visual stimuli for discussion and conversation activity in the language classroom; also available = Teacher's Guide (by Anthony Mollica, Julie Ashcroft, and Anne-Marie Finger) containing questions for each photograph.
Ragazzi — Anno X, nos. 1-8; Anno XI, nos. 1-8, Anno XV, nos. 1-8, Anno XVI, nos. 1-8 (Italy: European Language Institute, ©1990, 1991, 1994, 1995, 1996)
intermediate-level Italian language magazine; colorful comic book format.
Seguimi by Carmela Taliercio-Cohn, Franca Beumée, Dr. Grace Zummo Mannino, and Ida Giampietro Wilder (Elmont, NY: Proficiency Press Co., ©1996, 2000)
Tocca a te by Carmela Taliercio-Cohn and Christine M. Acocella (Elmont, NY: Proficiency Press Co., ©1996)
Tutti insieme — Anno V, nos. 1-8; Anno VI, nos. 1-8, Anno X, nos. 1-8, Anno XVI, nos. 1-8 (Italy: European Language Institute, ©1990, 1991, 1994, 1995, 1996)
high-intermediate/advanced level Italian language magazine; colorful comic book format.
Voci d'Italia Series
Immagini d'Italia
authentic readings for intermediate students by Doriana Provvedi-Fournier (Lincolnwood, IL: National Textbook Co., ©1985)
Italia allo specchio
authentic readings for advanced students by Doriana Provvedi-Fournier (Lincolnwood, IL: National Textbook Co., ©1985)
Italia in prospettiva
authentic readings for advanced beginning students by Gianfranco Radelli (Lincolnwood, IL: National Textbook Co., ©1985)
Voci d'Italia Answer Key (Lincolnwood, IL: National Textbook Co., ©1988)