Un nuovo giorno in Italia: Best textbook for teaching Italian

Un nuovo giorno in Italia, which includes four textbooks and covers levels A1 to B2, is currently my absolute favorite textbook for teaching Italian.

What immediately stands out to the eyes, and what sets it apart, are the numerous communicative activities, original and motivating, always aimed at spontaneous and authentic oral production.

The layout, graphics, and illustrations are modern, colorful, and inviting, making the textbook highly suitable even for a young audience.

The grammar content is explained in a comprehensive yet clear and immediately comprehensible manner. Numerous targeted grammar exercises and playful review activities follow, always in a fun and engaging form.

Very useful is the ” To Communicate” section that summarizes the functional content of the lesson and stimulates communicative competence.

Cultural and lexical content is presented through a long train ride and supplemented by various written texts and themed listening.

The only flaw in the book is that it lacks a section, along the lines of the “Student book” usually contained in other textbooks, devoted to student autonomous learning. This leads the teacher to supplement with other material.

The use of the textbook, both by the teacher and the learner, is intuitive and extremely enjoyable.

Un nuovo giorno in Italia

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Claudia e Renata

Claudia and Renata are Italian teachers and good friends. Their paths crossed late in life, but they immediately understood each other and their initial professional collaboration grew into a wonderful friendship.

Renata, who is passionate about languages, travel and Japan, graduated in Venice with a degree in Asian Linguistics (four-year degree in Japanese Studies) and completed her professional training with a second Master’s degree in Advanced Planning of the Teaching of Italian Language and Culture to Foreigners. Claudia, who is interested in foreign countries and public relations, studied International Science in Padua and specialized in intercultural communication in Munich.

They met at the Technical University of Munich, where both are lecturers responsible for teaching Italian to foreigners. They decided to face the challenge of the pandemic together and have become inseparable ever since. Renata is the more technically skilled and experimental of the two. She is always looking for new software, tools and teaching methods to surprise and motivate her students. Claudia is a volcano of ideas, always taking on new challenges and drawing Renata into new adventures. They share a love of their work and books that threaten to bury them alive sooner or later! A new textbook or grammar rarely escapes their attention (and purchase).

Therefore, they have decided to share their decades of experience with you, in the hope that their opinions and advice on the subject will be useful both to their colleagues and to anyone who wants to learn our wonderful language.