Mara Benetti is a teacher of Italian at Imperial College London and of medical and scientific translation at UCL, London. She has taught and researched in different parts of the world and she collaborated with the BBC as a language adviser for one of their courses. Carmela Murtas was an Italian tutor and teacher trainer at International House London, UK and formerly Visiting Lecturer at the University of Westminster, UK. She has extensive experience teaching Italian to foreigners at both private and tertiary level.Caterina Varchetta was Italian Coordinator at London Metropolitan University, UK, where she also taught Italian on the IWLP programme. She has a wealth of experience teaching Italian at further and tertiary level in the UK. Roberto Di Napoli is Associate Professor in Higher Education at the Centre for Research and Practice in Higher Education at Kingston University London, where he is Director of Academic Programmes. He was formerly Senior Lecturer at the University of Westminster where he taught Italian, Teacher Education and Cross-Cultural Studies.

• OverviewIntroductionLearning a languageSimboli1. Come ti chiami2. Al lavoro e in famiglia3. Una giornata tipica4. Il tempo libero5. Al bar6. A casa7. In città8. Ti va di...?9. Cosa hai fatto ieri?10. Ieri, oggi, domainAncora un po' di praticaGuide to intonation and pronunciationGuide to grammatical termsGrammar summaryVerbTablesVocabularyAnswersAppendixIndex

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