Better Reading Italian A Reader and Guide to Improving Your Understanding Written Italian

A unique method of learning and sharpening your Italian language skillsFor the advanced beginner or intermediate-level learner, reading offers you the most convenient way to practice and sharpen your Italian and monitor your progress.Better Reading Italianbrings you short passages that reflect real-life, contemporary issues and situations taken from magazines, the Internet, books, and newspapers.Covering such topics as cuisine, fashion and design, travel, the family, education, today's lifestyle, and Italian perceptions of America, each chapter features reading selections that become more challenging as the sections progress. You will find an article about designer Bruno Munari, a profile on Italian wines, a furniture maker's website, and more than fifty other selections to help you improve your reading speed and understanding.Following each article is a set of exercises that help your comprehension and develop invaluable reading skills including: Skimming material for general meaning Scanning for details Using word formation, cognates, and context to determine meaning Understanding idioms and artistic expressionsAn appendix provides suggestions for further reading.Better Reading Italianwill not only help you improve or revive your language skills, it also will open up the enjoyable and exciting world of reading in Italian.Gobetti, Daniela is the author of 'Better Reading Italian A Reader and Guide to Improving Your Understanding Written Italian' with ISBN 9780071391382 and ISBN 007139138X.