Italian Through Film

A Text for Italian Courses

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by Antonello Borra and Cristina Pausini

Type

Didactic

Subject

Countries > Italy

Keywords

Italy, spoken language

Publishing date

2003

Publisher

Yale University Press

Collection

Yale Language Series

Language

English

Relative size

Physical desc.

Paperback • 142 pages
6 x 9 ¼ inches (15.5 x 23.5 cm)

ISBN-10
ISBN-13

0-300-10020-5
978-0-300-10020-4

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Book Presentation:
This supplementary text for elementary to intermediate courses in Italian is structured around stimulating discussions of ten contemporary Italian films, among them Cinema Paradiso, La vita e bella, Mediterraneo, and Il postino. With a chapter devoted to each movie, the book effectively fosters a deeper understanding of both Italian language and culture, and it is adaptable for any level of language instruction.

Italian Through Film features:
• Films that are easily available from school video libraries or from video stores;
• Pre-viewing, viewing, and post-viewing activities appropriate to the various films in each chapter;
• Grammar review, vocabulary in context, listening comprehension, cultural and historical background, and discussion questions for language practice;
• Exercises ranging in difficulty from elementary to highly sophisticated that are designed to enhance students’ vocabulary and cultural awareness as well as oral and written skills;
• Boxed sections that provide information about the movie, director, plot, and certain cultural aspects specific to each movie;
• Lists of Internet-based activities that expand aspects of each movie by exploring Italian websites.

About the authors:
Antonello Borra is assistant professor of Italian at the University of Vermont. Cristina Pausini is visiting assistant professor at Wellesley College.

See the publisher website: Yale University Press