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Juntos: Italian for Speakers of English and Spanish, Third Edition, is the first comprehensive textbook for the teaching of Italian to students who already possess knowledge of Spanish, whether as L1 Spanish speakers, heritage speakers, or L2 Spanish learners. Suitable for students at the high school and college levels, Juntos is also the first textbook to cultivate interlinguistic awareness through intercomprehension, developing bridges that foster the recognition and use of students’ bilingual repertoire as a tool for learning Italian and acquiring other Romance languages.
Features:Networked approach that motivates learners to draw on their multilingual language repertoire to acquire reading, writing, speaking, and listening skills in ItalianInnovative activities that encourage multilingual, multicultural, and metalinguistic thinking and analysisReadings and translation activities that promote and develop translanguaging—the practice of drawing from one's multilingual linguistic repertoire as a whole when thinking, speaking, and writingInstruction that reinforces learners’ knowledge of English and Spanish, while building understanding of the links and interactions between global Romance languages and culturesInclusive readings on topics of transnational interest that invite students to reflect on the interconnectedness of cultures around the worldCompanion website (available on the book title page on www.hackettpublishing.com) with audio files and supplemental web-based activities that reinforce students' intercultural awareness and literacyFull-color interior, with illustrations and easy-to-read, color-coded language recognition system
Features:Networked approach that motivates learners to draw on their multilingual language repertoire to acquire reading, writing, speaking, and listening skills in ItalianInnovative activities that encourage multilingual, multicultural, and metalinguistic thinking and analysisReadings and translation activities that promote and develop translanguaging—the practice of drawing from one's multilingual linguistic repertoire as a whole when thinking, speaking, and writingInstruction that reinforces learners’ knowledge of English and Spanish, while building understanding of the links and interactions between global Romance languages and culturesInclusive readings on topics of transnational interest that invite students to reflect on the interconnectedness of cultures around the worldCompanion website (available on the book title page on www.hackettpublishing.com) with audio files and supplemental web-based activities that reinforce students' intercultural awareness and literacyFull-color interior, with illustrations and easy-to-read, color-coded language recognition system
About the author
Clorinda Donato is the George L. Graziadio Chair of Italian Studies, Director of the Clorinda Donato Center for Global Romance Languages and Translation Studies, and Professor of French and Italian at California State University, Long Beach.
Cedric Joseph Oliva is Assistant Professor of Modern Languages and Coordinator of the French and Italian programs at Bryant University.
Manuel Romero is Program Coordinator for the George L. Graziadio Center for Italian Studies and Associate Director of the Clorinda Donato Center for Global Romance Languages and Translation Studies at California State University, Long Beach.
Daniela Zappador Guerra is an adjunct lecturer of Italian for the George L. Graziadio Center for Italian Studies at California State University, Long Beach.
Cedric Joseph Oliva is Assistant Professor of Modern Languages and Coordinator of the French and Italian programs at Bryant University.
Manuel Romero is Program Coordinator for the George L. Graziadio Center for Italian Studies and Associate Director of the Clorinda Donato Center for Global Romance Languages and Translation Studies at California State University, Long Beach.
Daniela Zappador Guerra is an adjunct lecturer of Italian for the George L. Graziadio Center for Italian Studies at California State University, Long Beach.
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