{"product_id":"9781626611382","title":"Elementary Italian Student Activities Manual","description":"Centered around practical, engaging themes, the \u003ci\u003eElementary Italian Student Activities Manual\u003c\/i\u003e is designed to accompany the textbook \u003ci\u003eElementary Italian\u003c\/i\u003e.\u003cp\u003eThe activities manual features homework assignments and supplemental exercises suitable for first year students of Italian. The progression of the material is tried and tested, and begins with an introductory lesson on the alphabet and pronunciation, greetings and salutations, numbers, days of the week, and months of the year. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIt emphasizes the most important grammar points covered in the main text, such as verb tenses, pronouns, comparative and superlative adjectives, and prepositions. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eStudent friendly and extensively class-tested, the \u003ci\u003eElementary Italian Student Activities Manual\u003c\/i\u003e was written for college-level beginning Italian courses that meet three days a week over a fifteen week semester, but it can easily be adapted to a quarter system.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eJessica Greenfield\u003c\/b\u003e earned bachelor's degrees in Italian studies and Classical Civilizations at the University of California, Berkeley, her master's degree in Italian Studies at the University of Notre Dame, and her Ph.D. in Romance Languages, with a specialization in Italian, at the University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill. Dr. Greenfield is a faculty member in the Department of World Languages, Literatures, and Cultures at the University of North Texas, where she also serves as the Italian Language Program Coordinator. The author of numerous articles, reviews, and textbook contributions, she has also presented at regional and national conferences. Her research interests include modern Italian literature, Sicilian writers, and the Italian realist writer Giovanni Verga.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Cognella Inc.","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":49833569911024,"sku":"9781626611382","price":36.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9781626611382","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}