{"id":263,"date":"2023-05-18T17:14:44","date_gmt":"2023-05-18T16:14:44","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/iicedimburgo.esteri.it\/?page_id=263"},"modified":"2026-04-02T11:44:17","modified_gmt":"2026-04-02T10:44:17","slug":"teaching-methods-and-textbooks","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/iicedimburgo.esteri.it\/en\/lingua-e-cultura\/i-corsi-di-lingua\/teaching-methods-and-textbooks\/","title":{"rendered":"Teaching Methods and Textbooks"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Methodology <\/strong><br \/>\nWe use a communicative approach, and we gradually introduce grammatical structures and idioms, applying these notions for the reading of newspaper articles, magazines and also some contemporary Italian fiction. During class, some time is dedicated to the use of video\/tapes and listening comprehension. We clearly encourage students interaction under the teacher\u2019s guidance.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Course Levels<\/strong><br \/>\nThe Italian Institute offers all levels of courses, divided by numbers of students and type of knowledge, following the guidelines of the \u201cCommon European Framework of Reference for Languages\u201d.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Teachers <\/strong><br \/>\nOur\u00a0teachers are all native\u00a0Italian speakers and\u00a0specialized in the teaching of Italian as a foreign language.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Textbooks and teaching materials<\/strong><br \/>\nA variety of newspapers\/magazines articles, as well as extracts from contemporary Italian fiction and the following texbooks, are being used during class:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>L. Ziglio, G. Rizzo, Nuovo Espresso 1 Plus, Alma edizioni<\/li>\n<li>M. Bal\u00ec, G. Rizzo, Nuovo Espresso 2 Plus, Alma edizioni<\/li>\n<li>M. Bal\u00ec, G. Ziglio, Nuovo Espresso 3, Alma edizioni<\/li>\n<li>M. Bal\u00ec, I. Dei, Nuovo Espresso 4, Alma edizioni<\/li>\n<li>G. Massei, R. Bellagamba, Nuovo Espresso 5, Alma edizioni<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong><span class=\"a_GcMg font-feature-liga-off font-feature-clig-off font-feature-calt-off text-decoration-none text-strikethrough-none\">Please note that the fee for the course does not include the cost of the coursebook and there is not exam at the end of the term.<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Methodology We use a communicative approach, and we gradually introduce grammatical structures and idioms, applying these notions for the reading of newspaper articles, magazines and also some contemporary Italian fiction. During class, some time is dedicated to the use of video\/tapes and listening comprehension. We clearly encourage students interaction under the teacher\u2019s guidance. Course Levels [&hellip;]","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"parent":114,"menu_order":2,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-263","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/iicedimburgo.esteri.it\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/263","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/iicedimburgo.esteri.it\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/iicedimburgo.esteri.it\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/iicedimburgo.esteri.it\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/iicedimburgo.esteri.it\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=263"}],"version-history":[{"count":6,"href":"https:\/\/iicedimburgo.esteri.it\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/263\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":10706,"href":"https:\/\/iicedimburgo.esteri.it\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/263\/revisions\/10706"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/iicedimburgo.esteri.it\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/114"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/iicedimburgo.esteri.it\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=263"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}