Now, in the fifth edition, this highly successful program maintains its strong focus on spoken proficiency and cultural awareness, while adding new readings with targeted writing activities for additional practice. The text's thematically based chapters focus on everyday situations that walk students through contemporary Italian culture. The audio CD included with every new student copy of the book helps students improve their listening comprehension of structures and vocabulary as well as their pronunciation.
This is a well-written, well-organized textbook. Lessons are easy to follow and set up in a sensible order. Each section comes with many and varied exercises. A valuable resource for the student of Italian, although the included CD was rather useless.