Italia Contemporanea : Conversations with

This exciting, authentic video will enhance any Italian class or laboratory program. It consists of interviews with ordinary people speaking Italian -- among them a farmer, a mechanic, a neurologist, a journalist, a nurse, and a secretary. Each interview focuses on aspects of everyday life: work, housing, soccer, poetry, the role of women in Italian society, politics, the use of language, and many other lively topics. Natural and unscripted, the interviews showcase a variety of accents, including Roman, Florentine, and Milanese.

Designed for use with students at almost any level, Italia Contemporanea is ideal for improving listening and comprehension skills. The video is accompanied by a video manual (also available separately) that includes complete transcripts of each interview, notes about vocabulary and usage, questions about the content of the interviews, as well as questions about the student's own experience.

Ceil Lucas is a professor in the department of linguistics at Gallaudet University.

Acknowledgments

xi

How to Use the Videotape and Workbook in the Classroom

xiii

About the Transcripts

How to Use the Videotape and the Workbook

Outlining the Course by Video Segment

Sample Lesson Plan: One Week

Additional Activities

Come usare la videocassetta e il libro degli esercizi in classe

xvii

Nota sulle trascrizioni

Come usare la videocassetta e il libro degli esercizi

Organizzazione del corso con l'impiego del video

Modello di programmazione settimanale

Attivita supplementari

La casa

1

(4)

(0:00:00)

Present indicative

(0:02:32)

Near past (passato prossimo) and imperfect

Il lavoro, Part 1

5

(5)

(0:03:34)

Present indicative, use of c'e and ci sono, impersonal si

(0:06:50)

Present indicative, use of cio, time expressions

Il lavoro, Part 2

10

(8)

(0:08:21)

Present indicative, near past (passato prossimo), imperfect, use of ecco

(0:09:39)

Present indicative, near past (passato prossimo), daily schedule

(0:11:05)

Near past (passato prossimo)

(0:11:35)

Use of c'e and ci sono, passive, impersonal si, use of se

I ricordi

18

(6)

(0:13:42)

Remote (historical) past (passato remoto), imperfect, imperative, reported speech, near past (passato prossimo)

(0:15:04)

Remote (historical) past (passato remoto), passive, near past (passato prossimo)

(0:15:38)

Remote (historical) past (passato remoto), imperfect, passive

Differenze linguistiche

24

(7)

(0:17:18)

Imperfect, present indicative, use of c'e and c'era

(0:18:41)

Reciprocals, negative sentences, direct object pronouns

(0:19:45)

Present indicative, near past (passato prossimo), impersonal si, use of ecco

La lettura

31

(6)

(0:21:44)

Present indicative, relative clause formation, present subjunctive

(0:23:01)

Present progressive, use of ci sono

(0:24:15)

Present indicative, near past (passato prossimo), conditional

L'amicizia

37

(4)

(0:25:34)

Use of oltre, sequence of infinitives, present indicative

(0:26:06)

Near past (passato prossimo), imperfect, conditional, future indicative

Il ruolo della donna

41

(5)

(0:28:12)

Near past (passato prossimo), use of c'e and ci sono

(0:29:58)

Near past (passato prossimo), use of quindi, past conditional

(0:31:27)

Near past (passato prossimo), present and past reflexive, present subjunctive, use of magari

Differenze culturali

46

(4)

(0:32:40)

Present indicative, use of c'e

(0:34:18)

Near past (passato prossimo), present indicative, present subjunctive

Il cinema e il teatro

50

(4)

(0:36:33)

Present indicative, impersonal si, present progressive, near past (passato prossimo), reported speech, present reflexive

(0:38:48)

Use of piacere, present indicative

Il sistema scolastico

54

(6)

(0:40:42)

Near past (passato prossimo), present indicative, present subjunctive, impersonal si, fare + infinitive

(0:42:44)

Present indicative, use of ne, passive, past reflexive

La cucina

60

(6)

(0:45:28)

Present progressive, passive, impersonal si, present indicative

(0:47:44)

Impersonal si

Il futuro

66

(6)

(0:48:58)

Present indicative, present conditional, use of piacere

(0:49:47)

Present indicative, near past (passato prossimo), direct and indirect object pronouns, use of sia, present progressive reflexive, present subjunctive

(0:51:04)

Present conditional, present future, present indicative, near past (passato prossimo)

La carriera

72

(7)

(0:52:55)

Fare for professions, present subjunctive, present indicative

(0:54:00)

First past perfect (trapassato prossimo), near past (passato prossimo), present indicative, present progressive

(0:55:08)

Present indicative, impersonal si, passive

La poesia

79

(3)

(0:57:44)

Present indicative

La politica

82

(4)

(0:59:12)

Present subjunctive, present indicative

(0:59:57)

Near past (passato prossimo), imperfect, present indicative, conditional present, present subjunctive

Il calcio

86

(4)

(1:02:16)

Passive, present indicative, use of c'e and ci sono, near past (passato prossimo)

Il tempo libero

90

(7)

(1:06:24)

Present reflexive, present indicative, near past (passato prossimo), present progressive, direct and indirect object pronouns

(1:07:35)

Present progressive, near past (passato prossimo), past conditional, imperfect

(1:09:38)

Present indicative, near past (passato prossimo), passive

La citta

97

(4)

(1:11:11)

Present indicative, near past (passato prossimo), present reflexive, present subjunctive

(1:13:06)

Present indicative, present reflexive, direct object pronouns

L'uso della lingua

101

(1:15:20)

Near past (passato prossimo), present indicative

(1:16:35)

Present indicative, present reflexive, impersonal si, present conditional

(1:18:17)

Present indicative, present reflexive, impersonal si, imperfect, rhetorical questions

(1:19:05)

Present indicative, direct and indirect object pronouns

(1:19:38)

Present indicative, use of magari

(1:20:34)

Present indicative, impersonal si, near past (passato prossimo), present progressive, reflexive infinitive, reciprocals, present subjunctive, passive

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Italia Contemporanea : Conversations with Native Speakers

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