Textbooks

Acque Sotterranee   by R. E. Freeze and J.A. Cherry  (CC BY-NC-ND)

An Italian version of the groundwater hydrology textbook Groundwater by Allan Freeze and John Cherry, which was originally published in 1979.

Spunti: Italiano elementare 1 by Daniel Leisawitz and Daniela Viale (CC-BY-NC-SA)

Together, this pressbook, the in-class material and the practice exercises can replace a traditional textbook and workbook.  Our approach to language instruction is interactive, conversational and fundamentally task-based.  We see grammar as a means for enabling effective communication, which is why our explanations of grammar are concise and not overly technical.

Spunti: Italiano elementare 2 by Daniel Leisawitz & Daniela Viale (CC-BY-NC-SA)

Together, this pressbook, the in-class material and the practice exercises can replace a traditional textbook and workbook.  Our approach to language instruction is interactive, conversational and fundamentally task-based.  We see grammar as a means for enabling effective communication, which is why our explanations of grammar are concise and not overly technical.