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ITALIAN I
TABLE OF CONTENTS
Reading Lessons
Introduction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3 Unit Nine . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4 Unit Ten . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5 Unit Eleven . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6 Unit Twelve . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7 Unit Thirteen . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8 Unit Fourteen . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9 Unit Fifteen . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10 Unit Sixteen . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11 Unit Seventeen . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12 Unit Eighteen . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13 Unit Nineteen . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14 Unit Twenty . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15 Unit Twenty-One . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16 Unit Twenty-Three . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17 Unit Twenty-Four . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18 Unit Twenty-Five . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19 Unit Twenty-Seven . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20 Unit Twenty-Eight . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21 Unit Twenty-Nine . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22 Acknowledgments . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23
Italian I
Introduction
Reading can be defined as the act of decoding graphic material in order to determine its message. To put it another way, reading consists of coming back to speech through its graphic symbols. In short, meaning resides in the sounds of the spoken language. Speaking a language is the necessary first step to acquiring the ability to read a language with meaning. The recorded portion of the reading materials for Italian I will be found at the end of most units starting with Unit 9. The readings will be found, as well, combined at the end of the course. You can do the readings as it is most convenient for you. They can be done individually with each unit, or at a more appropriate time after the unit. Instructions on how to proceed with the readings are contained in the audio portion of the course.
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Unit Twenty-Two
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Unit Twenty-Six
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Unit Thirty
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ACKNOWLEDGMENTS
Italian I
Voices English-Speaking Instructor . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Ray Brown Italian-Speaking Instructor . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Walter Valeri Female Italian Speaker . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Paola Servino Male Italian Speaker . . . . . . . . . . . . . Francesco R. Castellano Course Writer Paola Servino Editors Mary E. Green Beverly D. Heinle Digital recording made under the direction of Sarah N. Hewitt at Simon & Schuster Studios, Concord, MA
Recording Engineers Peter S. Turpin Kelly Saux Cover art PhotoDisc, Inc. All rights reserved
and Recorded Program 2002 by Simon & Schuster Audio, a division of Simon & Schuster, Inc. Reading Booklet 2002 by Simon & Schuster Audio, a division of Simon & Schuster, Inc. All rights reserved.
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