Using Italian vocabulary
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Using Italian vocabulary
Cambridge University Press, 2003
- : pbk
Available at 3 libraries
  Aomori
  Iwate
  Miyagi
  Akita
  Yamagata
  Fukushima
  Ibaraki
  Tochigi
  Gunma
  Saitama
  Chiba
  Tokyo
  Kanagawa
  Niigata
  Toyama
  Ishikawa
  Fukui
  Yamanashi
  Nagano
  Gifu
  Shizuoka
  Aichi
  Mie
  Shiga
  Kyoto
  Osaka
  Hyogo
  Nara
  Wakayama
  Tottori
  Shimane
  Okayama
  Hiroshima
  Yamaguchi
  Tokushima
  Kagawa
  Ehime
  Kochi
  Fukuoka
  Saga
  Nagasaki
  Kumamoto
  Oita
  Miyazaki
  Kagoshima
  Okinawa
  Korea
  China
  Thailand
  United Kingdom
  Germany
  Switzerland
  France
  Belgium
  Netherlands
  Sweden
  Norway
  United States of America
Note
Includes bibliographical references and index
Description and Table of Contents
Description
Using Italian Vocabulary provides the student of Italian with an in-depth, structured approach to the learning of vocabulary. It can be used for intermediate and advanced undergraduate courses, or as a supplementary manual at all levels - including elementary level - to supplement the study of vocabulary. The book is made up of twenty units covering topics that range from clothing and jewellery, to politics and environmental issues, with each unit consisting of words and phrases that have been organized thematically and according to levels so as to facilitate their acquisition. The book will enable students to acquire a comprehensive control of both concrete and abstract vocabulary allowing them to carry out essential communicative and interactional tasks. * A practical topic-based textbook that can be inserted into all types of course syllabi * Provides exercises and activities for classroom and self-study * Answers are provided for a number of exercises
Table of Contents
- Introduction
- 1. Towns, cities, and building
- The household
- Gardens
- 2. The physical world
- The animal world
- The weather
- 3. The body
- Health services
- 4. Physical appearance
- Body language
- 5. Personality
- Behavior
- 6. Clothing, footwear, and accessories
- Food and drink
- 7. Perception, moods, and the mind
- Materials and textures
- 8. Quantity, shape, measurement, and size
- Containers
- 9. The arts
- The media
- 10. Literature and writing
- Expression, interacting, speaking, reading, writing, and phoning
- 11. Leisure
- Sport
- 12. Travel
- Transportation
- 13. The life cycle
- Religion
- 14. Education
- Science
- 15. Agriculture
- Industry
- 16. The business world
- Employment
- 17. The office and computing
- Communications
- 18. Law
- Finance
- 19. Geography
- History and war
- 20. Politics
- Social services and social issues.
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