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Welcome to Spunti: Italiano elementare 1 – a unique program authored by the Italian faculty of Muhlenberg College that takes the place of a traditional language textbook.  Spunti is a fully designed course available to all college instructor of Italian for use and adaptation.  Spunti consists of:

straightforward grammatical explanations;printable activity packets for in-class use included in the introduction to each unit;interactive exercises for linguistic practice and cultural enrichment for each unit;complete semester lesson plans included in the appendix for instructors.After years of teaching Italian, we became frustrated by two aspects of available textbooks. First, their exorbitant cost, which presents students with a significant financial burden.  Second, the limitations textbooks necessarily impose on our approach to learning and our courses’ structure. So we decided to write our text, and make it available for free.

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 simple and concise.

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