Juntos: Italian for Speakers of English and Spanish
ACTFL 2020 Virtual Convention Author Workshop: Juntos: Italian for Speakers of English and Spanish. Presented by Clorinda Donato (California State University, Long Beach). Watch it on Vimeo here.
Juntos: Italian for Speakers of English and Spanish, Third Edition, is the first comprehensive textbook for the teaching of Italian to students who already possess knowledge of Spanish, whether as L1 Spanish speakers, heritage speakers, or L2 Spanish learners. Suitable for students at the high school and college levels, Juntos is also the first textbook to cultivate interlinguistic awareness through intercomprehension, developing bridges that foster the recognition and use of students’ bilingual repertoire as a tool for learning Italian and acquiring other Romance languages. "A Revolution in Language"—read about UC Irvine's new accelerated Romance language courses for Spanish-speaking students and their experience with Juntos.
Additional Online Resources: A title support website with audio, activities, and additional web resources for all 36 lessons in Juntos is available here.
Training Videos for Instructors: Training videos designed for instructors looking for step-by-step instructions for teaching Italian multilingually to Spanish-speaking students are available here.
Instructor Guide and Answer Key: A PDF-only Instructor’s Guide and Answer Key is available to qualified instructors by request. Please use this form to request the Instructor’s Guide and Answer Key.
"An innovative, highly engaging Italian textbook, that can be used at the high school or university level. . . . With its translingual perspective, new comparative approach, and array of activities, Juntos provides learners of Italian a new tool to hone their linguistic skills, improve their cross-cultural competence, and deepen their understanding of how languages and cultures are interrelated and mutually enriching." —Christina A. Mirisis, St. Norbert College, and Simona Wright, The College of New Jersey, in The NECTFL Review
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"A Revolution in Language"—read about UC Irvine's new accelerated Romance language courses for Spanish-speaking students and their experience with Juntos.
ACTFL 2020 Virtual Convention Author Workshop: Juntos: Italian for Speakers of English and Spanish. Presented by Clorinda Donato (California State University, Long Beach). Watch it on Vimeo here.
Juntos: Italian for Speakers of English and Spanish, Third Edition, is the first comprehensive textbook for the teaching of Italian to students who already possess knowledge of Spanish, whether as L1 Spanish speakers, heritage speakers, or L2 Spanish learners. Suitable for students at the high school and college levels, Juntos is also the first textbook to cultivate interlinguistic awareness through intercomprehension, developing bridges that foster the recognition and use of students’ bilingual repertoire as a tool for learning Italian and acquiring other Romance languages.
Reviews:
"An innovative, highly engaging Italian textbook, that can be used at the high school or university level. . . . With its translingual perspective, new comparative approach, and array of activities, Juntos provides learners of Italian a new tool to hone their linguistic skills, improve their cross-cultural competence, and deepen their understanding of how languages and cultures are interrelated and mutually enriching."
—Christina A. Mirisis, St. Norbert College, and Simona Wright, The College of New Jersey, in The NECTFL Review
Features:
- Networked approach that motivates learners to draw on their multilingual language repertoire to acquire reading, writing, speaking, and listening skills in Italian
- Innovative activities that encourage multilingual, multicultural, and metalinguistic thinking and analysis
- Readings and translation activities that promote and develop translanguaging—the practice of drawing from one's multilingual linguistic repertoire as a whole when thinking, speaking, and writing
- Instruction that reinforces learners’ knowledge of English and Spanish, while building understanding of the links and interactions between global Romance languages and cultures
- Inclusive readings on topics of transnational interest that invite students to reflect on the interconnectedness of cultures around the world
- A Companion website with audio files and supplemental web-based activities that reinforce students' intercultural awareness and literacy
- Full-color interior, with illustrations and easy-to-read, color-coded language recognition system
- A PDF-only Instructor’s Guide and Answer Key is available to qualified instructors by request. Please use this form to request the Instructor’s Guide and Answer Key.
- Training Videos for Instructors: Training videos designed for instructors looking for step-by-step instructions for teaching Italian multilingually to Spanish-speaking students are available here.
Additional Online Resources:
- A title support website with audio, activities, and additional web resources for all 36 lessons in Juntos is available here.
Instructor Resources:
- Guide and Answer Key: A PDF-only Instructor’s Guide and Answer Key is available to qualified instructors by request. Please use this form to request the Instructor’s Guide and Answer Key.
- Training Videos for Instructors: Training videos designed for instructors looking for step-by-step instructions for teaching Italian multilingually to Spanish-speaking students are available here.
About the Authors:
Clorinda Donato is the George L. Graziadio Chair of Italian Studies, Director of the Clorinda Donato Center for Global Romance Languages and Translation Studies, and Professor of French and Italian at California State University, Long Beach.
Cedric Joseph Oliva is Assistant Professor of Modern Languages and Coordinator of the French and Italian programs at Bryant University.
Manuel Romero is Program Coordinator for the George L. Graziadio Center for Italian Studies and Associate Director of the Clorinda Donato Center for Global Romance Languages and Translation Studies at California State University, Long Beach.
Daniela Zappador Guerra is an adjunct lecturer of Italian for the George L. Graziadio Center for Italian Studies at California State University, Long Beach.
