Geografia italiana per stranieri is aimed at B2-C2 level students who wish to learn about the fundamental aspects of Italian geography to better understand Italy and the Italians.

This volume is not merely a sterile list of cities and regions with their borders. On the contrary, it aims to identify and highlight the peculiar, characteristic aspects of the many areas in Italy that we can find to the North, Centre, South and the islands. Aspects that have contributed to making the Italians a highly nuanced people, but at the same time connected by a single sentiment.

The volume is divided into eight chapter, eight modules: the first three give an overall view of the territory, inhabitants and economy; the next five introduce the various areas of the country, the macroregions with their high and low points, with a timeline to show their evolution, with short files on the main cities and a literary text portraying the essence. The volume ends with a glossary of the geographical terms found and highlighted throughout.

Here on the right you can leaf through and print some of the pages of the book.

The volume is completed by a series of materials that are available online:

Detailed study texts. Extra texts for those who wish to learn a bit more about the Italian territory, its towns and cities, the inhabitants. To consult, download and print the PDFs, enter the last word on page 89 of the book as a password. The texts are marked by an icon inside the volume.
Self-evaluation tests. Eight tests, one per chapter, aimed exclusively at allowing students to evaluate what and how much they retain at the end of each module. To consult, download and print the PDFs, enter the last word on page 25 of the book as a password.

Collana cultura italiana is an Edilingua project that also includes texts on literature, history, and the history of art, music, cinema, as well as an interpretation of cuisine as an expression of culture.

On our YouTube channel of the Collana cultura italiana (https://bit.ly/3v1Rwga) you can watch Prof Balboni’s videos introducing us to the themes of the volume and each chapter.

To see a preview click here.

License Duration:

The code gives 30 hours of access* for 18 months to the units of the book and several tools available for the students (interactive grammar, glossaries, notes, etc.).

Moreover, the hours can be used to access the Class page that contains learning resources (test, games, blogs, etc.) created by the teacher or the school, and tests and interactive games created by Edilingua.

* Each time the student logs in, a timer records the time that passes by. To avoid consuming unnecessary time, the timer stops automatically after few minutes of inactivity!