Via del Corso is addressed to adult students of A2 level. It is an innovative Italian language and culture course. It is divided into four levels, and revolves around a story that aims at having students communicate with each other from the very first lessons. The story has a strong impact on students: it intrigues and motivates them while it creates excitement and empathy, acting as a catalyst for the learning process.

It is a noir comedy narrated through a sit-com and a graphic novel. In this first volume, the story takes place in Rome. Video and comic strips are fully integrated in the structure of the course and do not just represent an extra resource. Students are directly involved as they can themselves choose the ending of the story.

In the English version of Via del Corso A1, the instructions of the exercises, the targets of the unit and the grammar summaries are in English. The book is completed by the Supplementary Grammar and the Italian-English Glossary with the translation of the words and expressions of the Student’s book.

Other features of Via del Corso:

• Gradual progression: taken into account to meet students’ needs and the linguistic level of reference
• Playful activities: included in all four the student’s book, the workbook, the teacher’s guide and the i-d-e-e platform; the activities also include many different educational games connected in a gamification scheme
• Inductive approach: through guided activities, students are constantly invited to discover new inputs, to make and to verify hypothesis
• Short units and inputs: for a faster and more flexible course, to minimize the affective filter and to maintain students’ motivation stable
• Modern language: students are introduced to spontaneous and natural dialogues, including language interjections, idioms and useful expressions of everyday life
• Active teaching: problem solving, information gap, task-based activities and cooperative activities are included to increase students’ involvement and to make them more independent
• Cultural and intercultural aspects: they can be found both in the units and in the section Italia&italiani; they are also supported by authentic videos created ad hoc
• Macro -and micro- spiral approach: the vocabulary is systematically revisited to allow students to consolidate new inputs
• Layout: both the student’s book and the workbook are in full colour, featuring creative, clear, captivating and functional layout

To watch the trailer of the sit-com of Via del Corso A1, click here.

To see a preview click here.

Licence Duration

The code gives 40 hours of access* for 18 months to the units of the book. It will be possible to listen to the audio tracks, to insert texts, notes or images, to highlight and to use several tools available for the students (interactive grammar, glossaries etc.).

Moreover, the hours can also be used to access educational resources (tests, games, homework, blogs) sent by the teacher in the classroom of their own virtual classroom.

* 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!