Mosaico Italia, is a textbook on Italian language and reality, suitable for students of upper- intermediate and advanced level that wish to have a more in-depth knowledge of Italian language and culture. It consists of six topic-based chapters each one investing a different aspect of Italian life and culture:

- a historical-geographical and political-administrative overview of Italy;

- eating habits and food;

- media and information;cinema;

- sport and leisure;

- modern Italy and its problems. It aims to present the different expressions of the Italian culture where history, tradition and modern tendencies mix, creating a “mosaico”.

Useful exercises lead to the verification of reading comprehension, to the expansion of vocabulary, to the review of grammatical structures and stimulate written and oral production.

The text can be used either as a stand-alone text book, or it can accompany any intermediate - advanced course book.

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Licence Duration

The code gives 50 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!