Avanti!: 2026 Release ISE

Janice M. Aski is Professor and Director of the Italian language program at The Ohio State University. She specializes in world language pedagogy and historical Italian/Romance linguistics. Her research in world language pedagogy has focused on topics such as L2 testing, reading, grammar practice activities, and hybrid vs. in-person instruction. She now focuses on the incorporation of intercultural competence training in elementary language courses and how this training provides new messaging to support world language study. Her publications in historical Italian/Romance linguistics focus on the social, pragmatic, and cognitive aspects of phonological and morphosyntactic change. Diane Musumeci is Associate Professor Emerita of Italian and SLATE (Second-Language Acquisition and Teacher Education) at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. During her academic career, her teaching, research, and publications focused on the acquisition of Italian as a second language, content-based instruction, and the history of second-language teaching. She enjoys conserving and sharing several acres of woods with her family and an assortment of wildlife.

• Capitolo 1 Per cominciareCapitolo 2 Comè?Capitolo 3 Cosa ti piace fare?Capitolo 4 Che bella famiglia!Capitolo 5 A tavola!Capitolo 6 I vestiti e la modaCapitolo 7 Cosa hai fatto questo weekend?Capitolo 8 Che bella festa!Capitolo 9 La scuola e il lavoroCapitolo 10 La vita e il benessereCapitolo 11 Casa dolce casaCapitolo 12 In cittàCapitolo 13 Andiamo in vacanza!Capitolo 14 Chi sono gli italiani?Capitolo 15 Quali lingue parli?Capitolo 16 Sono famosi