Preparazione al GCSE in Italian (+CD audio)

Marco De Biasio

Preparation material for the General Certificate of Secondary Education in Italian – Elementary/Pre-Intermediate (A2-B1)

Preparazione al GCSE in Italian is the first publication entirely dedicated to the General Certificate of Secondary Education in Italian. The volume thoroughly covers all thematic areas related to the contents of the curriculum as specified by the AQA and Edexcel commissions and is divided into the following four chapters:

• Media and Arts
• Sports and Free Time
• Holidays and Geography
• Education and Work

Each section suggests reading, listening, writing and speaking activities that correspond to those of the GCSE in Italian by Edexcel and AQA, while indicating whether the level of attainment of the activities is Higher Tier or Foundation Tier.

Speaking and Writing activities are followed by useful Suggestions/Tips indicating how to achieve formal accuracy and how to develop the bullet point tasks in an appropriate manner.

At the end of each section there is a grammatical summary of the corresponding linguistic structure and its explanation in both Italian and English, followed by some exercises to reinforce students’ knowledge of the structure in question.

The volume also includes two complete GCSE practice exams, compiled according to AQA and Edexcel specifications (the Edexcel practice exam can be downloaded for free from our website). Both exams correspond to the Higher Tiers typology, thus allowing students to pursue good grades in the actual exam.

Preparazione al GCSE in Italian includes the keys to all exercises and an Audio-CD. Audio transcripts are available in the Extra Materials section.

To learn more about this volume, browse the index, the introduction, Sample pages and listen an audio track.