'Emanuele Occhipinti has collected a series of excellent essays by renowned researchers and practitioners worldwide into a volume that constitutes a noteworthy contribution to Italian pedagogy. The topics, which address curricular and technological innovations, translation methodology and the teaching and assessing of culture through various art forms, reflect state-of-the-art discourse that will enrich the articulation of any program, at any institutional level, at any stage of development. The range of seminal information and lessons learned, from scientific research to practical guidelines and bibliography, provide an invaluable, multi-faceted tool for those entering the field, for those involved in teacher training, and for those well-established colleagues who seek sources that will provide stimuli for trying out new methods and approaches. As the coordinator of the Italian language program at Harvard and member of the Dean's Foreign Language Advisory Group, I reacted particularly to the unit on Curricular Innovation with its cogent discussion of content and language integrated instruction and the practical considerations of experiential learning, since they are issues of priority in our deliberations campus-wide. Similarly, the unit on Translation merits careful review for the many pedagogical implications inherent in the methodology and brought out in the essays. The exemplary units on the teaching and assessment of culture as integral to language study provide salient theory and extraordinary practical guidelines for the successful and sensible incorporation of this fundamental component. As the person responsible for the training of new teaching fellows, I will encourage my graduate student trainees to study this collection so that they might learn, put into practice and contribute to the dialogue fostered by these international scholars. This outstanding tome is sure to become a standard manual for teaching Italian language and culture.'Elvira G. Di Fabio, Ph.D., Sr Preceptor and Course Head in Italian, RLL Associate Director of Undergraduate EducationHarvard University'Grounded in contributions from recognized experts in the field and enlivened by new and original voices, New Approaches to Teaching Italian Language and Culture: Case Studies from an International Perspective is a must for Italian language professionals. Occhipinti's thought-provoking volume contains perspectives on curricular innovations, teaching with technology, and teaching Italian culture that will enrich the working and intellectual lives of its readers. I personally appreciate the international context important for our field today and came away with many ideas that I will try in the Italian classroom.'Prof. Risa Sodi, Senior Lector II, Language Program Director, Italian Language and Literature, Yale University
