First, I would like to thank everyone for their responses, which have been
extremely helpful and informative. Perhaps, though, I was not clear in my
query. What we are most interested in is not so much which textbooks we
might use in language instruction, but rather the _structure_ of that
instruction. Our idea is not to use two textbooks in two years but rather
to spread _one textbook_ over the course of _four semesters_, so as to
allow more time for conversation, practical application of the language,
reading, and integration of cultural materials (print, visual, and Web).
We are interested in hearing from other universities which have such a
structure, or from those who have learned Italian in such a way.
Grazie ancora,
Jacqueline Reich
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Jacqueline Reich
Dept. of European Languages, Literatures, and Cultures
State University of New York
Stony Brook, NY 11794-3359
(516) 632-7440
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