Edward Lee Rocha - Rola Italian: Level 1

Edward Rocha is the founder and President ofRola Corporation and director of Rola Languages. He was raisedbilingual in rural Texas. Ed is fluent in English and Spanish and astudent of French, Portuguese, and Mandarin with nearly 20years of language teaching experience. After privately tutoringSpanish for many years and living abroad in Argentina and Spain, hefell in love with the idea of a language school, and as an avidentrepreneur and language and communications specialist, Ed wasdetermined to build such a community in Boston. He formalized histeaching method and thus, Rola Languages was born in 2008.

In setting up the Spanish curriculum, Ed couldn't find atextbook he liked that fit the Rola Method and addressed theneeds of adult learners, so he decided to make his own, and has nowexpanded to more languages!

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Rola Languages is a part of Rola Corporation, an internationaleducation company focused on creating a global brand with 3education companies, through curriculum development, consulting,and partnerships.

Rola Languages began with a small group of learners and teacherswho recognized the necessity of communicating multilingually bothin their back yards and in their businesses. The goal at Rola is tooffer affordable, structured, and effective classes to students ofall ages and backgrounds.

Rola promotes its system called the Rola Method, and applies itto course development and teaching in areas of language,communications, and professional development. The Rola Methodis a progressive teaching method that promotes fluency throughrepetition. We formed our method with the needs of our students inmind; designed to increase retention and confidence and make themost of practice time. Rola Languages instills in students theconfidence necessary to reach their language goals, in a rigorousbut fun environment.

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If your goal is to jumpstart your progress inlearning the Italian language by building vocabulary, grammar andspeaking skills, Rola Languages Italian: Level 1book is for you!
This guided workbook was crafted with the real-life classroomexperience in mind and features lessons that focus on specificareas, easy to follow instructions, an abundance of practiceactivities and more!
In Rolas Italian: Level 1 book you will find:

• 6 Unique and Informative Chapters: Each chapterfocuses on a set of vocabulary and grammar concepts that give youthe tools to start speaking Italian in a practical way.
• Contextual Vocabulary: Each chapter leads with vocabintroductions and translations which are also present within thereadings and exercises that follow.
• Italian Perspective: This book presents vocabulary,grammar and contextual examples according to rules and patterns ofEuropean Italian.
• Multidisciplinary and Interactive Sections: Eachchapter consists of 7 sections focused on the areas of vocabulary,grammar, readings, exercises and review.
• Real Life Context: Readings are incorporatedthroughout to provide situational context and help buildcomprehension skills.
• Practice Exercises: Each chapter has guided lessonsto put your learning to the test and build on the skills andconcepts acquired.
• Rola Risposte Veloci: Each chapter ends with asection that reviews the material and puts the concepts learnedtogether; a cornerstone of the Rola Method.
• Answer Key: An answer key is included in the back of the book,allowing the user to check their progress along the way.

The Rola Method is a progressive teaching methodthat promotes fluency through repetition. With the needs ofour adult students in mind, it was designed to increase retentionand confidence. Our method focuses on 3 parts and is reflectedin the structure and exercises:

1. Vocabulary Building/Repetition

2. Verb Drills/Grammar

3. General Conversation/Fluency

This textbook provides a solid foundation of basicvocabulary and grammatical structure of the Italian language,including real-life examples to help contextualize concepts learnedfor day- to-day application. With this workbook, you will be wellon your way to becoming an Italian speaker in no time!

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Capitolo 1/Chapter 1

1.1 Vocabolario: Salutare
1.2 Grammatica 1: Alfabeto
1.3 Vocabolario: Numeri 1 - 20
1.4 Grammatica: Semplice Matematica
1.5 Lettura 1: Dialogo & Esercitati a Leggere
1.6 Lettura 2: La Lettera & Esercitati a Leggere
1.7 Rola Risposte Veloci

Capitolo 2/Chapter 2

2.1 Vocabolario 1: I Giorni Della Settimana
2.2 Vocabolario 2: I Mesi DellAnno
2.3 Vocabolario 3: Le Festivit
2.4 Vocabolario 4: Le Stagioni
2.5 Grammatica 1: Mi Piace
2.6 Lettura 1: Il Natale
2.7 Lettura 2: LEstate Italiana
2.8 Rola Risposte Veloci

Capitolo 3/Chapter 3

3.1 Grammatica 1: Il Genere e I Numeri
3.2 Grammatica 2: Pronomi Soggetto e Presente IndicativoESSERE
3.3 Vocabolario 1: Gli Aggettivi
3.4 Grammatica 3: Gli Aggettivi
3.5 Lettura 1: Dialogo & Esercitati a Leggere
3.6 Lettura 2: Esercitati a Leggere
3.7 Rola Risposte Veloci

Capitolo 4/Chapter 4

4.1 Vocabolario 1: Professioni
4.2 Vocabolario 2: Nazionalit
4.3 Vocabolario 3: Espressioni di Cortesia
4.4 Grammatica 1: LArticolo Determinativo

4.5 Grammatica 2: LArticolo Indeterminativo
4.6 Grammatica 3: Dove/Dov?
4.7 Vocabolario 4: I Colori
4.8 Lettura 1: Dialogo & Esercitati a Leggere
4.9 Lettura 2: Presentazioni & Esercitati a Leggere
4.10 Rola Risposte Veloci

Capitolo 5/Chapter 5

5.1 Vocabolario 1: Numeri da 20 a 100
5.2 Grammatica 1: Quanto costa / costano?
5.3 Grammatica 2: Verbo AVERE
5.4 Grammatica 3: Negazione: Non
5.5 Grammatica 4: Domanda
5.6 Vocabolario 2: Espressioni Idiomatiche Con AVERE
5.7 Grammatica 5: Quanti anni hai?
5.8 Grammatica 6: C/Ci sono
5.9 Grammatica 7: Preposizioni di Luogo
5.10 Vocabolario 3: Ordinare al Bar e al Ristorante
5.11 Vocabolario 4: Frasi da Usare al Ristorante o al Bar