Margherita Ghezzi is a highly experienced languages publisher, who also worked as an Italian teacher in Victoria, primarily in the Catholic sector. She commissioned the Parliamo Italiano Insieme series and designed the course in 2012. She was part of the Australian Curriculum: Italian writing team and has been acting as lead author on level 1. She is currently undertaking a PhD in Education at the University of Melbourne with Joe Lo Bianco.

Gianna Pagni is a very influential teacher in NSW with over 25 years of experience in Italian language teaching. She has been one of the lead curriculum writers of Australian Curriculum: Italian. She is a lead teacher at Open High School in Sydney and has been involved in all aspects of teaching including working for the Board of Studies on all aspects of the HSC process. One of her areas of expertise is professional development of language teachers and developing digital resources for the distance education courses. She is the lead author on Parliamo Italiano Insieme level 2.

Michela Pellizon is a Victorian teacher with several years of experience in the independent sector. She has worked at Melbourne Girls Grammar and is now teaching at the Academy of Mary Immaculate in Fitzroy. She is heavily involved in the Italian teaching community in Victoria: she is a regular presenter at VATI, managed the Swinburne Junior Italian Poetry Competition and is a VCE Italian assessor. She graduated from the University of Triest in Italy and she is currently completing a Master of Education at the University of Melbourne.

Global connections – a ‘visual’ lead into the chapter, with lots of prompts for intercultural discussion. Explore language and culture with the aid of up-to-date and authentic stimulus materials

Cartoon Stories – at the start of every chapter cartoon stories showcase the key language in a fun and engaging way

Comunichiamo – focuses on the key linguistic functions with many examples and models, providing the opportunity to start using the target language with confidence

Testi – includes a range of different text types for reading

Obievettivo Lingua – explores the ‘system of language’ in detail. Grammar is explored in a way that encourages students’ reflections and deductions

Progetto – An end-of-unit task stepped with careful scaffolds for students to complete

Vocabolario – End-of-unit glossaries recapping the key language with English translations. Throughout each unit, you can also find a wide range of linguistic and intercultural activities for classroom use.