Il buongustare is a multilevel course (B1-B2) for foreign and Italian students, young and adult learners, interested in this topic.
• The purpose of the volume is to develop specialised language skills in the food and wine sector.
• The course is divided into 10 thematic units, each one of which providing texts and activities related to the food and wine topic on which it focuses. The course covers topics such as: the historical aspects of Italian cuisine, its traditions, events (markets, trade-fairs), places where culinary activities take place, cooking schools, food and wine tasting, big chefs, wine producers and sommeliers, historical and contemporary kitchen utensils.
• Tests are graded according to levels of difficulty and text types and contain many illustrations; they comprise comprehension, text production and vocabulary activities.
• Every unit contains two listening exercises of different language levels.
• At the opening of the unit there are: a visual index, an aphorism and a short introduction; at the end there are: an activity for further study and bibliographical references on the main topic of the unit
• The volume also comprises: a section containing a large set of vocabulary activities, an appendix devoted to Italian excellence, a glossary of the most important vocabulary contained in the Units.
The book closes with a section containing answer keys and transcripts.

Reserved access multimedia features
• Listening exercises in mp3 format.
• Trascripts.
• Keys to exercises.
• Videos and video interviews.
• Extra activities.

Free access multimedia features
• Activities for teaching reading and oral comprehension, audio files, videos and games. Monthly updates and downloadable worksheets.