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The Ecco! series treats student motivation, engagement & enjoyment as vital for successful learning. You will love the imaginative approaches, cultrual authenticity, up to date pedagogy, ease of use & practical support of the Ecco series.

Ecco! Textbook

Key features
With lots of up-to-date, purpose-shot photographs, and cleverly written cartoon stories, Ecco! uno Textbook and Ecco! due Textbook provides an engaging, culturally authentic introduction to Italian language and culture. Its clear presentation and logical sequencing make this textbook easy to use for both teachers and students.

In Ecco! Textbook, the focus is on these LOTE curriculum areas:

Language	Culture
Listening skills Speaking skills Reading skills Viewing skills Vocabulary acquisition Grammatical understanding Bilingual dictionary skills	Culture-in-language awareness Cultural knowledge Cross-cultural comparisons

Ecco! Textbook also incorporates these cross-curricular areas:

Multidisciplinary

ICT skills Interpersonal learning Personal learning Thinking processes Literacy Civics and citizenship

Ecco! Student's Work Kit

The Ecco! Student's Work Kit is the student's special workplace!
It consists of:

• a print component (Ecco! Workbook)
• an electronic component (Ecco! Student CD-ROM)

Workbook key features
Ecco! Workbook provides a range of engaging activities where students apply and consolidate what they have learned in the Textbook. Age-relevant contexts, clear instructions and helpful scaffolding make these activities purposeful, accessible and achievable, as well as fun.

In Ecco! Workbook, the focus is on these LOTE curriculum areas:

Language	Culture
Speaking skills Listening skills Reading skills Writing skills Vocabulary acquisition Grammatical understanding Bi-lingual dictionary skills	Culture-in-language awareness Cultural knowledge Cross-cultural comparisons

Ecco! Workbook also incorporates these cross-curricular areas:

Multidisciplinary

ICT skills Interpersonal learning   Thinking processes Personal learning

Ecco! Student CD-ROM

Key features
Like the Workbook, Ecco! Student CD-ROM reinforces what students have learned in the Textbook by providing varied interactive, fun ways of practising that learning and applying it in different contexts. The Student CD-ROM also extends the material in the Textbook with extra activities to enrich students' knowledge of Italian culture.

In Ecco! Student CD-ROM, the focus is on these LOTE curriculum areas:

Language	Culture
Listening skills Speaking skills Reading skills Viewing skills Writing skills Vocabulary acquisition Grammatical understanding	Culture-in-language awareness Cultural knowledge Cross-cultural comparisons

Ecco! Student CD-ROM also incorporates these cross-curricular areas:

Multidisciplinary

ICT skills Interpersonal learning Personal learning Thinking processes Literacy

Ecco! Teacher's Resource and Assessment Kit

TRAK key features
Ecco! Teacher's Resource and Assessment Kit (TRAK) provides ample practical support for teachers. To assist with day-to-day teaching, you'll find: helpful advice on how to use each of the Ecco! components; suggested work programs for each chapter; and extra teacher cultural notes for each chapter. To make student assessment easy, there are photocopiable assessment tasks for listening, speaking, grammar, reading and writing for each chapter, plus photocopiable multidisciplinary assessment tasks. You'll also appreciate the photocopiable student personal learning checklist 

Ecco! Teacher Audio CDs

Teacher Audio CDs key features
Ecco! uno Teacher Audio CDs consists of a set of three CDs. Ecco! due Teacher Audio CDs consists of a ser of four CDs. These Audio CDs contain lively, appropriately paced recordings, by native speakers, of the cartoon stories and a great song from the Textbook, and of the listening comprehension activities from the Workbook.