GRAMMATICAL ASPECTS IN ITALIAN L2 TEXTBOOKS, LEVEL B1, USED IN HIGH SCHOOLS IN NORTH MACEDONIA

Abstract

This paper aims to analyze the grammatical aspects present in the Italian L2 Textbooks Spazio Italia3 by Mimma Flavia Diaco and Maria Gloria Tommasini, published by Loescher, and Ragazzi in rete by Marco Mezzadri and Paolo E. Balboni, published by Guerra Edizioni. Both textbooks correspond to the B1 level and are used in high schools in North Macedonia, where Italian is studied as a second foreign language. This paper will try to answer the following questions: (a) What is the approach adopted by the authors? (b) What is the type of activities and exercises proposed? (d) To what extent do the elements included in the program of the textbooks correspond to the list of grammatical descriptors of level B1 of the CEFR?

Keywords: grammar; metalinguistics; Italian L2 textbook; approach; teaching technique; CEFR; curricula.