La neve nel bicchiere

La neve nel bicchiere is a multimedia CD-ROM, designed for use by learners of Italian as a Foreign Language at higher-intermediate/advanced level. It was created bey the Hypermedia Italian Team (HIT) at Coventry University with the help of students of Italian and has as its text base Nerino Rossi's novel La neve nel bicchiere. The material contained on the CD-ROM is also suitable for teaching Italian to mother-tongue students.

The novel La neve del bicchiere and the CD-ROM describe the historical and social conditions of an Italian family over a period of seventy years (1880-1950). The material on the CD-ROM is particularly suitable for the teaching of a variety of national and regional topics, such as:

• Anarchism and Socialism
• State and Church
• Women in Italy
• Fascism
• From Peasants to Bourgeoise
• Italy at War (Lybian War, First World War, Second World War)

Information on integrating the CD-ROM into the Italian curriculum are included in a text file on the CD-ROM under Istruzioni-Suggerimenti Didattici. This file can be printed out: see Installation Instructions with CD-ROM.