Uno is a communicative course in Italian for beginners, devised by native speakers who are experienced teachers of Italian as a foreign language. It has been written with the aim of providing students with the language structures and vocabulary to handle the demands of everyday situations. All material is presented in authentic contexts, and is up-to-date culturally and linguistically. The libro degli esercizi e sintesi di grammatica provides a wide range of exercises to support the units in the libro dello studente, together with a detailed grammar reference.