Twenty programmes designed to give listeners with some knowledge of Italian an opportunity of improving their understanding of the language. 13: Italian Opera
The programmes are presented by Giuseppe Manighetti , who is bilingual, with the assistance of Ariella Reggio and Andrea Tacchi
They will include revision of grammar, reading of printed texts, explanations of syntax and vocabulary, and impromptu conversations Devised and produced by Elsie Ferguson
Repeated on Friday at 6.40
Details of the booklet and pronunciation disc can be found on page 19

A series for listeners with a professional or personal interest in adolescents. It describes the developments common to adolescence in any period and the special circumstances in which young people are growing up today.
2: Home Life and the Role of Parents
The family is, perhaps, the most important part of the environment in which young people grow up. How effective is the family today in helping adolescents to mature successfully? With BRIAN GROOMBRIDGE are two sociologists - DR. ALAN LITTLE: and Dr. RONALD FLETCHER
They discuss the changes in society that have had most impact on family life, the result and developments that have taken place in family structure, and contemporary relations between parents and adolescents.
This series replaces Parents and Children for the next eleven weeks

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